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1991 · Puzzle
Heartlight
Heartlight is a puzzle video game originally developed by Janusz Pelc for the Atari 8-bit computers in 1990. In 1994, an MS-DOS port (Heartlight PC) was published by Epic MegaGames along with two other games by Janusz Pelc in the Epic Puzzle Pack. The shareware version has 20 levels and the full version (Heartlight Deluxe) has 70 levels. 5 license as freeware.
- Released
- 1991
- Platforms
- AmigaAndroidAtari 8-bitBrowserCommodore 64MS-DOSWindowsiOS
- Genres
- Puzzle
- Developers
- —
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- Action
- Country
- Poland
›Story
A game that's very similar to Boulder Dash - the basic idea of collecting things while avoiding being crushed is the same. The protagonist of the game is a dwarf named Mosiek, who decided to marry Rachel. A necessary condition, however, is showing the cunning and skill. He goes to a magical world in order to collect all the hearts.
Assisting in completing the task are bombs and balloons, disturb stones and walls. In each level player must collect all the hearts, in order to open a door-portal to the next stage. The game features 64 levels.
Keywords
- freeware
- shareware
- public domain
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The game is set on a 12×20 square grid, with similar game mechanics to Boulder Dash and Supaplex. The object of the game is to help the elf Percival collect all the hearts on each level and get to the exit door. Different objects with unique characteristics aim to make reaching this goal more complex. The game is neither timed nor limited to a certain number of lives, but there is no Save feature.
Objects in the levels include bombs, rocks, and hearts. While hearts are one of the goals, they can also fall on and kill Percival. Bombs blow up when squashed or dropped on a hard surface. Rocks squash Percival and can blow up bombs.
Reception
Computer Gaming World's Chuck Miller in June 1994 praised Heartlight as "a delightful logic-based game offering a good mix of arcade action and conundrums". "Game play is so addictive", he said, that the "just average" graphics and sound were not noticeable. Miller concluded that "this is one diversion that will keep you coming back for more". The game was later released as part of the Epic Puzzle Pack (with Robbo and Electro) which was reviewed in 1994 in Dragon #206 by Sandy Petersen in the "Eye of the Monitor" column. Petersen gave the compilation 3 out of 5 stars.
PC Joker (October 1993)
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Ported as
- Heartlight PC
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Licensing
Description adapted from its source, CC BY-SA 4.0.