Topic: Webgames Hit the GBA

[WindyMan]

Now you can pay for the games you were playing for free over the internet!

Source: Press Release

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Widely Popular Internet Web-Games Set out to 'Puzzle' Handheld Gamers Everywhere; Majesco Announces 'Bookworm' and 'Bejeweled' For Nintendo's Game Boy Advance System

EDISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2004--Majesco Sales Inc., the sole operating subsidiary of ConnectivCorp, today announced plans to publish Bookworm and Bejeweled, two of the Internet's most downloaded games of all time, for Nintendo Game Boy(R) Advance. Both highly addictive puzzle titles are scheduled for release in 2004.

"Majesco continues to identify sources for innovative products, and the Internet has grown into a proving ground for games, resulting in products with a firmly established consumer base and a wide demographic of players," said Ken Gold, Vice President of Marketing for Majesco. "We are pleased to have the opportunity to offer fans a new portable way to experience Bookworm and Bejeweled, as well as the chance to introduce two great titles to the Game Boy Advance audience."

In Bookworm, Lex, the lovable bookworm, is hungry and players must feed him by connecting adjacent tiles to complete words for him to eat. Larger words will award more points and special letter tiles will award bonus points. However, players must watch out for those fire tiles. If they burn their way to the bottom of the letter library, the game is over. Bookworm was created by web-game-powerhouse, Popcap Games and the Game Boy Advance version is planned for release in February. Currently, approximately 5 million people play Bookworm (a.k.a. Bespelled) each month on the various gaming sites.

Later this year Majesco will release Bejeweled, one of Popcap Games' most downloaded titles, with an average of more than 6 million people playing the online Java version each month. In Bejeweled, players swap two adjacent jewels to line up three or more of the same jewel type horizontally or vertically. Game play is simple, but super-addictive and gamers continue playing until there are no moves left to make.

 

[nitsu niflheim]

???why would you continue playing when there are no moves left?  That is just plain wierd.  But I am always looking for a good addictive puzzle game.  Maybe I will look into this.  

[vudu]

"gamers continue playing until there are no moves left to make"

[Bill Aurion]

Word comprehension seems to be a little dull today, eh, nitsu?

[nitsu niflheim]

Oh be quiet you two.  I can't help it if I am dyslexic or something, and I probably spelled it wrong. And guess what, I DID IT ON PURPOSE.

Windy edited it, yep, just look it says "Edited: Thu January 29, 2004 at 2:01 PM by WindyMan" and I posted my message at "January 29, 2004 3:30 P......*hides under bed*


Hahaha.

[Fluke Worm]

Like alot of Nintendo fan-boys I went to the Popcap Games and tried Bejeweled, I must say it's a pretty fun puzzle game, I'm not saying I'd necessarily buy it for the GBA but it's somthin`to mull over.

It seems I have more of an appreciation for puzzle games now.  My epiphany happened when [Wario Ware Inc. spoiler] I unlocked "Dr.Wario" on Wario Ware, now I remembered hating the game as a kid(when it was originally released) as I did all puzzle games, but I thought what the hell. Now Dr.Mario is my favorite puzzle game and I've opened my mind to the possibility of the many joys of  games were thinking is the main focus, though I would still prefer to play a game where your main focus is to blow sh!t up

[KDR_11k]

Play Puyo-Puyo, the closest puzzling comes to mass destruction.

[Fluke Worm]

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Play Puyo-Puyo, the closest puzzling comes to mass destruction.

Puyo-Puyos more pop than blow up
That's the first time I played that game, it's fun but gets hard fast, which is actually a good thing when your staring at a CRT screen like me

[vudu]

fluke - i heard very good things about gem smashers.

[Fluke Worm]

Thanks for the links(KDR & kingvudu)
kingvudu- I never heard of that game but I'll give it serious thought, especially for 13 bucks.
Here's a puzzle game with a hint of arcade action and moderate explosions - Bauns - it's from the web site Orisinal, great site from a great guy. I actually test the new games before they're put on the site but Ferry(the guy) seems to be vacant ; no new games; didn't answer my change of Eaddress email. . . I'm actually a bit worried, his guess book has turned into a dating service for kids, their like "I'm a 15yo girl with big breasts email me if your interested", to say I'm a little annoyed at these disrespectful teens is an understatment.  

[KDR_11k]

Good Puyo Puyo clone

In this clone, they pretty much blow up. Gives a much better explaination why black beans can be bombed by adjacent explosions.