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So addicting!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It was so addicting I might need professional help! Even though it leads to nowhere, I keep on playing the game over and over again.

So Addictive!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is such a fun game. And it plays really well on DS. Enjoy!!!

Very Addicting

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Very addicting. Reminds me of Tetris when it first came out.

Seems like a short game but it is not. It is a game that also in the same mold as Bejeweled. You will spend hours and hours of fun playing with it. You start your travel through the puzzles with the Pyramids of Egypt, the only surviving original 7 wonders of the world. The puzzles get more difficult with each one you solve. Try to get 5 and 4 in a rows either horizontal or vertical. This will give you a golden piece that will eliminate a whole row the next time you use that piece. 5 in a row will give you a piece that will eliminate the whole column and the whole row you move that piece to.

Google what are the 7 original Wonders of the World for an interesting trivia.

Highly recommended

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is so much fun! A lot like bejeweled, but better. I took it on a family vacation and soon everyone else was battling over whose turn it was to play the game.

Addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Can't put it down!!! That is, until the battery runs down on my DS Lite. Has all the excitement of Bejeweled 2 - with the bombs that blow up things - plus each screen presents new challenges.

a poor substitution for Jewel Quest

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this one on a whim because I do like Jewel Quest, but really, it's probably going to be traded for another game. It compares very poorly to Jewel Quest and I honestly don't see myself playing it.

My chief complaints are:

1) The different jewels are very hard to tell apart. Some of them are so slightly different that you have to squint at the screen and even guess at times. Mostly the pinks and oranges - the blues are distinguishable enough.

2) The sound. I had to turn the sound almost completely off and it was still irritating. When the jewels disappear and the remaining ones 'clack' down the speakers produce a sound like static that grates on my nerves. This, alone, would be enough to make me stop playing.

Otherwise, I do admit it plays smoothly and has some nice special features (like the fireball-thing) - there's nothing wrong with the idea of the game, but it also doesn't have anything that worthwhile to outweighs those two very, very, very large negatives.

Average

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Game is okay, but instruction booklet is necessary, which I like to be able to learn games on my own.

Good fun and challenging

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World is not only fun and challenging but I also enjoy reading the history of each Wonder as you complete each level and move on to the next. The only exasperating thing about the game is that when you lose your lives, you have to start completely over.

Very Addictive!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game was a lot of fun. Be sure you don't have any other projects going once you turn this game on because nothing else will get done!!

best option for those want bejeweled for ds

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've changed my mind; this is 5 stars; but I can't figure out to change this....

I've been looking for a Bejeweled-like game for DS, so I've been trying those recommended to others who've asked this same question.

7 Wonders is the closest by far (Jewel Quest and Puzzle League are not).

Succeeding screens are not square, so you have to think more to remove jewels (called "runes in this game) around the cut-out areas. Music is ok. Hints are given (little sparkles where a play is possible, but these are quite small on the ds).

There are "fireballs" and such, and they shoot out a horizontal row; another one takes out the vertical and horizontal row. There are "capstones" and "cornerstones" that appear, and you have to remove the runes below them so they fall out the bottom of the screen. These appear at random; it's not as though you have them to start out with and can plan strategy from the beginning of play. You get another life when you complete building what is at the level.

I haven't figured out why I get "hurry up" on the timing since I'm working quickly and very seldom have to spend time relying on a hint.

I haven't figured out whether there's an un-timed option. Does anyone know?

On my first cruise with it, I got up to the middle of the 3rd level. By that time, my eyes were bleary because of the size of the runes.

There's a little side story about guys building whatever it is and carrying picket signs when you don't get matches made quickly enough. There's a "conveyer belt" on the R side of the screen. As far as I can figure out, these are just for jollies.

Pros: (1) This has far fewer "auto-removes" and is more like Bejewled in this regard. (As opposed to Jewel Quest.) (2) Please "clicking" sound as runes drop. (3) It's a stylus game. (4) Music is not horrible.

Cons: (1) It's timed. There may be a way to turn off the timed feature, but I don't know. Hope there is. I'd rather until I get bored, rather than "die" and "get lives." (2) The jewels ("runes" in this game) are microscopic on the ds. I'm talking 2 mm. Quite a surprise if you've played the "real sized" one on your PC. (3) Also, it's difficult to tell pink and orange apart. (4) You can't save at the point where you failed. You have to go back to the beginning. (At this rate, I'll never even SEE what the art on the last level looks like!) Work-around: hit "start" and close unit. Keep it on the charger.

For those who've not played this game at all, you might want to try it out for free at iwin.com.

I bought my copy used at a local store ($18). The guy there said it had been discontinued but didn't know if that was because they were bringing out 2.0 or not. (I don't know whether he knew was he was talking about or not.)
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