Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: christoossNo mentions of this being a Supaplex clone?

As I'm sure you can understand, I'm not familiar with every game ever made :)

In this case, I hadn't heard of it. Seems that's a game I missed on my old Amiga.

Funny coincidence you mentioned that. It's been bugging me forever. It's this odd thing with Supaplex... that sort of almost perfect 50% ratio of love-hate, fame/obscurity (and, my guess, this happened to precursors, too). All the people I've spoken to, so far, either never heard of it, either know it's famous.
And the ratio also applies to reaction, some people can't get enough of it, some others can't stand it. Can anyone please help me shed some light, what makes this tick?

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: christoossNo mentions of this being a Supaplex clone?

Ahhh... Supaplex. I spent a good while trying to remember the game this reminds me of.

I don't think this is a game for me. I like puzzle games, but timers kill the fun.

Timer doesn't stop the level, you just get a score star less. Speaking of Supaplex, I've watched almost all youtube videos and got mesmerised by the ballet of skilful players. I've often wondered how many hours they had to put in order to get to this level of mastery, to be able to continuously play from start to end. So that's why there's a timer, but not a game-blocking one. For people who want to subdue the game, to master it.
Personally, I am not a fan of timed actions, either. I'd rather keep tinkering at my own pace ^_^

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Quoting: stretch611That being said, if there was a gamer style program similar to AA, I might have to join due to 1,000 hours on Rimworld and nearly 1,000 on Factorio. (Note: I may need it... but I wouldn't join it willingly.) :P

And I need the equivalent of gamer's shrink :P . I have this rotation with my husband, every 4-6 months we start a Factorio game and rush to make us a nice comfy wall and gather resources like it's the end of the world :P. Then we feel capped, drop it and start over on another 4-6 months.

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Quoting: ramaxBy the way, there is a great game Rocks'n'Diamonds [External Link] on Linux for free and Supaplex is one of modes (it contains also other classic games Boulder Dash, Emerald Mine or Sokoban).

The boulder & collectible tradition started I think with Repton [External Link] in the '80s.

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Quoting: christoossNo mentions of this being a Supaplex clone?

It's a combination of Supaplex with logic gates. You have to collect floppies contains AND, OR, NAND, XOR, etc and upload them into terminals to open/close circuits. There's a lot of extra Supaplex computer electronic thingamajiggies: sensors, lasers, timers, chargers, signal generators. It's also equally annoying like Supaplex ;)

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