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Pathological

Version: 1.1.3
Author: John-Paul Gignac  
Category: Puzzle Rate this game yourself!   Average of 6 Ratings:4.474.474.474.47

Pathological Screenshot Fill the wheels with matching colored marbles.

Pathological is a puzzle game in the spirit of "Logical" by Rainbow Arts. To solve a level, fill each wheel with four marbles of matching color. Various board elements such as teleporters, switches, filters, etc., keep the game interesting and challenging. New levels can be created with any text editor.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: Requires the Pygame library.

Sound: Play in X: Play in Console: Multiplayer: Network Play: 3D Acceleration: Source Available:
yes yes no no no no yes


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Submitted by jjgignac on 2003-07-03.


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  Similar game online! posted by Rogerup @ 201.93.142.122 on Oct 2 2008 4:29 PM  
Hi, I made a similar game of Pathological to play online! http://www.mochiads.com/games/gudeballs/ have fun!
 
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  help wanted!! posted by Anonymous @ 84.135.216.209 on Jul 31 2006 4:29 AM  
I can NOT get over level 71!! H - E - L - P!!!!! ani.
 
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  Re: help wanted!! posted by Anonymous @ 82.69.17.178 on May 21 2007 7:00 AM  
Me neither. Too much reliance on getting enough red balls before the timer goes, and even then I'm not convinced there's enough time to juggle with the extra colours at the bottom. Has anyone completed this level?
 
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  Simple, enjoyable posted by shapr @ 81.224.147.69 on Dec 21 2005 12:29 AM 55555
This is another fun puzzle game that's very much worth playing. It's simple, easy to play, and hard to beat. If you haven't tried it, do so!
 
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  Greeeeeat posted by Anonymous @ 81.53.227.127 on Sep 26 2003 11:06 AM  
One of the best puzzle game i've ever tried, a must !!!!
 
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  Re: Greeeeeat posted by ps @ 217.228.145.62 on Nov 28 2003 10:36 PM 55555
Agreed. Wonderful game. 5 stars without doubt from me. :)
 
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  Great game posted by madth3 @ 132.248.196.39 on Jul 17 2003 11:40 AM 55555
Much better looking than the original. Spent a while playing it after installing it... Just read about those N and B keys on this board. I checked the README and the man page for something like it. Perhaps a non-rated not three-life-limited mode? Or it might be too dangerous? :)
 
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  Good posted by grumbel @ 217.88.133.212 on Jul 13 2003 9:25 AM  
Clean clone of an old game, graphics and music aren't bad, but not ground breaking either (graphics are probally a bit too boring, original looked better). Overall nothing exciting, but still good. BTW. Does the game keep track of the progress I kind of always start at the first level (well, might be because that is the only level that I finished sucessfully... no idea).
 
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  Re: Good posted by grumbel @ 217.88.133.212 on Jul 13 2003 9:27 AM  
Ok, just read that 'n' and 'b' change levels, a button for these two please and some indicator of which levels where already played successfully and which wheren't.
 
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  Great game! posted by Galvatron @ 68.40.63.219 on Jul 7 2003 3:51 PM 55555
Addictive gameplay, and nice graphics and sound as well. Keep up the good work!
 
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  Fun game posted by silent_strike @ 67.82.19.236 on Jul 5 2003 9:15 PM 55555
I almost missed it, judging a book by the cover and all, I was ignoring it the first couple days I saw it on happypenguin, because the screenshot is just not really impressive. The game is FUN though, well worth playing. Who came up with the idea for gameplay like that originally? I've never played anything like it. Is it possible to skip already beaten levels?
 
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  Re: Fun game posted by jjgignac @ 24.57.32.198 on Jul 6 2003 2:38 PM  
I'm glad you like it. The original game ("Logical") was published by Rainbow Arts in 1991, I believe, for several different platforms. To skip to the next or previous level, use the 'N' or 'B' key, respectively.
 
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  Pathological posted by LancerNZ @ 219.88.244.225 on Jul 5 2003 6:42 PM  
I have both python and pygame but I get errors...

[Lancer@localhost pathological-1.1.1]$ ./pathological
File "/usr/share/pathological/pathological.py", line 187
fullscreen ^= 1
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
[Lancer@localhost pathological-1.1.1]$ python pathological.py
File "pathological.py", line 187
fullscreen ^= 1
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
[Lancer@localhost pathological-1.1.1]$ python pathological
File "pathological", line 3
function usage () {
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
[Lancer@localhost pathological-1.1.1]$ ./pathological
File "/usr/share/pathological/pathological.py", line 187
fullscreen ^= 1
^
 
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  Re: Pathological posted by silent_strike @ 67.82.19.236 on Jul 5 2003 9:19 PM 55555
What version of python do you have? I tested python 2.1.3 and it had the xor and assign operator. But I don't know when it was added to python. If you are running python before 2.1.3, you could either upgrade python (the right thing to do), or be cool and submit a patch that makes the game work with earlier versions of python, start by replacing x ^= y with x = x ^ y.
 
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  Re: Pathological posted by jjgignac @ 24.57.32.198 on Jul 18 2003 7:24 AM  
FYI, Release 1.1.3 eliminates use of the ^= operator in the hope of being more compatible with older versions of Python. I don't know if it will really help though.
 
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  Not really new. posted by inva @ 134.109.132.159 on Jul 5 2003 8:02 AM  
Logical certainly is a great and addictive game idea, but xlogical has already been around for almost three years, and it features amazing raytraced graphics. This game, on the other hand, has the advantage of highest possible portability by using Python/pygame instead of C++/SDL. Maybe the author could add an option to use xlogical's artwork and thus combine the best of both worlds?
 
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  Re: Not really new. posted by Anonymous @ 68.120.240.72 on Jul 5 2003 8:31 AM  
I kind of liked this artwork better, xlogical has the 'dark and purple feel'
 
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  Re: Not really new. posted by inva @ 134.109.132.159 on Jul 5 2003 9:02 AM  
There's an alternative set of gfx available at the xlogical download page, maybe you like that one better. Anyway, I have to slightly change my statement: It would be really great if xlogical's and pathological's tile sets were exchangeable.
 
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  Re: Not really new. posted by jjgignac @ 24.57.32.198 on Jul 5 2003 5:06 PM  
There are three main issues with sharing graphics with XLogical:
  1. The resolutions are quite different.
  2. Pathological has a few game elements that XLogical (and Logical) don't have (switches, replicators, buffers, ...) so these graphics would have to be added.
  3. XLogical's wheels are animated and employ an extra layer, requiring some small code changes.
None of these are major issues, but I'm happy with the current look. OTOH, if somebody is willing to do the graphics work, I'll be happy to do the code changes.
 
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