Magic Boxes

Box front of Magic Boxes

Details

Released
1989
Developer
Softdisk Publishing
Publisher
Softdisk Publishing
Genre
Education / Math / Logic, Puzzle
Players
Up to 1; single player
Type
Freeware \ Shareware
Platform
MS-DOS
Pack
eXoDOS
Manual
Not included

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Screenshots

Title screen of Magic Boxes
Title screen
Gameplay of Magic Boxes
Gameplay

About this game

A mathematical game with a twist: you are given a four by four equation lattice with the symbols and numbers missing. Your job is to fill in the squares so that all the equations across and down are correct. You have a set of numbers and symbols at the bottom of the screen that you can choose from and as you use them they disappear from the bottom of the screen and appear in the boxes you assign them.

The Apple II version of this game has hi-res graphics. The PC version of this game was John Romero's first PC game ever and was written in Pascal while the game display was done in colored text mode.