Squigs
Encyclopedia
Squigs is a puzzle
computer game like Columns and Tetris
. It was first created in 1993 by Jon Hibbins on the Amiga
. More recently Squigs has appeared on iOS devices.
Amiga Version Developed by Jon Hibbins
and released to Amiga Power
Magazine on the September 1993 cover disk 29.
iOS Version Developed by Jon Hibbins
and released on 07 November 2011 to the App Store.
The player can move it left and right, and can also cycle the positions of the Squigs.
Randomly (Based on level) special blocks appear, Metal Blocks can only be exploded, Dynamite Removes a Column, Bomb removes left and right of the location dropped, Electric removes the row. Squigs fall at a faster after every level is reached. The game is over when the well is full.
Rescue : You must rescue the Squig shouting help at the bottom of the screen
Squigs : Public Domain (With Music)
Squigs : iPhone (Released 7-NOV-2011)
a version was available on Public Domain with music (the tune was called Zit Pop) by John W
Computer puzzle game
Puzzle video games are a genre of video games that emphasize puzzle solving. The types of puzzles to be solved can test many problem solving skills including logic, strategy, pattern recognition, sequence solving, and word completion....
computer game like Columns and Tetris
Tetris
Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
. It was first created in 1993 by Jon Hibbins on the Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
. More recently Squigs has appeared on iOS devices.
Amiga Version Developed by Jon Hibbins
Jon Hibbins
Jonathan Haydon Hibbins born in 1975 also known as Jon Hibbins.He currently lives in United Kingdom. In 1993 his first published game - Squigs - appeared in Amiga Power Magazine on the September 1993 coverdisk, with a review inside the magazine....
and released to Amiga Power
Amiga Power
Amiga Power was a monthly magazine about Amiga computer games. It was published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and ran for 65 issues, from May 1991 to September 1996....
Magazine on the September 1993 cover disk 29.
iOS Version Developed by Jon Hibbins
Jon Hibbins
Jonathan Haydon Hibbins born in 1975 also known as Jon Hibbins.He currently lives in United Kingdom. In 1993 his first published game - Squigs - appeared in Amiga Power Magazine on the September 1993 coverdisk, with a review inside the magazine....
and released on 07 November 2011 to the App Store.
Description
The game takes place inside a vertical well, as in Tetris. Columns of three shape and colour Squigs appear, one at a time, at the top of the well and fall to the bottom at varying speeds. They stack on top of each other until a row of 3 or more (5 is maximum) Horizontal, Vertical or Diagonal Squigs of the same type are matched, they then disappear making more space.The player can move it left and right, and can also cycle the positions of the Squigs.
Randomly (Based on level) special blocks appear, Metal Blocks can only be exploded, Dynamite Removes a Column, Bomb removes left and right of the location dropped, Electric removes the row. Squigs fall at a faster after every level is reached. The game is over when the well is full.
Game modes
Normal : Progress is score and level basedRescue : You must rescue the Squig shouting help at the bottom of the screen
Versions
Squigs : Amiga Power cover disk (No Music)Squigs : Public Domain (With Music)
Squigs : iPhone (Released 7-NOV-2011)
Music
Although the Amiga Power version did not have music due to Floppy Disk constraints,a version was available on Public Domain with music (the tune was called Zit Pop) by John W