Compact Puzzles is a set of 12 puzzles from the Compact Fun range. Brief details of each puzzle are given below.
Please note that the individual puzzles are also available as individual apps: free ad-supported apps, and, in some cases, paid-for ad-free apps. So, you can try them first.
Original puzzles
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Numberskull
An original numerical puzzle in which 6 equations of the form A ? B ? C = D (where A to D are numbers and ? are operators) are laid out in a grid, three horizontally and three vertically, with the results shown but the 9 numbers representing A, B and C in the equations given but not positioned. The objective is to position these, together with the operators, to produce 6 correct equations.
Tricolor
An original puzzle based on a collapsing blocks game. Click on a block to remove all connected blocks of the same colour, and try to achieve just three blocks of different colours in the middle at the end.
Classics with original notation/mnemonics
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Rube Cube
Our version of Rubik's great cube puzzle. Includes tools to aid solving and a detailed approach and Wolstenholme notation to help you solve it and remember the solution.
Peg Solitaire
The well-known pegs-in-a-board puzzle. You can start not only with the full 32 pegs, but also with 6, 8, 10 or 12 pegs - but always with the aim of ending up with a solitary peg in the middle. Has a Solve feature that will show you how to solve any puzzle presented to you by the system. Includes a solution and Wolstenholme notation to help you remember the solution.
Logic puzzles
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Code 4x6
Be a mastermind and find the hidden colour code.
SudokuAssistant
Feature-rich Sudoku application, including: analysis display, error-checking, clues, hints, and even auto-solve. Load one of our classic (symmetrical) Sudoku puzzles (4 levels), with millions of initial layouts, or enter one to solve from elsewhere. Supports mark-setting for external Sudokus that require quessing and back-tracking.
Word puzzles
Hangman
A sophisticated version of the hangman puzzle normally played with pencil and paper, where one player tries to guess the letters of a hidden word. The word can be computer-selected or defined by another person.
WordSearch+
Search for the given words that are hidden in the letter grid - plus some that aren't given, but whose length you are told.
Other classic puzzles
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Memory pairs
Memory test to find the hidden pairs.
Step Challenge
Starting from a given number, carry out eight operations (each on the result of the previous one) and, step-by-step, calculate the result of the final one. A good 30-second challenge.
Towers of Hanoi
Move the discs from one pole to another - but never with a larger disc on a smaller one.
15 puzzle
Move tiles to recreate the original 1-15 tile pattern.
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Full Help facility for each component.
Always open in Portrait orientation.
Versions of the individual components for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Nokia, Windows PCs and Macs are available from i.compactfun.com.
