Crack Attack!

Crack Attack! is a free OpenGL game created by Daniel Nelson based on Tetris Attack for the SUPER Nintendo. It is available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X licensed under the GNU General Public License. The Mac OS X version of the game was ported by Jeff Disher, but another port of the game for Mac was done by Daniel Aarno, who has named his version Mac Crack Attack!. Aarno's Mac Crack Attack! includes features such as sound and full screen mode, while Disher's port does not.

Since version 1.1.10, the project has been adopted by Andrew Sayman, who has released the latest version of the game (1.1.14) for Linux and Windows. The latest version includes sound by Miguel Ángel Vilela, extremely low graphics mode, VS computer modes and other various bug fixes.

Gameplay

• Solo Mode - The player plays against him or herself in order to obtain the highest score possible.
• Two Player Mode / VS computer - Instead of a score, a game clock appears, in which the opponents attempt to survive the longest against each other.
• X-treme Mode - The same gameplay as the normal modes, but includes new types of garbage and blocks.

Concept

The player must keep a rising stack of blocks from reaching the top of the screen. The stack of blocks will rise slowly at first, but quicken as time goes on. The player must eliminate blocks by matching three or more equal blocks (of the same color) together. If the blocks reach the top of the screen, the player will have 7 seconds to reduce the blocks before losing. Whenever a block is eliminated, or when garbage is being converted to blocks, the stack of blocks will stop rising momentarily and the time bar will be paused. When the 7-seconds limit is reached, the player will only have one second to eliminate blocks as a last chance to reset the time counter. If all the garbage is eliminated and there are no blocks in contact with the top of the screen, the time bar will be set to the initial state again.

Garbage is generated through combos or block eliminations greater than 3 blocks (excepting grey-colored blocks, which always generate grey garbage). When playing against a human opponent, any garbage generated by one falls on the other. When playing in solo mode, the garbage falls on the player. Once garbage falls on the players side, it can be eliminated by successfully combining, and thus eliminating, any blocks that are in contact with it.

Combos/Chains

Combos, now more frequently being called "chains" by gamers, are performed when falling blocks land and cause another block elimination. The more combos or chains that are performed, the higher the combo multiplier becomes. Once a combo or chain is finished garbage will fall, its size being proportional to that of the combo multiplier. The highest multiplier one can achieve on-screen is x12, however it is only a graphical limitation, and the garbage generated keeps further increasing as more combos are executed consecutively after the x12 is reached. Chains are now being used by players as a means by which to rank themselves; those with the ability to only get chains smaller than or equal to x4(4 chain) are beginners, those who can get up to a x9(9 chain) are experts and those who can get x10 and above have been ranked as "1337" or leet .

External links

• Original Crack Attack! Site by Daniel Nelson
• Official Crack Attack! Site for the latest releases
• Mac Crack Attack! Site
• Crack Attack! Sounds and Music Site is in Spanish but last original patch release is in English.
• Crack Attack! Project Page
• Crack Attack! Development Journal
• Crack Attack! League
• Crack Attack! video showing the x12 multiplier graphical limit
• Crack Attack! video showing an example of ingame playing

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