Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection

a collection of small computer programs which implement one-player puzzle games. All of them run natively on Unix (GTK), on Windows, and on Mac OS X. They can also be played on the web, as Java or Javascript…

31 December 2004

Puzzle

Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection is a puzzle developed by Simon Tatham, released 31 December 2004 on Android, iOS, Linux and Mac.

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What Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection is

Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection is a puzzle game developed by Simon Tatham and released in 2004. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

The premise, in the publisher's words

a collection of small computer programs which implement one-player puzzle games. All of them run natively on Unix (GTK), on Windows, and on Mac OS X. They can also be played on the web, as Java or Javascript applets.

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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection launched on 31 December 2004, within three weeks of Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Gran Turismo 4 and Cave Story.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Gran Turismo 4, Cave Story.

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