"Dr.RMM is the puzzle game I like most!"

(First I just want to say that if anyone gets upset about my spelling, I’m sorry. Please forgive me, at least I’m not born with the language as most of you are...)

This game is similar to the great classics tetris and Dr.Mario, where you try to combine blocks so they disappear. Simply, it’s a puzzle game!

|The storyline:|
Sonic's main enemy has always been a crazy doctor called Robotnik. He has always wanted to get power and destroy things, but Sonic has always crossed his plans. Now, Robotnik is back and only you can stop him.As you might imagine, Dr. Robotnik’s is mean, very MEAN!! He wants
to destroy the planet Mobius and ruin all fun things! Of course you can’t let him do that, so you must stop him in this game, by grouping four or more beans together (with the same color, as in Tetris) and they’ll escape. It may sound ridiculous but it is quite fun!! Oh well, Meanbean machine doesn't need any storyline actually, not as bad as an RPG though. The only thing you have this game for is to play it and solve puzzles, not care about the storyline, so it doesn't contribute much to get the game better. But oh well, I guess it's okay....

Score storyline: 7.3/10

¤Graphics:¤
Well, does a game like this need good graphics? I don’t think so, it’s more tactic-based. And then the graphic doesn’t really matters that much. Anyway, at the scenario mode you’ll hear your opinions talking, a few lines that might be fun to read. Then you’ll see the nice entourage
in the game. That’s about it about the graphics in this game, the rest will be in the puzzle gaming, that’s almost like in Tetris. I can’t say the graphic is stunning, however either if the graphics were great or not it wouldn’t have improved the gameplay much... Let’s say that the graphics is exactly what’s needed for this kind of games.

Score graphics: 7.4/10

#Sound/Music:#
Quite good. The tunes fits to the game, and I can go singing on these ones forever! However, I prefer ”real music”(from CD’s) than this one, you want to know why?!? It’s the same all the time, until you reach level 11 or something. Well, the music doesn’t affect the game so much
anyway! If nothing else, it fits to the game. The sounds are also quite the same, similar to tetris it doesn't contribute much to the total score but oh well. You might get a few laughs when something happens(I'm not going to say what because that would just be a spoiler).

Score music/sound: 7.3/10

%Challenge:%
This game holds a loooong while. First of all, you won't beat it on the hardest mode that soon. Second of all, there are lots of stuff to test before you get tired of it. Thanks to the option mode, you can choose among Easy, Normal and Hard, and for the real experts, you can test Hardest. The changes are huge, so if you dare to try hard, good luck!!! There are several stages to beat with varying opponents who play different(some are more hasty, others play more on tactics, and some use it both). If
you want, you can make this game one of the hardest ever. The difference is that the opponents will be much smarter and play a lot faster, creating more deadly combinations than before. Also, the beans will come down quicker
which makes it harder for you to place them where you want. Shortly said, you can get DR. Robotnik's how easy/hard you want.

Score challenge:10/10

[Gameplay(entertainment value):]
If you liked Tetris, you’ll love this one! It’s similar to Tetris, but it’s more mean!! (And maybe that’s what I like!). The game is based on that you’ll try to group four or more beans together so they can vanish (like in Tetris) and meanwhile you do this, the opponent(a player or the CPU) gets a stone at his screen, which is harder to destroy than the beans. The more beans you destroy, the more stones will the other player get. You can play in a scenario mode(where you face different opponents against the computer, all with varying diffcultness), you can play against a friend in another mode(can be very fun too), and you can play in exercise mode, where you try to reach the possibly highest score, and practice.

Score gameplay: 9.6/10

+SUMMARY:+
This is definitely a great game for all tetris-fans, no doubt. If I’m going to judge which one of them is better, I’d say that I like this game more than Tetris, it's more fun and not so serious, you know what I mean?

Overall score(the total score it deserves in my opinion): 9.2/10

TOTAL SCORE(Score on a line between 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10): 9/10

One line synopsis: The puzzle game I like most!

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 03/20/01, Updated 03/20/01