Ergo

Ergo is a game which combines strategy, memory, and plain old guesswork to create an interesting mental challenge. It takes place on a square board covered with tiles (4x4, 6x6, or 8x8). When you start a game these tiles are randomly scattered in several different colors. Your goal is to make all of these tiles the same color by clicking on them to change their color. This sounds easy, but there's a twist: when you click on a tile to change its color, other tiles also change. A game of Ergo can take anywhere from a minute to several hours to complete, depending on the difficulty level. Ergo also uses other features such as "skips" to change tiles without flipping others, and the ability to save boards by setting the random seed for board generation. Ergo is a shareware game. This means that you are allowed to try it out as long as you like in its "crippled" version, but if you decide to keep it you are expected to pay for it and register. Registering costs just $15 (handled by Kagi), and entitles you to this version of Ergo and all future releases. When you register, you recieve a license code that disables the annoying message you see when starting Ergo, and enables the more advanced difficulty levels. For more information on Ergo visit the Ergo web site at http://www.macconnect.com/~pleco/ergo.spml (SPML is an HTML-like format that any browser should be able to read without trouble). System requirements: Any Mac, preferably a 68030 or better (PowerPC is fine, not native because the extra speed isn't needed but runs fine emulated), with a 256-color display at 512x384 or more. Also needs system 6.0.5 or later (7.0 preferred but not required). With any questions, comments or bug reports on Ergo please contact Michael Love (the author) at pleco@kagi.com. Michael Love <:-)= pleco@kagi.com pleco@macconnect.com