Shariki
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Shariki is a puzzle game by Russian programmer Eugene Alemzhin, developed for DOS in 1994
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The goal of the game is to gain progressively higher scores by matching three or more balls of the same color in line (vertical or horizontal). These balls then explode and a new ones appear in their place. The game is over when no more combinations are possible in the game field.
1994 in video gaming
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The goal of the game is to gain progressively higher scores by matching three or more balls of the same color in line (vertical or horizontal). These balls then explode and a new ones appear in their place. The game is over when no more combinations are possible in the game field.
Remakes
Original game mechanics from DOS version was used in some remakes, that was collected on game fan-siteClones
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