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Another review about another game with a short title. Next time, I'll try to review something with a long title, like "Todd's Adventures in Slimeworld" to make up for it . Anyway, I can compare this one to the one on Game Boy. That's what I'll do here. The first thing you'll notice right off the bat is that the Lynx one has color (duh.). Another thing is that the controls are a bit awkward. I was wondering why I wasn't getting past level 1, then I realized I was drawing the lines on the slow setting! In the Game Boy version, one button is to draw the line fast and the other one is to draw the line slow. While I wished the same could be true for this version, it isn't. But I got the hang of it eventually. Another difference is that in the Lynx version, you start by only clearing 65% of the board, compared to Game Boy's 75% on level 1. The board-clearing percentage does go up as the levels progress, though. And another thing: Those twinkling things that go around the border are faster in the Lynx version, which is a minus against it. But, all in all, it's just as good as the Game Boy version, so thumbs up.

 

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