LEGO Bricks (video game)
| LEGO Bricks | |
|---|---|
 Promotional artwork | |
| Developer(s) | Cobra Mobile |
| Publisher(s) | Hands-On Mobile |
| Platform(s) | Mobile (J2ME) |
| Release | 2006 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
LEGO Bricks is a 2006 puzzle video game developed by Cobra Mobile and published by Hands-On Mobile. It was the first LEGO video game for mobile phone platforms
Gameplay
LEGO Bricks is a falling block tile-matching game. Groups of three LEGO bricks in a row fall from the top of the screen; each brick in the group can be coloured red, yellow, green, or blue. While falling, the brick groups can be moved left or right, rotated, or sped up. Once placed, matching lines of three or more bricks of the same colour will be cleared from the screen. Matching lines of bricks increases the player's score, and reaching certain scores increases the player's level. Each new level causes bricks to fall slightly faster; in some versions of the game the background image of the playing field changes too.[1]
Besides the four basic colours, there are a few special bricks as well. Groups will sometimes contain danger bricks, marked with horizontal or vertical lines. When matched, danger bricks will destroy all bricks in their row or column regardless of colour any other danger bricks in their destruction path will also be set off. There are also ice bricks, which fall as only a single light blue brick. Ice bricks create a line of ice filling the row they land on, blocking all other bricks until they eventually melt.[1]
Release and reception
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Pocket Gamer | 6/10[2] |
LEGO Bricks was announced on 28 April 2006.[3] The press release suggested that Kiloo would develop the game; however, it was developed by Cobra Mobile.
Though the company name had changed before its release, Hands-On Mobile is credited as Mforma in-game.[citation needed]
Chris Maddox of Pocket Gamer gave the game a 6 out of 10[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cobra Mobile (2006). LEGO Bricks (J2ME) (1.1.3 ed.). Mforma Group. Scene: "Help" menu.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Maddox, Chris (3 August 2006). "Lego Bricks". Pocket Gamer. Bath, Somerset: Steel Media. Archived from the original on 10 August 2006.
- ↑ "Hands-On Mobile to Distribute LEGO" (Press release). San Francisco: Hands-On Mobile. Kiloo. 28 April 2006. Archived from the original on 27 November 2006.
- ↑ Bennallack, Owain (10 July 2006). "LEGO Bricks drops Tetris style onto mobile". Pocket Gamer. Bath, Somerset: Steel Media. Archived from the original on 10 August 2006.
