Bejeweled

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Bejeweled is a tile match-3 game developed and published by PopCap Games. Originally called Diamond Mine, was released for Windows on May 30, 2001.

Bejeweled
Play the original match-3 game
Genre(s): Puzzle Platform(s): Microsoft Windows macOS iPod Classic Windows Mobile Java ME Xbox 360 Plug & Play Browser Release Date: May 30, 2001 Web Browser 2000 Windows Mobile 2001 iPod Classic September 12, 2006 iOS (Safari) October 11, 2007 Developer(s): PopCap Games Astraware Ltd. (Palm OS, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC) Oberon Media (Xbox) Publisher(s): PopCap Games MacPlay (MacOS version) Successor: Bejeweled 2

Why It Shines

1. Like other PopCap games, it's quite addictive.
2. Two awesome game modes:
   • Normal mode, that allows you to play until you run out of moves.
   • Time Trial mode, where you face the chronometer to level up.
3. Three simple but awesome tracks composed by Peter Hajba:
   • Autonomous (Loading Screen)
   • Network (Classic Mode)
   • Data Jack (Timed Mode)
4. Without this game PopCap Games probably would never have gotten to where it is now.
5. Calming soundtrack.

Bad Qualities

1. It falls far short in game modes, music and graphics compared to its sequels.
2. Every time you advance the levels become almost impossible.
3. Is was too similar to Shariki.

Trivia

• Network is based on the soundtrack of Delta, a game that was released in 1987.
• Data Jack (the music used in Timed mode) contained some parts of the song were that were left unused in the final game. These parts can only be accessed through a music tracker from the original file.
  • Additionally, one of the unused parts was in the original version of the song when it was released by Skaven back in 1994, around seven years before the game was released. The part was cut for unknown reasons during revisions. The original version can still be put back in the game as long as the player follows the instructions for replacing the game's music files with custom tracks.
• Network and Autonomous also appear to have unused parts in their original files, but are hidden. They can be uncovered if the user types in the pattern number in an empty pattern slot. The unused patterns in Network are patterns 10 - 11 and 41 - 42, while Autonomous is patterns 1, 9, and 11.
• Every time the level is completed, the board will change its appearance.
• Plants vs. Zombies contains a mode based off the Bejeweled series called Beghouled where the player matches plants instead of gems and get sun instead of points by matching them.
• Mobile ports of Bejeweled for various platforms feature Bejeweled 2 visual elements, but gameplay is identical to this version of Bejeweled.

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