Archimedes!! is a clone of Palamedes by HOT-B, an old game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Match dices and then use Yahtzee-style combos to delete more dices from the board. Survive as long as you can, while the dice fall faster and faster.

CONTROLS:
Left and right arrow keys/Left and right on the Pico-8 D-Pad: Move Archimedes
Z/Pico-8 O key: Change dice color
X/Pico-8 X key: Shoot dice
Down arrow/Down on the Pico-8 D-Pad: Confirm combo and clear lines

COMBOS:
3 of the same number in a row (ex. 3-3-3-4-1-6): 1 line clear
4 of the same number in a row (ex. 3-3-3-3-1-6): 2 line clear
5 of the same number in a row (ex. 3-3-3-3-3-6): 3 line clear
6 of the same number in a row (ex. 3-3-3-3-3-3): 4 line clear
3 consecutive numbers in a row (ex. 1-2-3-5-1-6 or 3-2-1-4-1-6): 1 line clear
4 consecutive numbers in a row (ex. 1-2-3-4-1-6 or 4-3-2-1-1-6): 2 line clear
5 consecutive numbers in a row (ex. 1-2-3-4-5-1 or 5-4-3-2-1-6): 3 line clear
6 consecutive numbers in a row (ex. 1-2-3-4-5-6 or 6-5-4-3-2-1): 5 line clear

CREDITS:
Original concept by Hot-B. (CC) 2018 Adrian Makes Games.

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https://adrianmakesgames.itch.io/archimedes

archimedes palamedes nes clone puzzle

P#48638 2018-01-28 11:10 ( Edited 2018-01-30 07:40)

Looks cool. I decided to try using custom instruments to make the background music a bit closer to the original.

P#48713 2018-01-30 02:40 ( Edited 2018-01-30 07:40)