25 January 2018 is the day...

[AndyRM]

They made it clear some time ago they weren’t doing a simultaneous release. The Android version will be issued shortly.

Good for them.

It's still lazy.

 

[ColinJ]

Puzzle games appear to stave off various age-related brain conditions...

...perhaps you should give them a go?

Too late, I’m afraid

I like puzzle games. In fact, I am writing some of my own and will let you know if/when they escape into the outside world!

I remembered reading about The Room some time ago and thought that I might like it and this thread reminded me to give it a go so I have just been over to Google's Play Store. When I found it there, I discovered to my surprise that I had already bought it ... It must be too late for my old brain too - ha ha ha!

In my defence ... I think I had just installed the game on my old phone before I broke it, so I never got to play it much. I have now downloaded it to my new phone and will be playing it after I finish browsing New Posts.

 

[ColinJ]

I do recommend playing it on a tablet rather than a phone.

I was just thinking that myself!

My tablet is getting a bit tight for storage space and it does not have a memory expansion slot, but I'm sure that I can delete a few apps that I no longer use.

I thought you were off playing Tetris

I found a website recently which can run ancient games software. It features a simple Tetris clone called Nyet which I used to play a lot and I have got back into playing it. (Beware the annoying high score wrap-around at about 60,000 points! )

I also recommend various editions of Lemmings, Leisure Suit Larry, and the Secret of Monkey Island. I'm sure that there are a lot of other classics waiting to be found on there. Oh yes - Time Bandit!

 

[AndyRM]

I’ve not had a lot of time to play, due to tiger commitments but it is really good. The graphics are superb oh the iPad.

I'd be focussing my attention on the tiger as well.

 

[ColinJ]

I’ve not had a lot of time to play, due to other commitments but it is really good. The graphics are superb oh the iPad.

I squeezed The Room (part 1) onto my Samsung tablet. It looks very good on that too, once I turn the brightness up. (I normally save the battery by turning the brightness down but I couldn't really see what was what with my default settings.)

 

[winjim]

I squeezed The Room (part 1) onto my Samsung tablet. It looks very good on that too, once I turn the brightness up. (I normally save the battery by turning the brightness down but I couldn't really see what was what with my default settings.)

If only you had a special looking glass to make it all a bit brighter.

 

[ColinJ]

If only you had a special looking glass to make it all a bit brighter.

Indeed!

I've only gone through the tutorial and a couple of puzzles in the main game so far. I'll go a bit further into the game tonight.

 

[ColinJ]

I found a website recently which can run ancient games software. It features a simple Tetris clone called Nyet which I used to play a lot and I have got back into playing it. (Beware the annoying high score wrap-around at about 60,000 points! )

Actually, I suspect that it is at 65,535, the highest number that can be stored in a 16-bit unsigned integer. I can't be sure because I am always frantically busy mopping up the pieces when it happens. But today I noticed that my score was 63,2xx, played on for another minute or so and finally lost control. At that point, the game said my high score was ... 459!