Shariki

Shariki (Russian: Ша́рики, "The Balls") is a puzzle video game written in 1988 by Russian developer Eugene Alemzhin and later developed for MS-DOS in 1994. The goal of the game is to gain progressively higher scores by matching three or more balls of the same color in a line (vertical or horizontal), by swapping adjacent balls. Each swap must result in a match. Matched balls are then removed, and new ones drop from the top to fill the gaps. The game is over when no more matches are possible in the game field.

Developer(s)Eugene Alemzhin
Platform(s)MS-DOS, Windows
Release1994
Genre(s)Puzzle game
Mode(s)Single-player

Clones

Shariki proved to be a very influential game and eventually many games that closely matched its mechanics arose.[1] Collectively known as match-three games, these all revolve around the mechanic of creating a three-in-a-row line of identical pieces. They include:

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References
  1. "Shariki on Casual Games Wiki". Archived from the original on 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2008-11-13.


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