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''Color lines'' is a highly addictive puzzle game by [[Tom et Jerry]].
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{| align="right" valign="top"
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|{{Infobox Game
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|Image = [[Image:ColorLines_FrontCover.jpg|center|300px|Color Lines front cover]]
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|Developer = [[Tom et Jerry]], [[Eldrik]]
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|Publisher = [[Futility Games]]
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|Musician = [[Tom et Jerry]], [[Ultrasyd]]
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|Release = [[:Category:Games 2010|2010]]
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|Platform = [[Amstrad CPC|CPC]]
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|Genre = Puzzle
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|GameModes = Single player
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|Controls = {{Keyboard}} {{Joystick}}
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|Media = {{Disk}}
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|Language = {{EN}}
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}}
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|}
  
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A long and awaited work in progress, it is available in final version since 2010's edition of famous Coutances' meeting in Normandy (France).
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'''''Color Lines''''' is a puzzle game based on ''Lines'', a PC game originally released by Oleg Demin in 1992.
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The objective is simple; survive as long as possible, and achieve a high score!
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Underneath the simplistic gameplay is a game that will fray your nerves and eat
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into your free time.
  
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A very reduced version (no musics,no skins,only one game mode) has been released as devkit to help graphic artists to add their contributions to this project.
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Color Lines offers a large amount of music tracks from Tom et Jerry, and a lot of skins from various authors.
  
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== Game plot  ==
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==Rules for classic challenge mode==
  
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Make lines of the same color by move pieces around the board.
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The computer places three coloured pawns randomly on the game board.
  
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''<br>''<gallery> caption="Color Lines screen shots">
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The computer chooses three new pawns at random, and displays them in the
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Image:color lines 1.png|Title screen
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"Preview" area of the status panel on the right of the screen. These pawns
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Image:color lines 2.png|Instructions
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will be placed on the board during the next turn.
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Image:color lines 3.png|More instructions
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Image:color lines 4.png|In game (devkit, no skin)
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Image:color lines 5.png|In game (devkit, no skin)
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</gallery>
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The cursor is displayed, and the player moves it and selects one of the pawns
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to move. You must move a pawn during each turn; you cannot pass.
  
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== Download (devkit) ==
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If you move a pawn and a line of at least five pawns of the same colour has not
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been created, then the turn is finished.
  
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*[[Media:collines.DSK|collines.dsk]] (DSK file for Emulators) - devellopement kit
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If a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line of at least five pawns of the same
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colour is created after moving a pawn, the computer removes the pawns from the
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board and calculates the points that you have scored.
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You can then move another pawn.
  
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==Final Version==
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In order to move a pawn, a clear path to the new square must exist. In other
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words, the pawn must be able to move to its new location, from square to
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square, without any other pawns blocking its path. If the pawn cannot be moved,
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the cursor flashes and the computer emits a beep.
  
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The final version includes 16 original skins and 16 original musics.
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== Gallery  ==
  
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It is supposed to run on 64K RAM and 128K RAM computers with a disk drive.
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<center><gallery style="clear: both">
  
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On 128K computers, a few additionnal features were implemented, mostly concerning musics.
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Image:cl_title.png|Title screen (Eldrik)
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Image:Cl_menu.png|Main menu (Eldrik)
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Image:Cl_sly.png|The gorgeous "Rollmops" skin by SuperSly
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Image:Cl_zenith.png|Funny "Ghosts Inside" skin by Zenith
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Image:Color_lines_package.jpg|Full package (contains 3" and 3"5 disk)
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Image:Color lines front.jpg|Box
  
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Only a CPC (old) version is available at the moment, and it is recommended to play it on a colour monitor (as obviously implied by its name).
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</gallery></center>
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==Credits==
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*Code, music and sound effects: [[Tom et Jerry]] / [[GPA]]
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*Main graphics: [[Eldrik]] / GPA
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*Beta testing: Eldrik / GPA, [[Supersly]] / Les Sucres en Morceaux
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*Proofreading of English instructions: Nicholas Campbell
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*Cover and stickers: Lobo and [[Kukulcan]]
  
 
==Skin List and Authors==
 
==Skin List and Authors==
  
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*1)  DIX HELL / CED
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*1)  DIX HELL / [[CeD]]
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*2)  PURPLE WAVE / CED
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*2)  PURPLE WAVE / CeD
 
*3)  RUST IN PEACE / ELDRIK
 
*3)  RUST IN PEACE / ELDRIK
 
*4)  GAMMA RAY / ELDRIK
 
*4)  GAMMA RAY / ELDRIK
 
*5)  POWERSLAVE / ELDRIK
 
*5)  POWERSLAVE / ELDRIK
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*6)  SANCTUARIUM /   ELDRIK
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*6)  SANCTUARIUM / ELDRIK
 
