UniSudoku Review and Giveaway
Most of our readers have probably heard of the popular Japanese puzzle game Sudoku and probably are addicted or at least know someone who is. While there are many apps and widgets for the Mac that allow you to play the addicting game paperlessly, I really think that none provide as many features as UniSudoku.
Read on for a chance to win your own UniSudoku license.
One of the biggest problems many of the apps have is that they use a predetermined set of puzzles instead of generating random puzzles. While this may not pose a problem to casual players, those hopelessly addicted to the game soon find themselves out of new puzzles to solve. Not only does UniSudoku allow you to have it randomly generate puzzles of five difficulty levels, it also allows you to enter in your own puzzles. Some other games that randomly generate puzzles, sometimes generate ones that can not be solved with logic (as all sudoku puzzles should be).
While solving the puzzle, the app allows you to make “pencil marks.” When you hover your mouse over a square, all the numbers show up and you can make a mark by clicking one or more numbers. After you figure out which number fits, you can either double click the right one or enter it using your keyboard. Some more advanced features such as being able to rotate the board and customizing the color scheme can help some more advanced players.
For beginners, the game can help you by marking wrong answers as you enter them so you don’t go too far down the wrong path. There is also a full undo feature, allowing you to take as many steps back as you like all the way to restarting the puzzle.
Not only does UniSudoku have all the features, it also is easy on the eyes.
If you are a sudoku addict like me, UniSudoku will satisfy all your cravings and more. A free trial is available and a license will only set you back $15, however, Dave Ross has given us one license to giveaway to one of our lucky readers. All you have to do is answer the following question in a comment:
What are some new features you would like to see in UniSudoku?
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What’s another great puzzler you would love to see appear on Mac?
You have until December 8th at 10AM to enter to win. We will randomly select one lucky commenter to receive the license. Good luck and stay subscribed for more great giveaways!
I would like to have the ability to download puzzles from on-line Sudoku sites like DailySudoku.
I use UniSudoku and believe it to be the best of the Sudoku apps on the Mac.
I’d like to see some more word games on the Mac. On my Treo I have Wordpop! and WordWatch, which are great ways to pass the time and keep the brain active.
I would love to see something like the different brain training games on the Nintendo DS. I don’t have one, but I do have a nice MBP and would love it for Mac.
Thanks MacApper and David Ross!
That’s definitely the best Sudoku I’ve played online. I can’t even think of anything I’d like to see added. It has just about everything I’ve ever complained about with online versions.
BTW, Sudoku started as an American game, then made it to Japan, where it was named Sudoku and became a huge hit there.
I would like to see a better icon =P Also, it’s pretty uncomfortable to manage the application itself, create new games, etc.
The ability to save the play-by-play for later replay (great feeling for when you finally solve a super hard one).
Hexadecimal Sudoku! I love Sudoku, but after a while it’s way too easy. I would love to see an app that allows you to chose the amount of numbers you used. So instead of 9×9 (with cubes of 9), why not 16×16 (with cubes of 16); it becomes a whole lot more interesting!
I’d like to see Go on the mac, although it may be already…
I’d like to see more independent games reviewed here…. and especially casual games that don’t require a lot of time.
Go on the mac is available in the application Goban, the GNU Go.
http://www.sente.ch/software/goban/
I’ve played a few more games. The possibles is a great feature, one I use on paper. But when I select a number, I’d like all other possibles of the same in the row, column and square of 9 to disappear. Currently, I have to click on them manually to make them disappear.
Otherwise, it lets me play exactly as I play on paper.
Hi Jeff, go to Preferences and select “Automatically update possibles” and you will be in business!
Best, Dave Ross
Love this game,
I would like to see a version of Inkball, like on vista, for macs.
Is there a way to turn off the little numbers?
If not, that’s my suggestion.
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