February 25th, 2010

Match 3 Puzzle Games

There are so many free online flash games on the internet, and they are so diversified that you can find a game with anything you might think of. Usually the games are sorted on categories and here are some of the most famous of them: racing games, fighting games, shooting games, puzzle games, 3 D games, card games, casino games, sports games, dress up games and so on.

Even though the puzzle games are not funny or silly like other flash games, they are also really demanded and played by users. And this is because they will put your mind to the test and will keep you busy for a much longer time than a simple game that is funny and silly and which ends in 5 minutes. There are many types of games in this category, and some of the most famous ones are the match 3 puzzle games. The objective of this game is really simple: you have to use only the mouse to click on different object from the screen, swap their position and place them in such a way that 3 or more objects with the same color are placed together.

When this happens those objects will disappear and you will make points. The final objective is to make as many points as possible before time ends, and to complete all of the levels. There are so many games of this kind because there are so many things that you can match. For example you can match 3 gems, 3 colors, 3 animals, 3 coins, 3 creatures, 3 diamonds, 3 candies, 3 balloons and so on.

A site that offers a lot of free online match 3 puzzle games is http://www.freewebarcade.com/match-3-games.php . Now let’s take a random game from the list and discuss more about it. We’ll begin with the one called simply “Gems”. So the rules are simple: rotate gems to form groups of three or mare, make them disappear and get points. As you can see the gems have hexagonal shape. You will start with just 50 seconds left, but the time will grow when making points. To make points you must combine 3 or more gems with the same color. In the first level you will have just 4 color: white, blue, red and green.

In the right part of the screen you will see your score, the level you are in, your time left and also a gem of each color that will grow as you make points. To advance to the next level you will have to fill up the gems from each color. So just click on groups of 3 gems to rotate them. You will be able to rotate a group only if it will trigger points. If not, the move won’t be allowed. The big white arrow indicates the direction for the rotations you make, and you can change this direction by clicking on that arrow.

Sometimes when you combine three or more gems and they will disappear and will bring together other gems that may have the same color. So this way you can trigger cascade combinations of gems, and these will bring you even more points. In the second level you will receive a new color - green. Good luck! (the picture below is not from this game, but from one of the most famous “match 3” game, which is Bejeweled.

Let’s discuss about one more game from that site, and we’ll take the “Fun fun animals”. Even though the game is in Japanese, you will still be able to play it. Just click on the start button to begin. Your goal will be to swap adjacent animals and line up at least three of them of the same kind. Even though the animals will look quite funny, you will still be able to figure out which are looking the same. You will have to match enough animals of the same time to complete the level, before time runs out. But the time will be quite short, and the game can become quite annoying because you won’t even be able to complete the first level :).