Tessera

Not to be confused with the Macintosh (and Windows) puzzle game Tesserae, or with the Atari ST Tetris clone Teserae, this is a simple, straightforward Connect Four, based on Keith Pomakis' connect-n algorithm, but with a very well-done and fun presentation. By default the game runs in 640×480 full screen, but you can force it to run in a smaller resolution or in a window with command line options. On the animated menu screen you choose the power of your opponent: do you want to play against a 10MHz, 200MHz, or 2GHz CPU? The first is no challenge at all, the last near impossible to beat. Now the contest begins; both you and the computer are represented by 3D-rendered models, while Chopin plays in the background. However you think about media-enhanced simple games, Tessera is, plain and simple, fun.

Steckbrief

• Concept: Connect Four
• Author: Spyros Paraschis
• Year: 2001
• Country of Origin:

Download

• Tessera v1.8 (623kB, ZIP)