Lights Off!

Lights Off! is a rendition of the original handheld game "Lights Out!", manufactured by Tiger Electronics. If you haven't played it before, you may well find Lights Off! to be a very addictive puzzle game.

How to Play

The objective is to turn all the lights off by pushing the fewest number of buttons. Easier said than done. ;^)

All 1050 puzzles from the original ("Classic") game have been included, but arranged a bit differently. The puzzles have been grouped into puzzle packs under the 'Puzzle Packs' menu. The original game's main puzzles are in the "Classic" pack. The rest are included from the manual for the original game and have been grouped by difficulty, with "Six Move Puzzles" being the easiest and "Fifteen Move Puzzles" being the hardest. Beginners are advised to attempt the Classic pack before trying the others. Note that you may switch from one puzzle pack to another and not lose the progress you have made. You may also re-play any puzzle you have already solved by choosing it from the 'Levels' menu. The Classic pack features 50 puzzles, and the others host 100 each.

When you press a button, you turn it off or on, just like a light switch. Additionally, any button above, below, or beside the button you have pushed is also switched on or off.

Winning

You must solve a puzzle within 10 moves of the minimum required. This means that you must solve the every puzzle in the 'Six Move Puzzles' pack within 16 moves. For the Classic pack, the requirements are listed below:

LevelMoves RequiredLevelMoves Required
Levels 1-56Levels 25-3011
Levels 6-107Levels 30-3512
Levels 11-158Levels 35-4013
Levels 16-209Levels 40-4514
Levels 20-2510Levels 45-5015

How to Solve Classic Level 1

Classic Level one looks like the table below, with lit buttons in blue:

12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425

Solving the puzzle is as simple as pushing the buttons below that are in green. Note that it does not matter what order you push them in. As you push them, note the different patterns that appear. Recognizing patterns of lights and the means to solve them is key to mastering Lights Off.
12345
678910
1112131415
1617181920
2122232425

Now you should be on your way to turning off many, many lights. Good luck and enjoy!


Lights Out! is a trademark of Tiger Electronics, Inc. Lights Off! (C) 2005 DarkWyrm