Bombuzal

Lane 2024-04-21
(7/10)
C64 version was funnier. This makes eyes sore, so "more colours = better game" is not true. Fun and fiendish at the same time.
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fyl2049 2024-04-14
(6/10)
Nice little puzzler with hideous graphics and eye-watering colour clash. The 3D view was clearly a waste of coding time that would have been better spent on improving the 2D graphics. The sounds are a bit feeble as well.
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hamakei 2024-01-26
(8/10)
A fascinating little puzzle game that sadly doesn't get the respect it deserves. Fairly original in gameplay, but don't play it in 3D mode. It's a gimmick, makes the game slow to a crawl and makes the controls more confusing for no reason.

The Amiga version runs a little faster than other ports which makes the game quite tricky, and the time limit is very unforgiving.

But it's still worth a play if you like games that make you think.

I think I read somewhere that Jeff Minter did some of the level designing. Hence the one that looks like a ruminant.
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Thelead 2023-11-07
(8/10)
A fiendish little puzzler with terrible controls in the 3D view. It's easier to play in the top down view and there are loads of levels to work through.
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ixien 2018-09-14
(7/10)
A really nice and playable game with clever levels. 3D view is really beautiful but vertical view will be prefered to play seriously. Only the character is totally uninspired. I suppose the designers thought about all the gameplay but had no idea of the storyline, so they created a basic blue thing with big eyes and nose, and that's it
A nice game worth to try.
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demon 2012-08-02
(8/10)
Truly good puzzle game... Has an enormous amount of levels with a gradual difficulty curve that can keep you busy for a very long time. Thankfully the game uses a password system to allow restarting from different levels. Personally I consider the 2D view much superior to the 3D view both in terms of look & feel and playability. (
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stooart 2011-01-19
(7/10)
Anthony Crowther strikes again and I have to admire the great puzzle elements in this game. I played it non stop! Gfx and sound were functional but once again the brain scratching level design had me hooked!
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James Junior 2010-05-26
(7/10)
This was the cover disk for one of the first ever issues of AMiga Power if I remember rightly, maybe the first ever?

I was bit young to get this game when it first arrived in my house, but I remember my parents playing it for hours on end. A clever puzzler if I remember rightly.
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Scrawffler 2008-09-17
(6/10)
This is a decent puzzler. You tend to get into it more the longer you play it, I find. Cool graphics with a quirky main character, very colourful, and a lot of levels to keep you busy. I recommend Bombuzal to anyone who enjoys logic games, really.
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Fizza 2006-08-08
(9/10)
Very addictive puzzler worth giving a whirl if you haven't already.
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Little Monkey Lost 2005-06-07
Very good and original puzzle game. Perhaps this is a forgotten gem.
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Inferno 2005-02-25
(8/10)
Heh, that Crowther guy... Nothing less than a genius, huh? Sure, he didn't know how to match two colours without generating an eyesore-inducing clash, but he definitely knew how to design games. Cool.
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jive 2005-02-01
Awesome puzzler! If you haven't tried this, shame on you.
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