# Jewel Quest Anonymous **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-quest-anonymous/348168 "2006-03-13T14:58:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-quest-anonymous/348168/1 "2006-03-13T14:58:10Z")
Or Drool Quest…or Jewel Crack…or whatever you call it. Pretty Pretty Jewels disintegrating before my eyes with a pleasant jingle. I’ve completed all levels of Temple del Fuego with really only one minor issue from start to then. Even found a way to nail a 9000 bonus most of the time at the end of each frame. But that’s a mixed blessing. Because in the end it earns extra lives and means I have to run longer against the horror of the accursed blackfaces than is reasonable. Leapers! And there are three more levels after this? I am humbled by this puzzle game and yet addicted to it. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-quest-anonymous/348168/2 "2006-03-13T22:59:31Z")
Is this a Real Arcade game, or Gamehouse, or something else? I need a new game. I love the shoot-at-balls games like Zuma and Luxor, and the match-three games like Bejeweled and Wonderlines. ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-quest-anonymous/348168/3 "2006-03-13T23:27:05Z")
How the crap did you get through all the levels? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve replayed boards in the 2nd and 3rd levels, and I’ve never made it out of the third level yet. After the masks that undo what you match in level 2, and the squares that turn first to silver and then to gold–combined with the evil masks–in level 3, I hate to think what lies ahead. I haven’t played in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-quest-anonymous/348168/4 "2006-03-13T23:32:44Z")
Heh…never made it past the evil blackfaces. Got well into the inner temple vs. them before giving up (I refuse to restart my score and maintain my position, when I die I start over). > [@AuntiePam](#): > > Is this a Real Arcade game, or Gamehouse, or something else? > > I need a new game. I love the shoot-at-balls games like Zuma and Luxor, and the match-three games like Bejeweled and Wonderlines. It’s a PC game. I’ve actually seen it for sale at Target, tho I just downloaded it for $20. Surf a bit, you should be able to locate a 60 minute demo edition that gets fully activated when you pay up. It’s a match 3+ type game. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-quest-anonymous/348168/5 "2006-03-14T04:04:06Z")
I gave up & restarted after hitting level 3 with the evil blackfaced demons. _shudder_ But there were nights (after I coughed up the $20) that I was up WAY WAY too late, needing to go to work in the morning. Jewel Crack, that’s what it is… ---
**Author:** ![OneChance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/74df32/32.png) [@OneChance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneChance)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-quest-anonymous/348168/6 "2006-03-15T09:38:25Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Is this a Real Arcade game, or Gamehouse, or something else? Here’s the free web game: [http://www.gamehouse.com/onlinegames/playgame.jsp?game=jewel](http://www.gamehouse.com/onlinegames/playgame.jsp?game=jewel) And here’s the downloadable version: [http://www.gamehouse.com/gamedetails/?game=JewelQuest](http://www.gamehouse.com/gamedetails/?game=JewelQuest) Also, if you like Zuma and Luxor type games, there’s also [Luxor Amun](http://www.gamehouse.com/gamedetails/?game=luxoramunr) and [Karu](http://www.gamehouse.com/gamedetails/?game=karu). ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-quest-anonymous/348168/7 "2006-03-15T13:51:32Z")
[zylom.com](http://zylom.com) also has some addicting ones…try Caramba. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-quest-anonymous/348168/8 "2006-03-15T14:30:21Z")
This just seems to be Alchemy and Bejeweled put in a blender. Both by Pop Cap games. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-quest-anonymous/348168/9 "2006-03-15T18:24:33Z")
> [@OneChance](#): > > Also, if you like Zuma and Luxor type games, there’s also [Luxor Amun](http://www.gamehouse.com/gamedetails/?game=luxoramunr) and [Karu](http://www.gamehouse.com/gamedetails/?game=karu). Thanks. 🙂 I’ve cleared Luxor and Zuma, and played Karu a few times and liked it. I downloaded Jewel Quest from Real Arcade, and remembered playing it before. I’m partial to games where the playing surface uses the whole screen. Old eyes and all that. Another fun match-3 game is Chuzzle. I think it takes the prize for cuteness. It’s the only game I play with the sound On.