The games room
Every game, how it unlocks and how it scores.
How games unlock
Each stage has its own pool of games. When your Tama reaches a stage, it is given games at random from that pool. Games it has not been given stay hidden, and a game left in a pool is not given at a later stage.
| Stage | New games | Pool |
|---|---|---|
| Baby | 0 | — |
| Child | 1 | Jumping Rope, Climb |
| Teen | 2 | Shape, Flag, Manhole, Golf |
| Adult | 20 | Memory, Blackjack, Match, Snap, Cup Game, Crazy 8S, Dots & Boxes, Mastermind, Gin Rummy, Connect 4, Pig, War, Word Shake, Spit, Rock Star, Scrabble, Dominion, Word Guess, Hurdles, Pool |
| Elder | 0 | — |
| Geriatric | 0 | — |
A new generation starts with no games.
Every game plays out the same way
- It starts with READY (3 seconds), then GO!! (1 second)
- When the game ends, its score flashes, then its world record (the best score that game has ever had; NEW WORLD RECORD! when you beat it).
- Then a pile of cash drops in front of your Tama (a boot if you earned none) and the points you earned flash, then the points you have now.
- Then a word tells you how well you did.
- D stops a game at any time, but you get no points for it. (In some games D does something else; in the card games it asks CANCEL? first.)
| Word | When you see it |
|---|---|
| TOO BAD | No score |
| OK | At least 1% of the top score |
| GOOD | At least 25% of the top score |
| GREAT | At least 50% of the top score |
| FANTASTIC | At least 75% of the top score |
| PERFECT | The top score |
The games
Jumping Rope
Time your jumps so the rope passes beneath your character. The pace changes as your score increases.
Climb
Your Tamagotchi stands on a cloud while another drifts back and forth above it. Jump at the right moment to land on it and climb: up through the night into space, down into an alien planet's air, and up to a sky serpent at the top.
Shape
Shapes fall down two lanes. Change your shape with B until it matches, then throw it up the left or right lane to knock the falling shape out.
Flag
Match the large flag cues by colour. Raise both flags for a double cue, and ignore small fake cues. Reversed positions do not change the colour controls.
Manhole
Hearts, money bags and snakes fall towards four manholes, one for each button. Open a hole just as a treat arrives to catch it, but keep it shut when a snake is coming.
Memory
Watch the pattern of arrows that appears above your Tamagotchi, then repeat it with the buttons. Each round the pattern is one arrow longer.
Blackjack
Play blackjack for your points against Bill the dealer. Get closer to 21 than the dealer without going over.
Match
Take turns with another Tamagotchi flipping cards two at a time to find pairs. Find a pair and you go again.
Snap
Cards turn over one by one onto a pile at the table. When the top two match, slap the pile before the other Tamagotchi does and it's yours.
Cup Game
Watch the ball go under a cup, follow the cups as they are shuffled on the table, then lift the right one. Ten rounds, each harder than the last; from the seventh, more cups.
Crazy 8S
Take turns with another Tamagotchi laying cards that match the pile by number or suit. Eights are wild, and black power cards go on anything: draw two, skip, swap hands and more. Be first to empty your hand.
Dots & Boxes
Take turns with another Tamagotchi drawing lines between dots. Close a box to keep it and draw again; more boxes wins.
Mastermind
Crack a hidden code of four marbles in eight guesses. Little key pegs tell you how close each guess was.
Gin Rummy
One hand of Gin Rummy against another Tamagotchi. Take a card, throw one away, and meld your hand into runs and sets; knock when your deadwood is low.
Connect 4
Take turns with another Tamagotchi dropping discs into an upright board. Four of yours in a row wins.
Pig
Push your luck with a die against another Tamagotchi. Every roll adds to your turn's total, but the skull loses it all. Bank in time and be first to 50.
War
Four Tamagotchis share a map. Place your armies, then attack your neighbours with a die for every army. Take every region to win.
Word Shake
Shake 16 letter dice, then find as many words as you can before the clock runs out. Words your opponent also found don't count.
Spit
A race with one deck: play a card one up or one down onto either pile before the other player does. First to get rid of every card wins.
Rock Star
Notes roll down a four-lane highway: press A, B, C or D as each one reaches its target. Long streaks multiply your points.
Scrabble
A short game of Scrabble against another Tamagotchi: take turns making words on the board from your 7 tiles. The higher total wins.
Dominion
Build a deck against another Tamagotchi: play actions, buy treasure and better cards, and end with the most victory points. 10 of the 26 base-set kingdom cards each game.
Word Guess
Find the hidden five-letter word in six guesses. After each guess, every letter shows whether it is in the right place, somewhere else in the word, or not in it at all.
Hurdles
Race another Tamagotchi over ten shared hurdles. Jump to clear them and slam down for a speed boost.
Golf
Eight holes of mini golf on one of two courses, drawn at random, each hole bigger than the screen. Aim, time the power slider and bank the ball off the walls into the cup in as few shots as you can.
Pool
8-ball against another Tamagotchi, the whole table on the screen. Pot your group, solids or rings, then the black 8.