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Margo Puzzle
Margo Puzzle
General
Author	Cosmigo, Fatality
Type	Puzzle
Version	1999
License	Mixed
System	CGB
Last Updated	1999/09/26
Links
	Download
	Website

Latest revision as of 02:21, 6 August 2024

Port of the ZX Spectrum game of the same name.

It was entered into Bung Enterprises 2nd Gameboy Coding Competition.

User guide

Main menu

When the game begins, after company and team logos, you can see a small menu with three options:

START - Begins the game.
LEVEL: EASY - Toggles between EASY and HARD difficulty.
CREDITS - Displays information about the creators.

Once a level is chosen, the game begins. All game process are controlled with cursor (shinning arrow).

Game interface

Main game elements:

TIME/ENERGY Bar - Located on the left side of the screen, this bar displays the remaining time.
MAGIC STONE BARRIER - At the center of the screen is the main game area, with 36 colored, numbered stones arranged in the barrier.
HEART - In the top-right corner, a heart icon shows the current number of lives remaining.
SHAFTS - Below the lives indicator, a schematic displays four different shafts where you must place stones from the barrier.
HANDS - Further below the shafts is the hands area, which holds one stone at a time.

Button functions:

BACK - Returns a stone from hands to the barrier. This option will decrease energy level (not available on HARD difficulty).
STOP - Restarts the game and returns to the main menu.
REFRESH - Randomly regenerates the barrier, all the stones will be replaced in random order. This will reduce the number of lives.
MUSIC - Toggles the background music on or off.

Game rules

There are 4 rules:

Complete the level by placing all stones into the shafts.
Place stones in the order from 1 to 9, one per shaft.
You can place any rightmost stone from the barrier to the shafts.
You can move the stones at the barrier by taking a stone to the hands area and then placing it in an empty field, where there is a stone with the same number on the left.

Please note that if you move a stone into the shaft while there is already a stone in the hands area, the stone in the hands area may get stuck and cannot be removed unless there is a suitable spot to move it to.

Screenshots

Credits

Margo Puzzle:

Code - Arseniy Astapenko.
Graphics - Alekhsei Golubtsov.
Music, SFX - Brian Farkas.

Presented by Cosmigo 1999.

Original ZX-Spectrum game released by Fatality 1997.

External links

Author's website - http://fatality.8m.com/ (archived)
Bung Enterprise - http://www.bung.com.hk/ (archived)
Demozoo - https://demozoo.org/productions/179435/

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 *HEART - In the top-right corner, a heart icon shows the current number of lives remaining.
 *SHAFTS - Below the lives indicator, a schematic displays four different shafts where you must place stones from the barrier.
-*HANDS - Further below the shafts is the HANDS area, which holds one stone at a time.
+*HANDS - Further below the shafts is the hands area, which holds one stone at a time.
 Button functions:
-*BACK - Returns a stone from HANDS to the barrier. This option will DECREASE energy level (not available on HARD difficulty).
+*BACK - Returns a stone from hands to the barrier. This option will decrease energy level (not available on HARD difficulty).
 *STOP - Restarts the game and returns to the main menu.
-*REFRESH - Randomly regenerates the MAGIC STONE BARRIER, all the stones will be replaced in random order. This will DECREASE the number of lives.
+*REFRESH - Randomly regenerates the barrier, all the stones will be replaced in random order. This will reduce the number of lives.
 *MUSIC - Toggles the background music on or off.
 ===Game rules===
 There are 4 rules:
-*Complete the level by placing all STONES into the SHAFTS.
+*Complete the level by placing all stones into the shafts.
-*Place STONES in the order from 1 to 9, one per SHAFT.
+*Place stones in the order from 1 to 9, one per shaft.
-*You can take STONE and drop it to SHAFT if they are the last on the right.
+*You can place any rightmost stone from the barrier to the shafts.
-*You can move the stones at the MAGIC STONE BARRIER by taking a stone to the HAND and then placing it in an empty field, where there is a stone with the same number on the left.
+*You can move the stones at the barrier by taking a stone to the hands area and then placing it in an empty field, where there is a stone with the same number on the left.
+Please note that if you move a stone into the shaft while there is already a stone in the hands area, the stone in the hands area may get stuck and cannot be removed unless there is a suitable spot to move it to.
 ==Screenshots==
 https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/gbhomebrews/margopuzzlegbc4.png
 https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/gbhomebrews/margopuzzlegbc5.png
-==Known issues==
-Sometimes the stone would get stuck in HANDS area.
 ==Credits==