Windows Phone 7 App: Rubik’s Cube

I was a teenager in the 1980s, which meant that along with watching Knight Rider, going to Depeche Mode concerts and playing blocky games on an Atari 2600, I had a Rubik’s cube. These puzzle toys were such a big craze at the time that toy and game stores couldn’t keep them on the shelves. I’m told that even decades later, it’s still considered to be the number one-selling toy of all time.

It’s nice to see that Ottawa-based developer Magmic, who specialize in mobile casual gaming, are bringing Rubik’s cube – the real officially-licensed thing – to Windows Phone 7. Naturally, you can try solving the classic 3 * 3 * 3 cube that we all know and love…

…but the game lets you go beyond the classic with:

• Four different sizes of cubes
• “Free play” or the more challenging “Timed mode”
• A timer to keep track of your best solution times
• Variations like “CRAZY cube” and “Picture cube”
• A solution guide to help you learn how to solve the puzzle
• Anaglyphic 3-D mode (3-D glasses not included)

This article also appears in Global Nerdy.