I had so much fun with this game during the 90's on the Amiga, though I never got around to finish it. Now, after more than 27 years, I'm having tons of fun again. In this game, you need to move around domino tiles. Most of them are regular domino tiles but there's a dozen different, special ones. Each special one having it's own function. The first 11 levels are tutorial levels for each of these special domino tiles so it starts out very easy but the further you progress, the complexer it gets and you really need to think about how to solve each level. Also, each 11 levels has its own them, both aesthetics and music. Level 100 has its own theme as a bonus. Each level also has a timer. You need to solve each level before the timer reaches 00:00 but the game lets you get over it so you're able to think about the solution of each level. When it's counting down, the timer has a yellow color. When you're over it, it's red and counting up again. You can use a token (which you get for solving each level) to return to the state before pushing a tile, but when you complete the game after that, you won't get the best ending. The game doesn't have a save system but has a classic password system, be sure to note them down when you solve a level (or look them up, but where's the fun in that then?). All in all, I very much enjoyed this game back then but I also still enjoy it these days. I love the nostalgia.
This game is truly a fantastic game IMO. The only aspect where LucasArts could've done a lot better is the tactical combat part. Just a gigantic box where you can only zoom in and rotate around the middle so it's difficult to actually zoom in the part where the action is actually taking. The one mechanic which I found annoying is the fact that randomly at some point, there would be a environmental disaster on some random (occupied ones only I think?) planet which would limit the amount of buildings you could build on that planet. it's a shame you could never disable that. Other than that, I've always done SP, never MP, so the only thing I can say is that I really liked how the SP was. I always played the longest games (with the most amount of star systems), resulting in thousands of in-game days per sessions, since I love marathon games (just like marathon length games in Civilization games. I never understood why this game was so underrated, since I loved (and still do) this game so much. I can only hope that, one day, they will make a great remake of this game.
