Rox Game Sample - GB/GBC

Rox is a very unremarkable (or rather, terrible) puzzle game developed by Altron, which was also released earlier for Playstation and Sega Saturn, though the GBC game is probably the least known of the titles. Rox has almost no gameplay modes in which to speak of and the modes present are crippled due to the game's overly "complex" system and steep learning curve, which many people don't even understand... it just goes to show you that too much creativity can leave you with something that nobody will really care for. It also doesn't help that the visuals are poor, even for a puzzler. The audio is decent enough.

The general idea of the game is this: 6 = Six. Wha? Yeah, it "barely" makes any sense. In the game, you have to sandwhich tiles according to the number on the dice. If you have a "1", place one die with any number between it (either vertically or horizontally) and then end the sequence with another "1" die. Likewise, if you start a sequence with a "2", place two dice with any number between it and end the sequence with a "2"... a "3" needs three dice with any number and should end with a "3"... and so on. Naturally, a "6" requires too many dice between it to eliminate it horizontally, so they must be eleminated vertically. You'll ocassionally get a gem of some kind which can eliminate any dice in its vicinity.

As if this wasn't complicated enough to adhere to in real-time, the colors change as the difficulty and speed pick up. While different colors adhere to the same general rules, they have one big distinction; they can only eliminate start-and-end-die of the same color, otherwise, they'll only destroy the matching numbers (for example: If you have a red "4" to start with, a green "4" to end with, and all necessary tiles, only the "4s" will disappear, not any of the tiles inbetween... two like start/ends can eliminate multi-color dice). It's hard enough to explain, imagine how hard it is to pull off. I've heard many deem the game to be "impossible". Anyway, here's a video of the game in action. Hopefully, you can watch it and get a better understanding of the rules based on my description.