Peggle Nights takes the tried and trusted formula of Peggle and provides more of same. Peggle Nights is accessed through the main menu in Peggle, so you must own this game in order to play. For those who have never played Peggle before the aim is quite simple. Basically you work your way through various stages trying to gain as high a score as possible, this is done by firing a ball at the various coloured pegs which are spread around the screen, when you fire the ball it will bounce around the screen, taking out pegs and giving you combos depending on how well you do, eventually the ball will reach the bottom and the pegs you hit will disappear. Once all of the orange balls are removed from the screen you will then progress to the next stage.

 

 

Sounds simple yes? Well it would be but unfortunately as with most games there is a twist, for one you only have a certain amount of balls to clear the screen with, therefore in order to be at your most effective you must try and hit the green pegs which give you a special power, such as the electric bolt which sends a lightning strike to the bottom of the screen and removes any pegs in it’s path. Then there is the bucket at the bottom of the screen which scrolls from left to right, should your ball land in the bucket when it reaches the bottom of the screen you will not lose a ball, however should you fire the ball without it hitting any pegs or landing in the bucket then you will have a 50/50 chance of either keeping that ball or losing it, which is determined by an on screen coin toss.

 

Like I say, Peggle Nights is not really much of a departure from the original, however it does bring plenty to the table such as 60 new levels, 60 additional challenges, a new Peggle Master in Marina the Electric Squid and also a new Aced score for each level. As before the boards are laid out in much the same way, although this time it’s night. There does seem to be more moving parts this time around, making completing the game a little more complex.

 

Just like the previous game Peggle Nights also includes an adventure mode, this basically takes you through all of the levels, introducing you to the Peggle Masters and their special powers. Once you have completed this mode you are then able to unlock the challenge mode, which make things even more difficult by giving you restrictions on each board.

 

There is no doubt that Peggle Nights is more of the same, however this certainly isn’t a bad thing because the original is still one of the most addictive games around.