

Both of these games challenged players to find patterns on the board though through different methods.


Match 3 video games have been around since 1985 with Tetris and Chain Shot!, developed by Alexey Pajitnov and Kunaiki Moribe respectively. Match 3 games are a variation of this game style in that the challenge of the game is to identify patterns you can create on the board in order to remove them from the game and get closer to winning. Games like Ma-jong and solitaire operate on a similar principle in that the goal is to manipulate the tiles (however each game defines 'tiles') to make them disappear if certain criterion is met. 'Match 3 games' also known by the term 'tile-matching games' probably has deeper roots than you realize.
