Bejeweled 2 pop full#

Bejeweled 2 pop full#

The game features a Hint button that shows the player a valid move, at the cost of losing points and having the progress bar retractedĪlso known as Classic Mode or Simple mode in some versions, the player must make matches to fill the bar at the bottom, when it is full it warps the player to the next level. Sometimes, chain reactions (referred to as cascades) are triggered, where chains are formed by the falling gems. When chains are formed, the gems disappear and gems fall from the top to fill in gaps. Bonus points are given when chains of more than three identical gems are formed, but also when two chains are formed in one swap. The objective of Bejeweled is to swap one gem with an adjacent gem to form a horizontal or vertical chain of three or more gems of the same color. The beginning of the Normal Mode, featuring on-screen instructions, from the Deluxe version. The game would also receive several sequels and spin-offs, with the game being followed by a direct sequel in 2004.

The game was widely successful, leading to PopCap to port Bejeweled to several other platforms, including the Xbox, Palm OS, Windows Phone, and more. The retail version, Bejeweled Deluxe, was released for Windows on May 30, 2001. Entering a deal with Microsoft to have Bejeweled hosted on other game sites for $1,500 a month, including a name change, PopCap received funds to release a retail version with Bejeweled, featuring pre-rendered 3D graphics, offline play, saving and more. Bejeweled involves lining up 3 or more gems of the same color in a row to clear them from the board, to score enough points to reach the next level.įollowing the completion of the Java version of Diamond Mine in 2000, PopCap decided to develop the game into a retail title. It is the first game in the Bejeweled series, and the first game to be published by PopCap under their current name. Bejeweledis a tile match-3 game developed and published by PopCap Games.