Bejeweled & Alchemy (Mac)

by MacPlay

Product Details

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• ASIN: B000068XKP
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: June 17, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,575 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #95 in Video Games > Mac Games > Adventure
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Bejeweled has been enjoyed over 12 million times online and is now available for Mac OS, enhanced, improved and better than ever! Bejeweled is a fast paced gem-matching puzzler that will keep you coming back again and again. Swap gems on the board to align at least 3 gems in a row, either horizontally or vertically, to collect points and make the collection disappear and have more gems fall into place.

For centuries, people have experimented in the ancient art of Alchemy, attempting to transform worthless metals such as lead into glittering gold. Most failed, but to this day legends have survived of mystical wizards who discovered the secrets of this ancient art. In Alchemy, you are one such wizard, and you must transform the ordinary into the invaluable in this addictive, brain-tickling puzzler. Can you become an alchemical Grand Master?

Bejeweled:

• Amazing hi-resolution graphics, including 3D jewels.
• "Click-and-drag" interface makes swapping gems easier than ever.
• Pulse-pounding soundtrack by famed Future Crew composer Skaven.
• Normal and time trial modes
• High score lists for timed and normal modes.

Alchemy:

• Fast paced puzzle action, matching symbols and colors to transmute lead into gold
• Save your high scores and upload them to the Internet to compete with Alchemists around the world!
• Brand new mystical soundtrack by famed Future Crew composer Skaven.
• Regular and time trial modes let you take your time, or challenge the clock.
• Mystery gems and backgrounds always keep you guessing.

System Requirements:

• POWER MACINTOSH G3 233 MHZ
• MAC OS 8.6 OR LATER / 64MB RAM
• MAC OS X 10.1 OR LATER / 128MB RAM

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bejeweled is Addictive!!, February 28, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Bejeweled & Alchemy (Mac) (CD-ROM)

Buy this game! Bejeweled is fast and fun, you'll play for hours. It's kind of like a take on Tetris, but you must line up different colored jewels to clear rows and sections. Very addictive! Alchemy is fun, too. You must place symbols in that game to match up columns or rows to win!

So, one word: BUY!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A WINNER! YOU'LL LOVE THIS GAME AND WON'T WANT TO QUIT!!, March 29, 2007

By 

Corky Beachglow "Entertainment Designer" (Palos Verdes, CA USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Bejeweled & Alchemy (Mac) (CD-ROM)

There are some games that you just can't quit at bedtime! This one is ADDICTIVE! Not many games are as good as this one, and it works on my iMac with OS X.....Big plus!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars two great games for one low price, December 19, 2003

By 

Shelley Gammon "Geek" (Kaufman, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bejeweled & Alchemy (Mac) (CD-ROM)

Alchemy is an addictive puzzle game. It has a finite number of levels, but it is a rare day that you actually win each level and make it through the final level... and due to the randomness of the pieces, no game is quite the same any time you play it.

The goal is to make a piece disappear once per square on the 64 places (8 rows by 8 columns) by completing one vertical or horizontal row of like piece. Once every square has changed color, you proceed to the next level. Some pieces, silver squares, are like wild cards that can be placed adjacent to any piece - other pieces must be placed next to another piece with either the same color and/or the same symbol. The symbols are runes, so like MahJohngg, you may have a match and not even realize it.

The sound, music and graphics are great and it is addictive!

Bejeweled is akin to a Tetris like game - but no twisting of pieces. Each piece looks like a precious gem. Get three or more in a row (horizontal, diagonal or vertical) and they vanish. A timer at the bottom counts down as you try to complete so many vanishing gems before your limit expires. Getting a lot of pieces to vanish at once will extend your time. Not only easy to play, but also challenging, addictive, and cool to look at.