Dynomite
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Dynomite! is a PC game developed by both Raptisoft Games and PopCap Games
PopCap Games
PopCap Games is an American video game developer and publisher, based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded in 2000 by John Vechey, Brian Fiete and Jason Kapalka, and currently employs about 400 people...
. Its gameplay is largely similar to that of the Puzzle Bobble
Puzzle Bobble
, also known as Bust-a-Move, is a 1994 arcade puzzle game created by Taito Corporation, based on Taito's popular 1986 arcade game Bubble Bobble, featuring characters and themes from the original...
series, but it has several unique differences.
Endless Puzzle
Rows of eggs of various colors descend from the top of the screen. You must use your slingshot to shoot your own supply of eggs up at them. When three or more eggs of the same color match, they will explode. If the mass of eggs descend to the bottom of the screen, the entire screen will be crushed by the foot of Mama Brontosaurus, and the game will end.An interesting aspect to make the game increasingly difficult as you play a single game for a longer amount of time is
the inclusion of Whirley. Every minute or so during gameplay, a dinosaur will announce "Whirley's coming!", and soon
after, Whirley (a purple pterodactyl) will fly across the screen carrying an egg of a color not yet on your screen. The sequence is red, green, blue, yellow, violet, white, gray. (If playing in easy mode, it starts with just red, green, and blue. In medium mode, it starts with red, green, blue, yellow. In hard mode, it starts with red, green, blue, yellow, violet, and white.) If Whirley is allowed to fly across the screen untouched, the color of his egg will be added to the pallet of colors in
the egg mass, and the rate of the eggs' descent will reset to the default slow speed. However, if you shoot and hit Whirley, the color will not be added, but the rate at which the eggs descend will increase.
Some eggs in egg mass will occasionally vibrate for a short period of time. If they are made to explode while still vibrating, a player soon receives a special egg for the slingshot that offers some form of bonus when shot and eventually forced to explode: the play area either narrows or widens to increase/decrease the speed of the dropping egg mass, the player receives a one time bonus of (50, 100, 200) points, an automatic score multiplier (2x, 3x or 4x) for period of time or, also for period of time, the ability to see the full trajectory (including rebounds) of the egg to be shot.