Another similar game was produced by Vulcan Electronics in 1983 under the name XL-25. Merlin, a similar electronic game, was released by Parker Brothers in the 1970s with similar rules on a 3 by 3 grid.

The goal of the puzzle is to switch all the lights off, preferably with as few button presses as possible. Pressing any of the lights will toggle it and the adjacent lights. When the game starts, a random number or a stored pattern of these lights is switched on. The game consists of a 5 by 5 grid of lights. Lights Out is an electronic game released by Tiger Electronics in 1995. All rights reserved.Selecting a square changes it and the surrounding squares. If you have downloaded and tried this program, please rate it on the scale belowĬopyright © 1996-2019, the project. Report inappropriate or miscategorized file (requires an account or you may email us directly) Write a review for this file (requires a free account) Questions, comments, and problems regarding the file itself should be sent directly to the author(s) listed above. Matt McCutchen ( BASIC Games (Puzzle/Lights Out) It loads from and saves to matrices and includes useful button patterns. The 5x5 field maps to the rectangle of buttons between X, ^, STO->, and +. This program is meant more for analysis of the game than just playing it. The objective is, given a pattern of lights, to turn them all off. Pressing a space toggles the lit state of that button and its neighbors up, down, left, and right. Originally sold as an electronic handheld game by Tiger, Lights Out is a game involving a 5x5 field where each space is both a button and a light. Ranked as 27208 on our all-time top downloads list with 2040 downloads.

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