Microsoft Pandora's Box

Pandora's Box is a 1999 video game created by the designer of Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, for Microsoft.^[1]

Gameplay

In the game, players must travel around the world to different cities solving various kinds of puzzles to capture the seven "tricksters" - Maui, Puck, Eris, Coyote, Monkey, Anansi and Raven. Each trickster has a challenge puzzle after finding all the missing box pieces. The game offers sporadic bonuses. Hints are used to find where one piece goes if the player needs help figuring it out. Free puzzle tokens solve puzzles for the player if needed. The game includes the following puzzle types:

• Find and fill
• Focus Point
• Image Hole
• Interlock
• Jesse's Strips
• Lens Bender
• Outer Layer
• Overlap
• Rotascope
• Slices

Reception

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References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20030611035200/http://www.microsoft.com/games/PandorasBox/default.htm
2. https://web.archive.org/web/19991004002245/http://happypuppy.com/press/features/pandorasbo-as1.htm
3. https://web.archive.org/web/19990913150246/http://www.wewp.com/previews/Show.asp?NID=156