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Shariki
Shariki
	Game screen. The Russian счет (sčot) means "score," while the green text at the bottom translates as "Program "Shariki". Author Zhenya Alemzhin. Write letters: sandra@sandra.kemerovo.ru. Hello everyone!"
Developer(s)	Eugene "Zhenya" Alemzhin
Platform(s)	MS-DOS, Windows
Release	1994
Genre(s)	Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single-player

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Shariki (Russian: Ша́рики, "The Marbles") is a puzzle video game written in 1994 for MS-DOS by Russian developer Eugene Alemzhin. The goal of the game is to gain progressively higher scores by matching three or more balls of the same color in a line (vertical or horizontal), by swapping adjacent balls. Each swap must result in a match. Matched balls are then removed, and new ones drop from the top to fill the gaps. The game is over when no more matches are possible in the game field.

Legacy

Shariki proved to be influential and eventually many games that closely matched its mechanics arose.^[1] Collectively known as tile-matching video games or match-three games, these all revolve around the mechanic of creating a three-in-a-row line of identical pieces. They include:

Bejeweled (2001) by PopCap Games
Jewel Quest (2004) created and published by iWin
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (2007) developed by Infinite Interactive and published by D3 Publisher
Aurora Feint (2008) game for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Candy Crush Saga (2012)
Pokémon Shuffle (2015) game for the Nintendo 3DS handheld console

References

^ "Shariki on Casual Games Wiki". Archived from the original on 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2008-11-13.

External links

Article Shariki: The Predecessor of Bejeweled and Puzzle Quest^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Museum of Shariki games (in Russian)
Play Shariki at the Internet Archive

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[1] "Shariki on Casual Games Wiki". Archived from the original on 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2008-11-13.

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+|caption=Game screen. The Russian {{Lang|ru|счет}} (''sčot'') means "score," while the green text at the bottom translates as "Program ''"Shariki"''. Author Zhenya Alemzhin. Write letters: sandra@sandra.kemerovo.ru. Hello everyone!"
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-'''''Shariki''''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Ша́рики, "The Balls") is a [[puzzle game]] by Russian programmer Eugene Alemzhin, developed for MS-DOS in [[1994 in video gaming|1994]].
+'''''Shariki''''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Ша́рики, "The Marbles") is a  [[puzzle video game]] written in 1994 for MS-DOS by Russian developer Eugene Alemzhin. The goal of the game is to gain progressively higher scores by matching three or more balls of the same color in a line (vertical or horizontal), by swapping adjacent balls. Each swap must result in a match. Matched balls are then removed, and new ones drop from the top to fill the gaps. The game is over when no more matches are possible in the game field.
-The goal of the game is to gain progressively higher scores by matching three or more balls of the same color in a line (vertical or horizontal), by swapping adjacent balls. Each swap must result in a match. Matched balls are then removed, and new ones drop from the top to fill the gaps. The game is over when no more matches are possible in the game field.
-== Clones==
+== Legacy ==
-Shariki proved to be a very influential game and eventually many games that closely matched its mechanics arose.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.casualgamewiki.net/wiki/index.php/Shariki|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100112140400/http://www.casualgamewiki.net/wiki/index.php/Shariki|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2010-01-12|title=Shariki on Casual Games Wiki|accessdate=2008-11-13}}</ref> Collectively known as [[Tile-matching video game|match-three games]], these all revolve around the mechanic of creating a three-in-a-row line of identical pieces.  They include:
+Shariki proved to be influential and eventually many games that closely matched its mechanics arose.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.casualgamewiki.net/wiki/index.php/Shariki|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100112140400/http://www.casualgamewiki.net/wiki/index.php/Shariki|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-01-12|title=Shariki on Casual Games Wiki|accessdate=2008-11-13}}</ref> Collectively known as [[tile-matching video games]] or match-three games, these all revolve around the mechanic of creating a three-in-a-row line of identical pieces.  They include:
-* ''[[Bejeweled]]'' (2001) by PopCap Games
+* ''[[Bejeweled (video game)|Bejeweled]]'' (2001) by PopCap Games
 * ''[[Jewel Quest]]'' (2004) created and published by iWin
 * ''[[Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords]]'' (2007) developed by Infinite Interactive and published by D3 Publisher
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 * Article [http://www.praisechaos.com/2010/02/28/shariki-the-predecessor-of-bejeweled-and-puzzle-quest/ Shariki: The Predecessor of Bejeweled and Puzzle Quest]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
 * [http://scharik.ru/ Museum of Shariki games] (in Russian)
+*[https://archive.org/details/msdos_Shariki_1994 Play ''Shariki''] at the [[Internet Archive]]
+[[Category:1994 video games]]
 [[Category:Video games developed in Russia]]
-[[Category:Puzzle video games]]
 [[Category:DOS games]]
 [[Category:Windows games]]
-[[Category:1994 video games]]
+[[Category:Tile-matching video games]]
-[[Category:Match 3 games]]