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In its basic concept the StarL form of game play is that of the Match 3 genre.  However, unlike many other examples of this style of play, StarL Match 3 has added colour as an important factor when carrying out the cleaning process of the designated grid.  As the StarL series has developed through its different versions, new features have been added. A recent addition to the new features is that of a story plot that develops its tale as you make progress through the game's many levels.

With this version 8 of StarL Itera Labs has bolted on the story of a Lost Train, plus integrated 50 levels of Solitaire as an extra treat, as you progress through the 200 levels of Match 3 game play.  While you do need to follow the set path of Match 3 action, you are given the option of tackling the Solitaire levels as they appear or stock then up for later solving when you have a spare moment.

The story of the Lost Train begins on the 7th June 1952 when a train leaves the station at Turin, Italy.  This train was transporting many young children to their summer camp.  The journey was meant to take 2½ hours.  However, apart from one sighting as the train was spotted at Campo Ligure, the train completely disappeared along with its crew and passengers.  Searches were organised when the train did not appear at its destination at a variety of areas.  200 police officers were then drawn from other areas to help the search but still no luck.

It was not until June 8th 1952 that the train was found at Fado Basso station in a siding.  This was an area which had been checked previously but found empty.  When the passengers were questioned, they were unable to give any clues as to why the train had vanished for two days.  Some did remember the appearance of a fog when enveloped the train and passengers falling into a deep sleep. 

Later some passengers remembered stopping at the Termini Station in Rome and seeing fast trains which were unlike the normal form used for transport.  The train manager confessed that he had found a boarding pass ticket on the platform.  But could not understand why this ticket was dated 1992.  Was this a typo or maybe time had been disrupted somehow. 

I will leave you to make the decision as to what happened that caused the incident of the Lost Train.  In the meantime you have 200 levels of Match 3 action on which to test your skill levels.

You can download this title from Gamehouse.com where it is priced at $9.99.  The game requires a 2.0 GHz processor with 1024MB of RAM and 342MB of hard disk space running Windows 7 and later.

StarL 8 | GameHouse