Shariki
Shariki (Russian: Ша́рики, "The Marbles") is a puzzle video game written in 1994 for MS-DOS by Russian developer Eugene Alemzhin. The goal of the game is to gain progressively higher scores by matching three or more balls of the same color in a line (vertical or horizontal), by swapping adjacent balls. Each swap must result in a match.
Shariki
- Date
- 1994.
- Genre
- puzzle video game.
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Shariki (Russian: Ша́рики, "The Marbles") is a puzzle video game written in 1994 for MS-DOS by Russian developer Eugene Alemzhin. The goal of the game is to gain progressively higher scores by matching three or more balls of the same color in a line (vertical or horizontal), by swapping adjacent balls. Each swap must result in a match.
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Matched balls are then removed, and new ones drop from the top to fill the gaps. The game is over when no more matches are possible in the game field.
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• Title — Shariki • Developer — Eugene "Zhenya" Alemzhin • Released — 1994 • Genre — Puzzle • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — MS-DOS, Windows
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Shariki proved to be influential and eventually many games that closely matched its mechanics arose. Collectively known as tile-matching video games or match-three games, these all revolve around the mechanic of creating a three-in-a-row line of identical pieces. They include: • Bejeweled (2001) by PopCap Games • Jewel Quest (2004) created and published by iWin • Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (2007) developed by Infinite Interactive and published by D3 Publisher • Aurora Feint (2008) game for the iPhone and iPod Touch • Candy Crush Saga (2012) • Pokémon Shuffle (2015) game for the Nintendo 3DS handheld console
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