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Tile-matching video game

A tile-matching video game is a type of puzzle video game where the player manipulates tiles in order to make them disappear according to a matching criterion. In many tile-matching games, that criterion is to place a given number of tiles of the same type so that they adjoin each other. That number is often three, and these games are called match-three…

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Tile-matching video game

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Tile-matching video game

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Tile-matching video game → Another, As, Baku Baku Animal, BreakThru, Building, Chain Shot, Columns, Dr, European, FlipOut, Game Boy, Game Boy's, Games, Gururin, Hebereke's Popoitto, Hexic, It, Jawbreaker Windows Mobile, Jesper Juul, Juul
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Tile-matching video game → type of puzzle video game where the player manipulates tiles in order to make them disappear according to a matching criterion

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Tile-matching video gameis atype of puzzle video game where the player manipulates tiles in order to make them disappear according to a matching criterion0.90text
Tetrisinstance ofTheir origins lie in puzzle games from the 1980s0.80text
Chain Shotinstance ofTheir origins lie in puzzle games from the 1980s0.80text
time pressureinstance ofThey include purely turn-based games but may also feature arcade-style action elements0.80text
shooting or hand-eye coordinationinstance ofThey include purely turn-based games but may also feature arcade-style action elements0.80text
time pressureinstance ofthey differ in important design points0.80text
tile manipulationinstance ofthey differ in important design points0.80text
and solving criteriainstance ofthey differ in important design points0.80text
Columnsinstance offeatured in early tile-matching games0.80text
Drinstance offeatured in early tile-matching games0.80text
Tidalisinstance ofLater games0.80text
score or clearing the boardinstance ofbut applied finite restrictions on the number of moves the player could take and setting target goals0.80text

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