*7)  BRICKS / FANO
 
*7)  BRICKS / FANO
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*8)  CHAOS / MAC DEATH
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*8)  CHAOS / [[MacDeath]]
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*9)  AUTUMN   FLAVOUR /NORI
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*9)  AUTUMN FLAVOUR / NORI
 
*A)  SECRET GARDEN / NORI
 
*A)  SECRET GARDEN / NORI
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*B)  LOST GALAXIES / PAPY   CPC
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*B)  LOST GALAXIES / PAPY CPC
 
*C)  RIGOR MORTIS / REX
 
*C)  RIGOR MORTIS / REX
 
*D)  ROLLMOPS / SUPERSLY
 
*D)  ROLLMOPS / SUPERSLY
 
*E)  SPARKLING / VOXFREAX
 
*E)  SPARKLING / VOXFREAX
 
*F)  RAINBOW / WINNER
 
*F)  RAINBOW / WINNER
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*G)  GHOST INSIDE /   ZENITH
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*G)  GHOST INSIDE / ZENITH
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==Extra notes==
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On a 128K CPC, there will be no extra loading. A physical distribution has been sold at AMSTRAD EXPO (25-27 June 2010).
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This page has been made from game documentation.
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Package images from Genesis8.
  
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==Download (final version)==
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==Links==
  
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*http://tj.gpa.free.fr/zip/games/cl.zip
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* [http://tj.gpa.free.fr/ Tom et Jerry's web site]
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* [http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=55246 Entry for ''Color Lines'' on pou&euml;t.net]
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* {{CPCPower|4567}}
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* [http://colorlines.ru/?p=4 Screenshots and downloads of the original MS-DOS version of ''Color Lines'' by Oleg Demin]
  
 
[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games_2010]]
 
[[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games_2010]]

Latest revision as of 12:06, 2 April 2018

Color Lines
Color Lines front cover
Developer Tom et Jerry, Eldrik
Company
Publisher Futility Games
Musician Tom et Jerry, Ultrasyd
Release 2010
Platform(s) CPC
Genre Puzzle
OS
Game Modes Single player
Controls Keyboard Joystick
Media disk
Language Language:english
Information

Color Lines is a puzzle game based on Lines, a PC game originally released by Oleg Demin in 1992. The objective is simple; survive as long as possible, and achieve a high score! Underneath the simplistic gameplay is a game that will fray your nerves and eat into your free time.

Color Lines offers a large amount of music tracks from Tom et Jerry, and a lot of skins from various authors.

Rules for classic challenge mode

The computer places three coloured pawns randomly on the game board.

The computer chooses three new pawns at random, and displays them in the "Preview" area of the status panel on the right of the screen. These pawns will be placed on the board during the next turn.

The cursor is displayed, and the player moves it and selects one of the pawns to move. You must move a pawn during each turn; you cannot pass.

If you move a pawn and a line of at least five pawns of the same colour has not been created, then the turn is finished.

If a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line of at least five pawns of the same colour is created after moving a pawn, the computer removes the pawns from the board and calculates the points that you have scored. You can then move another pawn.

In order to move a pawn, a clear path to the new square must exist. In other words, the pawn must be able to move to its new location, from square to square, without any other pawns blocking its path. If the pawn cannot be moved, the cursor flashes and the computer emits a beep.

Gallery

  • Title screen (Eldrik)

  • Main menu (Eldrik)

  • The gorgeous "Rollmops" skin by SuperSly

  • Funny "Ghosts Inside" skin by Zenith

  • Full package (contains 3" and 3"5 disk)

  • Box

Credits

  • Beta testing: Eldrik / GPA, Supersly / Les Sucres en Morceaux
  • Proofreading of English instructions: Nicholas Campbell

Skin List and Authors

  • 1) DIX HELL / CeD
  • 2) PURPLE WAVE / CeD
  • 3) RUST IN PEACE / ELDRIK
  • 4) GAMMA RAY / ELDRIK
  • 5) POWERSLAVE / ELDRIK
  • 6) SANCTUARIUM / ELDRIK
  • 7) BRICKS / FANO
  • 8) CHAOS / MacDeath
  • 9) AUTUMN FLAVOUR / NORI
  • A) SECRET GARDEN / NORI
  • B) LOST GALAXIES / PAPY CPC
  • C) RIGOR MORTIS / REX
  • D) ROLLMOPS / SUPERSLY
  • E) SPARKLING / VOXFREAX
  • F) RAINBOW / WINNER
  • G) GHOST INSIDE / ZENITH

Extra notes

On a 128K CPC, there will be no extra loading. A physical distribution has been sold at AMSTRAD EXPO (25-27 June 2010).

This page has been made from game documentation.

Package images from Genesis8.

Links

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