Cradle of Rome description
Build the gorgeous heart of Ancient Rome in this engaging puzzle game!

Imagine that you are given a chance to build the ancient Rome! This legendary city was one of the most beautiful and powerful capitals ever existed in the history of the ancient world and you may become its Emperor! Sounds tempting, isn't it?

The game is easy to learn and play. All that you need to do is to match three or more tiles in a row by clicking on adjacent pieces to swap them. Below some of the tiles are marble plaques juts like in ancient the Rome.

Make matches over them to destroy them and finish the level. You have a limited amount of time to complete the level. Break all of the plaques before time runs out! When matched, some of the tiles give you resources that include gold, supplies and food.

Each silver coin gives you 3 units of gold. Each gold coin gives you 5 units of gold. Collect coins and other resources to build the city. After each level you enter the shop where you may buy new buildings as soon as you get enough resources. New buildings give you tiles that are worth more and provide more gold, supplies and food.

Your achievements in the game will be awarded with bonuses - small inhabitants of Rome will appear in the City and bring you additional benefits! The faster you build the City the more chances you have to get to Olympus at the end of the game. Don't lose your chance to visit this legendary mountain!

There are five historical epochs in the game: The Seven Hills Epoch, The New City Epoch, The Birth of Empire Epoch, The Gladiators Arena Epoch and The Age of Glory Epoch.

Each of them offers you its own original buildings to buy. The diverse system of bonuses will make your game very fun and challenging to play. You will develop different strategies, depending on type of the level and bonus you get.

Each new level will bring you more gold, supplies and food. And each new building bought will bring you closer to triumph! As soon as your city is built Roman people will proclaim you an Emperor of the great Rome!

Here are some key features of "Cradle of Rome":

· More than 20 masterpieces of the Ancient Roman architecture to build!
· 5 historical epochs where you start from a small village and construct your way to the Golden Age of the Roman Empire!
· Build and conquer your way to the legendary Mount Olympus with over 100 levels sure to keep to wanting more!
· Challenging ranking systems that let you become the Emperor of the great Rome!
· 8 original bonuses, including lightning, shield, star, mixer, bomb and many others!
· Unique and truly addictive gameplay!


Requirements:

· Windows 2000/XP/Vista
· Pentium III 1000 or better, 256 Mb. RAM
· 32 Mb. Direct3D compatable video card
· DirectX 8.1 or higher


Limitations:

· 15 levels from 100