And now, this game without commentary. Enjoy!
The object is to uncover and match the hidden Fisher-Price toys. The players with the highest score after three rounds wins.
Level One six matches (twelve boxes) to select from; Level Two has eight matches (sixteen boxes) to select from; Level Three has ten matches (twenty boxes) to select from.
The Control Pad moves the selection arrow up or down on the menu, and moves the white cursor around the boxes up, down, left or right during gameplay. A and B confirms a selection. Start pauses the game, while Select ends it.
As for inputting your name, you use the Control Pad to move the cursor to the letter you want, then press A to confirm. If you make a mistake, highlight "DEL" and press A.
Player 1 goes first in the first round. In Rounds 2 and 3, the player with the higher score goes first. To score points, you must select two numbers that have the same Fisher-Price toy behind them. As matches are made, a picture is uncovered in the background. Matches give you points, and the earlier that match is made, the more points that match gives. The first match is worth 500 points, the second is 400, the third is 350, and the number of points made from a match slowly dwindle down to 100 (assuming you're playing on Level Three) as more matches are successfully made.
Whenever a match is made, the player who made that match can go again until the two numbers chosen do not match or the round is over due to all matches being made.
For the first two difficulties, I play by myself, but for the third, I play against the computer. When I played Perfect Fit, the computer was not very bright, but on this game, the computer is going to give you a run for your money. The computer player was kicking my butt on both the Let's Play and the longplay! I was surprised by that!
It should also be mentioned that if you want a "grown-up" version of this game, there is Classic Concentration for the NES, which plays more or less the same way but has the rebus puzzle in the background. The only difference is that the publisher and developer are different.
This game is pretty simple fun. If you've played Perfect Fit, you'll know what to expect here: simple graphics with not that much color to them, children's music that is both inoffensive and droning, controls that do what they're supposed to, and replay value that can only be had if you are among the littlest of children. If you haven't, well, you know now. You'll probably find it for cheap if you're looking for a physical copy, and it's good if you want to get a really young kid into video games. There is the case of the AI for the computer player being pretty darn good, though. All in all, it's probably pretty to get for an NES collection and there's no harm in trying it at least once if only to play against the computer at Level Three.
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