njam

June 28, 2004 8:06 PM

njam... all you have to do is rotate the circle in the middle so it matches with the color of the spheres that come in from the corners. seems simple enough ... [note: shockwave, loud audio]
posted by crunchland (8 comments total)

Nice simple concept with disgustingly jarring visuals.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 8:18 PM on June 28, 2004

A newer version of Shockwave must be installed to display this content. Please update your Shockwave installation.

Thats a lie, i have the latest.
posted by MrLint at 9:36 PM on June 28, 2004

It doesn't work in Firefox 0.9, Mozilla 1.7 or Opera 7.5 because of the Javascript he uses to parse the browser and Shockwave version. I installed Shockwave 10.0.1.4 when I saw the error message. The code only requires 8.5.1, but still didn't work. So I looked at the source.

This bit of code from the page doesn't work for integers with two significant digits:

versionString = navigator.plugins["Shockwave for Director"].description.substring(61, 62);

With version 10, versionString is set to 0. This code won't work again until Shockwave hits version 18. :-)
posted by sequential at 10:20 PM on June 28, 2004

Almost impossible for me, since I can't easily distinguish light green with yellow (the difference is there, but I have some kind of mental block about it). Come to think of it, I think I'll AxMe that topic.
posted by abcde at 1:12 AM on June 29, 2004

Worth also mentioning that the spacebar selects options. It took me a while to work out how to start the game.
posted by raygirvan at 5:55 AM on June 29, 2004

Holy crap, that's a hard game. To me, anyway. Levels 1 through 3 are teasingly simple warmups. Level 4 begins the befuddlement.

It would be nice if the game let you start again at the level that you just sucked at. Levels 1 through 3 are so easy that each time I lost I had to think about whether I was willing to go through them again to get to the hard part.

Little puzzle games like this are so great. I also really like Zuma and to a lesser extent, Dynomite [warning: MSN]. Not safe for work, in the sense that you can waste a lot of time.
posted by dammitjim at 8:19 AM on June 29, 2004

direct link through the Microsoft Protection Barrier.
posted by badstone at 9:11 AM on June 29, 2004

Awesome; I'd love a Game Boy Advance version. I'd buy it, too (I bought "Bookworm")...
posted by kevspace at 9:11 AM on June 29, 2004