The Oracle

The Oracle isa pointer environment game for the QL that requires cleverness and cunning to solve an ancient puzzle. Itchy trigger fingers and fast reflexes are not needed. The object of the game is to set 72 tiles of various colors and containing different symbols on a playing board consisting of 96 squares while making as many matches as you can. When placing a tile, it must match the color or symbol of an adjacent tile. This seems easy at first but as you continue playing eventually you will have to set a tile next to two, three or four adjacent tiles. This is where the cleverness comes in as the same rules about matching color or symbol apply to all adjacent tiles. It becomes very challenging trying to make your moves such that a tile can be set and meet the rules on matching its neighbors.