Pipe Dream
- Genres
- Puzzle Strategy
- Platforms
- DOS · Mac · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Amiga · Amstrad CPC · Atari ST/STE · BBC Microcomputer System · Acorn Archimedes · Acorn Electron
- Release
- Amiga Jun 1989 Exact Atari ST/STE Jun 1989 Exact Amiga Oct 1989 Exact Atari ST/STE Oct 1989 Exact Commodore C64/128/MAX Oct 1989 Exact DOS Oct 1989 Exact Mac 1989 Month only Acorn Electron 1990 Month only Amstrad CPC 1990 Month only Atari ST/STE 1990 Month only BBC Microcomputer System 1990 Month only Commodore C64/128/MAX 1990 Month only DOS 1990 Month only Acorn Archimedes 1990 Month only
- Credits
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LG
Lucasfilm Games
TA
The Assembly Line
ES
Empire Software
- Board status
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About
Each level of this abstract puzzler challenges the player to set up a network of pipes to allow an unspecified substance known as 'flooz' to flow through as many of those as possible. The pieces are offered in random order, and there are seven different types - straight lines going horizontally or vertically, corners rotating in each of the four directions, and cross-over pieces which carry the flooz straight across horizontally and vertically. Each of these can be entered from either side. When the flooz hits a gap, or a piece which the previous piece can't flow into, the pipe is finished. Before the flooz starts flowing from its randomly-selected starting position, the player has several seconds to start placing pieces. They can be put down anywhere. However a situation that can often occur is there will be a long and complex piping arrangement set up, yet a gap somewhere remains to be filled. Players are able to replace a piece with another in the same square (to make it easier to flow the flooz that way), but for a slight scoring penalty.
