This game is a throwback to a great game show that used to be on the air, probably around the period of the late seventies to late eighties. I have fond memories of the television show, which I believe was hosted by either Pat Sajak or Alex Trebek, although I could be wrong on that point.
In this game, which is a classic of the Commodore 64 age, you are playing the classic game of Concentration, hence the title. Basically, what you are trying to do is match the prizes, in round after round, and you win them.
Prizes include everything from hutches to televisions. The interface, as with all Commodore 64 games is highly intuitive, and simple. Pretty much anyone could pick this game up and be able to get right into it. The game is good for family fun for kids and adults of all ages. the puzzles are a little dated, but still fairly solvable, despite the fairly long period of time that has passed between the development of the game and today's date, a couple of decades later.
You would be surprised just how addictive this game is. I remember spending many a day playing this game with my brother when we both were younger, and having all sorts of fun with it. Way too many days and nights were
spent, on long summer vacations, and on weekends, when we probably should have been doing homework, or playing games outside in the backyard. Hey, the game sure helped occupy us during long Canadian winters.
The graphics are typically Commodore 64, with limited colors, and very basic shapes. However, that's part of the classic charm of this game. It is also a game of simple "match," which most kids will remember from childhood...played with cards then...and crazy, eye-popping graphics wouldn't do anything to improve the play of the game or the workings of the brain.
I highly recommend this game for those who enjoy a good memory challenge, and who enjoy trying to solve a rebus or two. A rebus is a picture/word puzzle. A phrase will be created using a series of pictures and letters that spell out the phrease in a clever manner. For example, an eyeball might represent the word "I" and the number 4 might mean four or for.
The Commodore 64 was a classic gaming system, and this game is an excellent example. If you like the other tv game show versions available for the C64, you will definitely like this one. Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Family Feud and others are much better remembered than this long forgotten eighties game show, but that is a tragedy. Both this game, and this show are worthy of memory and hopefully of eventually being remade into new, fancier, more exciting versions for the modern era.
In conclusion, try this game, enjoy it, and flash back to a bygone era!
