Hikari 1.1

• License:

  Free to try; $7.95 to buy (Buy it now)

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.0 stars (out of 3 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  15,570

• Operating Systems:

  Windows XP, Windows 2000

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 2000/XP, DirectX 8.1

• Limitations:

  See description

• Date Added:

  May 10, 2004

• Previous Versions:

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Publisher's description of Hikari

Hikari is an addictive, high-energy, puzzle-arcade game--think Lights Out meets Minesweeper meets Bomberman--in which you must switch lightbulbs and other pieces on or off by clicking them with the mouse. Sound easy? The further you get, the more challenging the puzzles become. Even the brightest minds will be challenged. Featuring more than 40 pieces--not only several types of lightbulbs, but also turnstiles, swappers, conveyors, bombs, batteries, and safes--Hikari provides rich gameplay from start to finish.

CNET Editor's Note: The free demo version of Hikari comes with 30 action-packed puzzle boards and 10 basic piece types. The registered version comes with more than 200 boards and 40 piece types.

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Editor's review of Hikari

• 5.0 stars

• "Hikari"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Hikari 1.1

Hikari's interface is restrained and the concept is elegantly simple, and at first we thought it was a kids' game. However, the Hikari concept evolves into a brain-stretching challenge that, at its highest levels, is frustratingly difficult.

To complete a level, you must illuminate all the bulbs on the board. Most of the early puzzles consist of the two most common bulbs, 25-watt and 60-watt. When clicked, the 25-watt blue bulbs activate themselves and the four (if any) bulbs at each 90-degree angle (von Neumann neighborhood). Similarly, the 60-watt bulbs control themselves and the four bulbs at each right angle, but they also command the four corner bulbs (Manhattan neighborhood). Bombs, turnstiles, and swappers spice things up.

The demo version contains 30 puzzles out of the 200 in the full version. The first boards are painfully easy, but everything after level 10 is moderate, levels 20 to 30 contain some real doozies, and the full game gets insane. Like most great games, Hikari is simple to learn and easy to start playing, yet extremely difficult to master. If you're the obsessive type and need to finish every single level, be warned: This lightbulb game may just burn you up.

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• 5 stars

  Version: Hikari 1.1

  "awosome difficult"

  by moncandido on March 8, 2008

  Pros: a thinking man game, could not light all the bulbs.

  Cons: very exhaustive.

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• 5 stars

  0 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: Hikari 1.1

  "This is a rad new Anime Chat room that allows you to do more"

  by Hitokiri_Battousai on July 20, 2005

  Pros: ANIME and lots of it, and lots of possible friends as well as more anime

  Cons: You have to update it every-so often

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