Pipe Mania plugging up consoles

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UKPosted Mar 7, 2008 5:00 am PT

Assembly Line's classic 1980s puzzle game will be "reborn" this year on the DS, Wii, PSP, PS2, XBLA, and PC.

Remember Pipe Mania? Like Tetris, it started off easy and gradually got more and more difficult until it became almost impossible. Gamers had to guide "flooze" through a series of pipes to stop it from oozing out onto the grid. You build the pipe from a selection of different shapes on the grid, and your goal is to finish without the flooze escaping.

Now Pipe Mania is coming back, like flares, leg warmers, and puffball skirts before it. The game will be coming to the Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Xbox Live Arcade, and the PC.

The new version of the game will add expanded game modes, along with new themes, play mechanics, and pipe pieces. UK-based Empire Interactive is both developing and publishing the game, and it is slated for a global launch before the end of the year.

The original Pipe Mania game was released in 1989 on the Amiga, and was developed by The Assembly Line and ported by LucasFilm Games to other platforms including the Atari ST, BBC Micro, and Commodore 64. The various iterations of the game have sold in total more than four million copies worldwide.

23 Comments

  • jediphil

    Posted Mar 8, 2008 5:55 pm PT

    I remember play that game on the Com 64, look forward for the release of this classic game

  • Proust

    Posted Mar 8, 2008 2:38 pm PT

    I'd buy that for a dollar.

  • nate1222

    Posted Mar 8, 2008 12:06 pm PT

    I hope there's a downloadable version for the PC. It looks like fun.

  • Vash67

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 4:32 pm PT

    Coincidentally, I had only just learned of this game the other day when I was looking through the old used GB games at Gamestop...

  • 4quarters

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 2:31 pm PT

    Helloooooo!! PSN version????

  • AngelCage

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 2:21 pm PT

    Hey, i played tons of flash versions of this game... i can't pay more than... $2 for a game wich i can play for free... only if they offer something unique and impossible to do in flash.

    And by the way, where is the PSN version????

  • chimera01

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 2:14 pm PT

    I remeber this game being pretty fun. I'm not sure about paying much for a newer version,though.

  • NND1

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 1:31 pm PT

    More lIke Pipe Trash

  • Auricom_Pilot

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 12:15 pm PT

    Umm what about PSN?

  • theclaw135

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 12:05 pm PT

    I think there was a Windows 3.x version, or something.

  • stziggy

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 11:10 am PT

    I can pay $19.99 for a PC game that I can download from multiple sources on the Internet for free. Gee, thanks Empire Interactive!

  • Get_Shorty

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 10:00 am PT

    Aww man it's a rip off of "Mac Pipes!"

  • -DirtySanchez-

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 9:36 am PT

    i think i remember the game..

  • mysterylobster

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 8:48 am PT

    "Remember Pipe Mania?"

    Americans will remember it as Pipe Dream, which was a minor hit on the Gameboy and NES.

  • werc96

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 8:22 am PT

    Yea....ummmm....No excitement. I think i had enough "Pipe Mania" In bioshock.

  • DudasPriest

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 8:00 am PT

    No PS3 on PSN?

  • xgalacticax

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 7:59 am PT

    Remember Pipe Mania??? Me Neither.

  • krimla

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 7:07 am PT

    My wife and I played a game like that on our "Multiple Arcade Machine Entertainer" at home. It's pretty fun when you get two players involved. Many arguments start because of misplaced pipes. This game requires that you have ESP to understand the other persons game plan

  • shrink45

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 6:57 am PT

    I thought it said "Mario" in the title

  • zoe256

    Posted Mar 7, 2008 6:00 am PT

    Oh, I'd so love to buy this game! But I think I'd be wasting my money on it as I would be totally useless at it lol

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