Pipe Mania

Game review

You play the role of a maintenance guy - a plumber and you must build a pipeline before you pour a green slime. In the top right corner there is an indicator showing you how long you must last untill you meet the level goal. After meeting the goal you can proceed to the next level. And here we go again, you must build a pipeline, again and there is a slime, again. You get a choice of either receiving tube and its position (left click) or ask fot another piece (right click). The problem is that in the meantime the slime starts to flow out, so you have act quite...

Game was originally created for the Amiga and known as Pipe Dream, the puzzle game was ported to other systems, including DOS and the PC platform, thanks to Lucasfilm Games (today's LucasArts). The game's mechanics are most similar to the legendary Tetris, where instead of different types of cubes, randomly generated pieces of pipes are offered.

In the game, you take on the role of a plumber who has to lay a certain number of pipes of different shapes (crossing, left and right bends, straight pipe, end pipe, tank, etc.) in a short time to get to the next level. After the given time, a stream of water starts flowing through the pipe you have assembled. In each subsequent level, the time limit decreases and the speed of the spring increases, so it is purely up to the player's wits and speed to reach the end.

After every fourth level (out of a total of 36) there is a so-called bonus level, where it is necessary to get the highest possible score.