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QWIRKS (Spectrum HoloByte, CD-ROM for PC, $24.95) Alexey Pajitnov, the father of Tetris, contributed to this rehash of that classic puzzle game. Instead of Tetris' plain square blocks, you spin, drop, and match up multicolored critters -- basically gumdrops with eyes -- in order to clear the playing field. The game is certainly fun, but there's no escaping that been-there, done-that feel. Software makers have tried before to beat the elegance and addictive gameplay of Tetris, but in the end, it's a losing battle. B-


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Posted Oct 13, 1995
 

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