Number 99
(54.6 points)
Boston Bomb Club
1994: 83 (10.8)
1995: 80 (16.8)
1996: 74 (27.0)
Guide bombs around a hollowed-out snooker table while bearded men and buxom waitresses look on. Not your typical puzzle game, this one.
The object is to follow bombs that are pushed out onto a table, guiding them to a springboard into a bucket of water to extinguish them. This is accomplished by rotating certain tiles on the playfield to change the course of the bomb, making sure that bombs don't run into each other or off the edges of the board. In a way, there is a similarity to Pipe Mania, but the irreverent gentlemen's club setting lends the game a real charm that other puzzle games lack.
Puzzle games, you love 'em or hate 'em, and I didn't last too long on this one. For me, there's too much to think about at once: the bombs start moving, and you have barely any time to analyse the entire screen to figure out what you need to do and where to do it. Again, genre fans should give it a try, because this kind of game doesn't age too badly, but I personally am not a huge fan.
Recommended TOSEC disk(s):Boston Bomb Club (1991)(Silmarils)[cr CPY]
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