<s>
Hex	B-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Mark	O
of	O
the	O
Unicorn	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
1985	B-Application
for	O
the	O
then-new	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
later	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
unicorn	O
that	O
is	O
trying	O
to	O
turn	O
all	O
the	O
hexes	B-Application
on	O
the	O
game	O
board	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
colour	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
general	O
visual	O
style	O
and	O
layout	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
turn-based	O
version	O
of	O
Q-bert	B-Application
that	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
hexagons	O
instead	O
of	O
cubes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
an	O
isometric	B-Application
playfield	O
consisting	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
nineteen	O
hexagonal	O
platforms	O
arranged	O
into	O
a	O
larger	O
hexagon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
,	O
represented	O
by	O
a	O
unicorn	O
,	O
can	O
jump	O
between	O
the	O
hexes	B-Application
,	O
which	O
will	O
change	O
color	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
fixed	O
pattern	O
-	O
blue	O
,	O
purple	O
,	O
red	O
,	O
green	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adjacent	O
hexes	B-Application
of	O
the	O
same	O
color	O
will	O
all	O
change	O
when	O
any	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
is	O
changed	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
subsequent	O
levels	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
faces	O
an	O
opponent	O
whose	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
hexes	B-Application
to	O
purple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
beat	O
the	O
level	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
to	O
arrange	O
the	O
field	O
so	O
that	O
their	O
last	O
move	O
will	O
cause	O
the	O
hex	B-Application
the	O
opponent	O
is	O
standing	O
on	O
to	O
change	O
to	O
green	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
called	O
Hex	B-Application
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
challenging	O
and	O
fascinating	O
strategy	O
games	O
yet	O
devised	O
for	O
a	O
computer.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
January	O
1986	O
review	O
for	O
Antic	O
,	O
Suede	O
Barstow	O
describes	O
Hex	B-Application
as	O
something	O
like	O
a	O
cross	O
between	O
Q-bert	B-Application
and	O
Archon	B-Application
but	O
the	O
result	O
is	O
unique	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concludes	O
that	O
"	O
Hex	B-Application
is	O
a	O
clean	O
piece	O
of	O
programming	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
strategy-board	O
games	O
I	O
've	O
seen	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
November	O
1985	B-Application
review	O
in	O
ANALOG	O
was	O
even	O
more	O
glowing	O
,	O
concluding	O
;	O
"	O
In	O
summary	O
,	O
I	O
think	O
this	O
game	O
is	O
just	O
super	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
as	O
challenging	O
a	O
game	O
as	O
I	O
've	O
seen	O
since	O
Archon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
