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The player loses a life when the bricks reach the top of the board, and the game ends when the player loses with no lives available. When a player loses a life, the bricks retreat, rather than restart the level.
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During the bonus round, which appears after the ninth level of a region, the player can try to build the largest block of a single color before it collapses. The game acts as an
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as well in that it tours the Yucatán Peninsula, and between levels, gives short lessons about
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Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Microsoft Game Studios
Platform(s)
Xbox Live Arcade
Microsoft Windows
Genre(s)
Puzzle game
Single-player
multiplayer
Mayan
Tetris variant
Xbox Live Arcade
Marketplace

puzzle game
pre-Columbian
Yucatán Peninsula
Tetris
power-ups
educational game
Mayan culture
Mesoamerica
List of Tetris variants
"Spring Fever is in the Air – Xbox LIVE Arcade Adds New Arcade Hits and Gives You a Sneak Peek at Upcoming Titles"
"TiQal for Xbox 360 reviews"
Metacritic
CBS Interactive
Categories

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