Based on Numberlink logic puzzles, MSX veteran Wim Dewijngaert entered Linez in the MSX Classic category for the 2018 MSX DEV contest. Here, you have to connect faces of the same colours and avoid making them cross trails with each other. I found Linez to be a cute little puzzle game which showed great promise.

The player starts with a 5 x 5 grid of squares with five pairs of different coloured smiley faced squares placed around the grid. The idea is to make connected lines between the five different coloured pairs of smiley faced squares. The challenge is to connect these heads without your lines crossing over each other and as you progress through the levels, the grid enlarges to a 7 x 7 matrix which makes the game a little more difficult.

Although Linez is a nicely polished puzzler on the MSX, the problem is the game is far too easy. I managed to breeze through the entire 60 levels on my first go and I only found myself getting a little stuck on two or three of the last 20 levels in the game. The time limit on each level is ample and I found myself completing each level in about 10-20 seconds.

This is a great little entry level puzzler for younger audiences but as an adult there just isn't enough of a challenge here to keep you interested. If the game started with the 7 x 7 square grid, reduced the time limit, and increased the amount of connections that needed to be made, then Linez could be a great puzzler for an older audience.