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Hexxagon - Dark Jaguar - 16th June 2006
So I'm perusing my stack of 500+ floppy disks for reasons unknown and on one of the few that hasn't completely lost it's data I find a little shareware gem for dos called "Hexxagon".
I can't believe I forgot about this game. It was one of my favorite puzzle games, if "underrealized", and it is surprisingly addictive. Basically it's chinese checkers meets othello. You can either have any piece you control on a board made of hexagons generate into a nearby square, or make it jump a few more squares (up to a distance of 4). Land a piece next to an enemy piece and you turn it to your side. Basically it's a competitive puzzle game but it is very addictive. It also has a level editor so you can design your own boards. Further, the thing is fully playable on XP on my hardware. I was even able to activate sound blaster mode no problem. Sad to say not every DOS game has this level of future compatibility. Only issue is a small amount of sound crackling when the game first starts.
If only it was more than 2 players... Anyway, fun stuff and if it weren't for that company fading into nonexistance (Software Developers inc or something like that), I would fully expect this to be yet another awesome puzzle game for the DS.
Hexxagon - A Black Falcon - 16th June 2006
Hexxagon is a pretty good game, I definitely agree... lots of fun, for either one or two people. I always liked the graphics, the way the pieces take over the ones around them... :)
Quote: (Software Developers inc or something like that),
My memory says that Argo Games was the developer... the publisher? Uhh... I forget. Not "Software Developers Inc." though... Software Creations, maybe? Not sure... that was a famous BBS though, I forget if they did their own games too...
*Launches Hexxagon*
... it was exactly what my guess said it was: Software Creations. Huh. Not sure if I'd have gotten it without you saying 'Software something', but, well, you did, so... :)
Anyway, Hexxagon is a fun PC-only board game, and yeah, I would recommend trying it too.
Hexxagon - Dark Jaguar - 17th June 2006
And if you "registered" it you got "HEXXAGON 2'D!" which isn't saying all that much because it's basically the exact same game with some new artwork and sounds, a pallette swap of the game.
Hexxagon - A Black Falcon - 17th June 2006
I never played Hexxagon 2, but you had to watch that stupid little preview for it every time you quit Hexxagon, so I know of it, for sure... :) It's got fruits and vegitables!