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The Brainies

aka: The Tinies, Tiny Skweeks

Description

This puzzle game has 101 levels, in which you have to guide a varying number of Brainies of four different colors onto a spot that matches their color. You control a cross-hair, and press fire while over a Brainy to take or give up control of its motion. Running out of time costs you a life.

The challenge lies in the fact that you can only control the direction in which a Brainy will walk. Once this is set, he will continue to walk until he hits a wall, an obstacle or another Brainy.

To make things a bit more complicated, there are various obstacles like arrows that change the direction a Brainy is walking in and items than can optionally be picked up.

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Credits (Amstrad CPC version)

9 People (8 developers, 1 thanks)

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  • Esat Software for their kind collaboration

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Trivia

Skweek

Even in Europe, the connection to the popular Skweek / Slider series was made late in development, as Amiga Power magazine previewed the game under the title The Brainies.

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  • MobyGames ID: 15730

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Game added by Mobygamesisreanimated.

Macintosh added by Barbarian_bros. Amstrad CPC added by POMAH. Apple IIgs added by Kabushi. DOS, Amiga, Atari ST added by Blood.

Additional contributors: B.L. Stryker, Martin Smith, Blood, Patrick Bregger.

Last modified February 22nd, 2023.