Comments on: Help me waste my time.

Question: Help me waste my time.

SoulOnIce — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:53:45 -0800

Help me waste my time. I'm trying to find this flash/shockwave game that I used to play religiously a couple of years ago. Individual multi-colored balls or spheres fall from the top of the screen and you use your mouse or arrow keys to move the balls left or right.

The idea is to get 3 or more balls in a row -- horizontally or vertically -- to make them disappear. As you reach certain levels, the balls would either fall faster or the game would introduce a new color of balls. You would lose the game when any column of balls would get too high and would touch the top from where the balls would fall. I thought perhaps it was a Clevermedia or MSN game, but I can't seem to find it anymore. Sound familiar? Anyone know where I can find this game? Much appreciated!

By: necessitas

necessitas — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:59:28 -0800

Sounds sort of like pile up on Yahoo games

By: mrg

mrg — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:59:58 -0800

bubbleshooter? wouldn't view that in IE, dunno if it has spyware or not

By: iconomy

iconomy — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:00:59 -0800

It sounds like Bubbleshooter, or a Bejewelled clone. Is it one of the games at PopCap? Or it could be one of the games here. And since you're looking for time wasters, and I assume you've already seen Orsinal, check out the games linked at Little Fluffy Industries. They find the most kickass little web games - so addicting. Click on the Top 20 link at the top to access what they think is the cream of the crop.

By: MsMolly

MsMolly — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:36:34 -0800

It wasn't Bounce Out, was it? I love Bounce Out. The squeaky noises are the best.

By: O9scar

O9scar — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:44:08 -0800

I don't know if it's the exact game you want, but that sounds a lot like Dynomite

By: ashbury

ashbury — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:54:04 -0800

Was it Collapse on Shockwave? If so, you can only download it now.

By: lfaren

lfaren — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:02:46 -0800

Sounds like Frozen Bubble or Snood. Sorry, don't have the links handy.

By: essexjan

essexjan — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:22:14 -0800

It sounds like Collapse.

Still available online, ashbury.

Yay, Friday fun!

By: peacay

peacay — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:52:58 -0800

Grant me the serenity to accept the links I cannot click
Courage to click the links I can
And the wisdom to know the difference.

By: SoulOnIce

SoulOnIce — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:05:45 -0800

I found it! It's called Drop and it's on Shockwave's site.

BTW, I've wasted plenty of time on Collapse too. I highly recommend.

Thanks everyone for your help and let the time wasting begin!