XColumns is a single-player game in which one attempts to manipulate multicolored tiles in order to form sequences of three boxes of the same color - arranged horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The playing tiles drop from the top of the screen, and are comprised of 3 boxes arranged in a column - each box has one of 6 possible colors. Tiles drop one at a time, and may be manipulated in one of five different ways:

• Moving the tile one column to the left (the left command)
• Moving the tile one column to the right (right)
• Cycling the colors upward within the tile (scroll up)
• Cycling the colors downward within the tile (scroll down)
• Dropping the tile straight down into place (drop).

You can apply the right, left, and cycle commands as often as you wish while the tile is falling. The object of the game is to arrange the tiles on the game board such that boxes of the same color line up in sequences of three or more boxes. Any time a sequence of three or more boxes is formed, the boxes in the sequence are removed from the board, and all boxes located above those removed collapse to occupy the vacated squares on the game board. If the new arrangement of boxes (after the collapse) forms more sequences, these are also removed and points are scored.

What's new in XColumns v1.2

• Submenu VIDEO is added
• Animation effects FIRE, SOUL and GRAY is added
• Option MOVES which switches GLIDE or NORMAL column moves is added
• Key controls bug fixed
• Minor bugs fixed

Features:
Full screen mode, table of records, sound, hi-color graphics, game control and menu navigation by hardware keys and stylus are avialable, redefine keys option.

Platform
Windows CE 3.0 or higher MIPS, ARM, XScale CPU's

Device support
Pocket PC, Pocket PC 2002

License type
Shareware (7-days trial period)

Size (RAM usage ,kb)
315 KB