Margo Puzzle GB

Port of the ZX Spectrum game of the same name.

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

User guide

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

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

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 MAGIC STONE BARRIER, all the stones will be replaced in random order. This will DECREASE the number of lives.
MUSIC - Toggles the background music on or off.

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 MAGIC STONE BARRIER to the SHAFT.
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.

If you move a stone into the shaft while there is already a stone in the hands area, the stone may get stuck and cannot be removed.

Margo Puzzle:

Presented by Cosmigo 1999.

Original ZX-Spectrum game released by Fatality 1997.