** 1 page review / 692 words ** The Mad Butscher/Foundation Two takes a look at a bundle of Falcon gaming joy... Claus Luis now offer a games bundle containing his games Think Twice and World of Puzzle. Both games include a German manuals and help text but don't let that put you off - both games are easy to learn. ** THKTWICE.JPG here ** Think Twice This game is a Falcon conversion of Ishido which was an Atari Lynx release. Stones with specific colours and characters are placed on the playing area with the aim of clearing entire columns or rows to keep the round going as long as possible. New stones can be placed adjacent to other stones only if either the colour or the character matches ALL the adjacent stones. It's easier to give it a try than it is for me to explain and after a couple of minutes you'll be hooked anyway so there's really no need to read the help files! An ST version may be released if there's enough interest. Sound and graphics After loading there's a nicely animated figure which jumps up and down and to the right there are options to select between starting the game or checking out the high score. The background images for all screens are excellent and the stones are colourful, but some elements are a little bit too simple and could easily be changed. For example using a font other than the standard ST Font in the game and changing the mouse cursor wouldn't take much work. Sound is only played when viewing the splash screen and it's an appropriate melody which suits the game and didn't get on my nerves. Pros: It's positive to see fun games programmed for TrueColor resolutions, simple to play, fun, high score can be saved. Cons: Resolution not selected automatically, a message informing you if there's no possible move left would be useful! ** WOP.JPG here ** World of Puzzle As the name suggests, it's a puzzle game, a tile puzzle game to be precise. A muddled up picture is displayed and it's your task to reconstruct the picture. Tiles are moved by choosing two tiles at which point the two tiles swap places. It's a similar concept to VidGrid on the Atari Jaguar which displays moving video instead of still images. On completing a picture the next (level) picture is displayed. There's a maximum number of moves for each level but they're set fairly high to start with so most people should have no trouble progressing through the early levels. The pictures are a mixture of photo-realistic images and cartoon style art and the game alternates between the two on starting each new level. It's certainly more difficult to complete the photo images than the cartoon images so progressing to a new level after completing a cartoon is always a challenge. Before you start puzzling the degree of disorder can be selected and you can view a mini version of the source picture to check your selected disorder factor is acceptable. After you complete all the pictures, or you fail to complete a picture inside the maximum number of moves, the game is over and you can enter your high score - if you reached one. Sound and graphics There's a mod track playing continuously in the background and although not spectacular it does its job well enough and it can be turned off if desired. The graphics are taken from a picture CD-ROM and are of consistently high quality. Again the use of the standard ST font detracts from the otherwise pleasant user interface. Pros: Motivating level design, saveable high score, lots of pictures/levels. Cons: Status bar and menu could be improved graphically, resolution has to be manually selected. Outro Although neither game is based on an original concept they're both fun and offer relaxing entertainment with that just-one-more-try factor. ** Product Boxout ** Think Twice & World of Puzzle Publisher: Claus Luis Bahnhofstr 50, 34431 Marsberg, Germany Price: 20,- DM (around œ7.50) System: Think Twice: Falcon 030 running 320x200xTrueColor resolution World of Puzzle: Falcon 030 running 640x480x256 resolution Ratings 80% Overall 82% Think Twice 75% World of Puzzle ** /product boxout **