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■ Not only did the NES version of gain an extra 16 stages but it also included a bonus game, , designed for expert players. “Are you ready for the next step?” asked the game’s manual. “ will really test your puzzle-solving skills.” As the name implies, was based around the effects of gravity. Rather than moving blocks around, you now moved the whole screen which would cause the blocks to slide to the bottom. The timer was nixed, replaced by a set number of moves in which to remove every block from the playfield (as with , the key was to avoid leaving single block types in play). Having no time limit meant you could carefully plan each move before executing it. In total there were 80 challenging stages to complete.

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