Pandora's Box is a 1999 video game created by the designer of Tetris

Tetris

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, Alexey Pajitnov, for Microsoft

Microsoft

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In the game, players must travel around the world to different cities solving various kinds of puzzles to capture the seven "trickster

Trickster

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s" - Maui

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, Puck

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, Eris

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, Coyote

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, Monkey, Anansi

Anansi

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 and Raven

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. Each trickster has a challenge puzzle after finding all the missing box pieces. The game offers sporadic bonuses. Hints are used to find where one piece goes if the player needs help figuring it out. Free puzzle tokens solve puzzles for the player if needed.

Types of puzzles

• Find and fill
• Focus Point
• Image Hole
• Interlock
• Jesse's Strips
• Lens Bender
• Outer Layer
• Overlap
• Rotascope
• Slices