Magics I

DOSGames.com Review:  Rating: 3.5
Magics I is actually a small collection of three action/puzzle games. The first two (Magics-Ball and Magics-Cobra) are snake variants. The first of the three games (Magics-Ball) is rather confusing, the goal seems to be to fit as many snakes a possible into the lower part of the screen without the snake running into an obstacle or itself; also matching three or more colored balls clears them from the playing field. Seems like an attempted combination of a "Snake" game with a "Columns" game? (Thanks goes to Mr Fibble for attempting to understand this one, partially via translation since the docs are in German.) Anyways, the second snake game is more straightforward, collect all of the things (robot moths?) without running into your own tail. The third game is a Columns-like game. All of the games play decently well, although I'm not sure exactly how fast the original game is intended to play.