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PassionMSX2 Contest Let's Quickly Play Shift 2009 by Infinite

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Channel: FiXato · 2012 · Gaming

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Instead of playing just MSXdev games, I've picked up a game from the PassionMSX2 contest from 2009. Hap/n_n requested I'd record Infinite's game "Shift", so here's a video of my first 24 minutes of playing the game for the first time. :)

This game basically is a sort of Bejeweled clone, though instead of having the gems drop, the colours just change.
The game music is said to be inspired by the Alan Parson Project.

From the manual:
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You are presented with a field of gems. Your task is to group a number of them together to complete a match. This must be done by a single move. A move is done by shifting a line of gems horizontally or verti- cally. A group can be any shape of horizontally and vertically connected gems of a single type. If a group meets the minimum requirements for
a match (minimum size is shown at the start of the level) then you are rewarded points and possibly a time bonus (in time attack mode). If the minimum requirement is not met, the move is rolled back.
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The game ends when the target counter reaches zero or time runs out (the time bar is empty).

Concept: Edwin Velds
Code: Edwin Velds
Graphics: Wolf
Music: Wolf
ROM label: Wolf
Manual: Edwin Velds
Manual layout: Wolf
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You can download the 1.0 version that was submitted to the contest from http://www.passionmsx.org/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=72&lid=1549
Though it is advised to grab the latest version from http://infinitemsx.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17:shift&catid=1:games&Itemid=15 instead as the contest version might still have some bugs.

As usual, this game was recorded using the openMSX emulator; a free, open-source cross-platform, MSX emulator.
Official builds are available at http://openmsx.sourceforge.net while the latest daily unofficial  development builds for Windows and Mac OS X can be downloaded from http://openmsx.fixato.net
This specific recording was made using openMSX 0.8.2-dev12677 for Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard.

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