Okay, I like Match 3 games more than most gamers out there- my phone has at least two installed at any given time.  There is a point though that we reach (well, reached years ago) where innovation is stifled and EVERYONE jumps on the latest bandwagon that worked for someone else.  I can safely say though, Fruit’Y is not a Bejeweled clone so anyone thinking that can safely set those concerns aside (it took me several minutes myself).  What we have in Fruit’Y is a new style of puzzle game that uses a similar look to that of Columns, Tetris and many Bejeweled clones.  There are two pits with items in them, here it is fruit, but that is where the similarities to other puzzle games end.  Fruit’Y is so much more.

Fruit’Y is a memory puzzle style game, not a remove things from the screen puzzler.  This is why there are two pits, like you would find in Columns or Tengen Tetris.  The pit on the right is the one that you must recreate in the pit on the left.  Sounds pretty simple but there are limited moves here so it will get pretty hectic rather quickly.

Fruit’Y features 120 different levels, music from the Commodore Amiga version, score tracking (so you can rub it in your friends faces) and hand drawn pixels and will run on a standard Sega Dreamcast (no boot disc or swap tricks needed to get Fruit’Y working).

Currently Fruit’Y on Sega Dreamcast is available at Dragonbox.de for about $3 plus shipping. This includes a professionally pressed disc in a DVD case with printed cover.  Quite nice packaging for a homebrew release at this price (this is well within the iOS and Android price range).

Head over to Dragonbox.de to grab your copy of Fruit’Y on Sega Dreamcast.

Carl Williams

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