Mac Games – reviews and game downloads

While away the time in an ocean of blue calm playing Mac game Blue Reef Sudoku. This basic Sudoku game with grids from 4×4 all the way up to 16×16 will initiate the new player and challenge the experienced ones. There are literally thousands of games to choose from, and you can even make your own puzzle. You can take newspaper Sudoku puzzles and put it in this game.

The play is to fill out the grid with numbers and, in the higher grids, letters, without repeating the digits either across or vertically. First you choose the grid size you would like to play. For novices start with a smaller grid size and if you are an expert go for the 16×16 expert level. In each grid when you hover over a square, the possible numbers that could be in that square will appear to the right of the screen. This is different from other Sudoku games where the hints appear in the box. If you do not need the help, disable the hint button to your left. To place a number in the square, you click on the box you want to input, then click on the number at the right. Begin searching for squares where there’s only 1 possible answer. Then you must determine the other numbers logically by eliminating any duplicate numbers in the row, column and the small grid.

The other buttons on the right will show error, undo a play or solve the game one square at a time randomly. All these helps will create a comfortable and easy play. The challenge is to take it to the next level and not use the hints.

As far as the play goes, it is good, but since you are not able to put in your own possible numbers, the ability to really test your skills is less in this game. Blue Reef Sudoku is a basic game for people who are into this type of play. I give it a 3.0 for its ease of learning and play.

Try: Sudoku Latin Squares and Ancient Sudoku

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Like Sudoku Epic, Kakuro Epic is a basic cross sum or kakra game. This game is for those who enjoy simple math puzzles and challenges. There’s a game for every level from easy to hard and from 6×6 to 14×14 grids. The music is Asian like and easy to listen to while playing this game.

The goal is to fill in all the cells with numbers that when the sum of a row or column matches the given clue in the black cells. You begin by clicking on a number listed in a column to the right of the screen. Then you click on a cell to place the number in that spot. The button with the minus sign on the upper right will clear the cell of any number.

Kakuro Epic will even help you if you need it. The show mistakes button will show you in red when you make an error, the show random cell will place a number randomly in different cells, show desired cell will place a number in the cell you want, the auto markup will place all the possibilities in each cell and the solution will show you the entire answers to the grid.

This is a good basic game like Sudoku Epic to have in your library of games if you are into math. Unlike Sudoku, you will have to like to add numbers to logically solve the many puzzles in Kakuro Epic. An added bonus is the editorial where you can place newspaper games into the grid to solve and correct daily for Kakuro addicts.

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Come and test your mind by just trying to figure out this wondrous, fun game! Sudoku: Latin Squares is an enticing, new kind of sudoku. In this mac game the object is to fill all colors, rows, and columns, with the numbers 1 through 9 without repeating. It’s like a normal sudoku, except instead of having formal 3 by 3 squares you have freeform shapes in different colors.

The gameplay takes a couple minutes to get used to if you are a seasoned sudoku player, but once you get used to it you can play for hours. The game controls are very simple. To choose a number you simply scroll over the box and outlines of numbers 1 through 9 will appear; then, you click on the number you want in the box. If you click on the wrong number then all of the other numbers that don’t allow that number to be there will flash in red. If you are one of those sudoku players that likes to write in options then you scroll over the box and as if you are clicking on a number you just right click instead. There is also a classic sudoku version game that you can play. This game deserves 4 and a half stars out of 5 for its intriguing game style.

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