- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: March 17, 2008
- Total Downloads: 23,860
- Downloads last week: 106
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 18 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
There's little doubt that this free Sudoku game sports an atrociously decorated interface, bedecked with smileys and butterflies. However, the game play itself is unimpaired, and the three levels of difficulty and timer actually make this a reasonable experience if you're looking to fret over number patterns for a while.
The game provides the timer, the difficulty level, a solution checker, and an "I-give-up" option on the right-hand side of the panel. The main panel is taken up by the game board, and has an interesting feature: players can enter up to nine numbers into one box. Some may call this cheating, but it makes strategizing easier for those visual thinkers out there. Of course, if you hit the "Check my solution" option with more than one number per box it'll mark those boxes wrong, but we found it to be a helpful tool.
Plastered at the top and bottom of the game are static ads for the game's publisher, Best-Web-Sites.eu. We were skeptical about it, but LinkScanner verified the site as safe and virus and malicious software checks didn't freak out at the game's installation, we'll go on the record as recommending this 500KB install as a decent way to kill time and stretch your brain.
Publisher's description
From Best-web-sites :Our Free Sudoku 2008 is a fun puzzle game. This version is designed for those who are seeking to learn how to play Sudoku or for those that like a challenge with the high level. This is the coolest puzzle game on the Web, play, and fun. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
What's new in this version:
This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.1 stars out of 18 votes
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Version: Free Sudoku 2008 1.0.1
Pros: easy to use, easy to understand. i knew nothing about the game, and now i'm pretty good at it.
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Version: Free Sudoku 2008 1.0.1
"very good for practice of dying brains"
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Version: Free Sudoku 2008 1.0.1
Pros: could put numbers in squares
Cons: It would be nice if the numbers change color or something to help set off thefinal number, you can get lost in it otherwise
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Version: Free Sudoku 2008 1.0.1
Pros: Nice interface and small footprint
Cons: Some of the boards are suspect - the answers are often guesswork
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Version: Free Sudoku 2008 1.0.1
"Entire Sudoku Grid does not fit on the screen. This stinks."
Cons: The entire Sudoku grid does not fit on the monitor screen. This stinks because you cannot play the game without the entire grid.
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