Posted: 3/25/2012 10:14 PM
(Edited: 3/26/2012 2:15 AM)
Post subject: Any Puzzle Games Similar to "Garden Gridlock" in Wii Party?
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Weatherton
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My wife and I just finished playing through all 30 puzzles on the Wii Party challenge game "Garden Gridlock" and we really enjoyed it. I'm trying to find some other games that are similar so we can keep solving puzzles like this together. Any suggestions? In my search, I came across: "Kwirk", we both really like this type of game as well, but we wish there were something with better visuals and, possibly, cooperative mode (are "Adventures of Lolo" and "Goof Troop" any good?). "Bruiser and Scratch", a Wiiware game that has been "delisted" in my region, so I don't think there is any way for me to get it anymore :( (or, is there?) *EDIT* I found out that the developer released this on PC, for just $5 and updated visuals (plus an "undo") feature. I just bought it! "Puzzle Dimension", a PC game that has a lot of similarities to Garden Gridlock, but it is a bit more interactive. We just downloaded the demo of this and I think we're going to buy it.
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Posted: 3/25/2012 10:46 PM
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There was a mode in the time warp of doctor brain that kind of reminds me of that. (gridlock) It is different because the units had a fixed start location, and you had to adjust which way they would turn at intersections. The primary difficulty was in avoiding collisions, but I bet the overall feel is similar.
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Posted: 3/26/2012 2:17 AM
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Twelvepack, thanks for the suggestion. I wish Sierra would bundle a bunch off their older games on Steam or something. Any idea whether that would run on Windows 7?
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Posted: 3/26/2012 4:17 AM
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I am not really sure. I believe that I played it on windows 95, so at this point you might need an emulator to get it to run. Might even run in dosbox because it worked on windows 3.1, but I can't say that for sure
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Posted: 3/27/2012 3:12 AM
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That looks a LOT like lemmings 3D. The game is dated, because the camera doesn't work that well, so maybe you'd like to try some other lemmings games. I think the best one is "the lemmings chronicles" (DOS). But the minigame from wii party certainly does look a lot like lemmings 3D.
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Posted: 3/27/2012 1:03 PM
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[URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChuChu_Rocket]ChuChu Rocket![/URL]? It has arrows. Doctor Brain games are great. Lost Vikings has a cooperative mode, lol. Maybe look for a Sokoban clone with a multiplayer mode. Trine 2 has puzzle elements and looks really beautiful. Goof Troop on the SNES? Hm, there should be more, but I can't remember any somehow.
Posted: 3/28/2012 2:39 PM
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Yeah, it looks a lot like Lemmings 3D. It also reminds me of Echochrome, but Echochrome is real time. You also have Light-bot, which is an educational puzzle game to teach kids how to program. I was going to suggest The Incredible Machine, too, but the nature of its puzzles is different from that mini-game.
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Posted: 3/28/2012 7:51 PM
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Weatherton wrote:
Twelvepack, thanks for the suggestion. I wish Sierra would bundle a bunch off their older games on Steam or something. Any idea whether that would run on Windows 7?
In fact, it does.
Posted: 4/1/2012 9:28 PM
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Thank you all for your suggestions. FYI, my wife and I are a bit more into puzzle games that do not have timing elements, so some of these suggestions don't quite fit our style. However, I've got some great leads now, so thanks. I'll try to post here as I find things. P.S. Looks like the Incredible Machine series is available on gog.com.
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