I have very fond memories of Pipe Mania (or at least its clones, if not the original game), so when I saw it was on sale for 59p I nearly bought it. Just in the very nick of time, though, I noticed there was a Lite version, so I tried that instead.

First up, it ran like an absolute dog until I rebooted my phone – the first game I’ve had that trouble with. Quite possibly luck of the draw, rather than inherently wrong with the game, mind you.


Anyway, post-reboot it all seems to work as it should. I got through the training levels without any problems… but then it took me to an Arcade level, where things got hard. These levels are bigger than the screen and scroll automatically, with you having to keep the ooze on the screen. If it falls off the side, you fail. Needless to say, I failed. It seems to be a way to keep you constantly on edge, in contrast to the more sedate pace of what I consider to be the traditional levels, where you only ever feel that way if you’re doing badly. I need to adjust my expectations of the game now.