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Nintendo DS Jewel Master Double Pack

Popular match-3 titles Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome and Jewel Master: Cradle of Egypt are soon to be available as a double pack on a single cartridge. Both titles have enjoyed success at retail, with continuing sales and repeatedly featuring in the top 40 of the sales charts. The new Jewel Master Double Pack, which offers both titles on one cartridge, will be released in April 2011.

Cradle of Rome is a puzzle and strategy videogame developed by Cerasus Media. The player must flip jewels on a playing field to create matches of at least three items of the same type. As matches are formed, reserves of resources such as grain and wood are built up, which are used towards building the Roman Empire. Between rounds, resources can be spent on farms, taverns and other buildings to cultivate the commonwealth. The goal of each round is to form matches on blue tiles to clear them from the screen. Obstacles increase the game's difficulty; they include locked gems, which cannot be switched until a match is made to unlock them. Each round also has a time limit, which is represented by a slowly emptying vase of water on the top screen. To help the player, several power-ups can be acquired. However, the highlight is not to complete the board in the shortest time but to gather as many resources as you can before the timer runs out. The more you collect, the faster you can rebuild the ancient Roman civilisation.

Both Cradle of Rome and Cradle of Egypt titles have proven popular individually at retail; it’s great we can now offer both games on one cartridge as a value for money package. The collection makes hours of fun available for a very reasonable price. We hope that puzzle game fans will take advantage of this great offer and anyone new to the franchise will see this as a great opportunity to try these hugely popular games.
- Martin Defries, Managing Director of Rising Star Games.

Cradle of Egypt - The follow-up to Cradle of Rome, one of the best selling DS casual games of 2009, Cradle of Egypt perfectly combines addictive puzzle gameplay with an engaging resource management mechanic. Building upon all the key features that made its predecessor a success, Cradle of Egypt now provides gamers with all the great bonus items and tools reminiscent of those from ancient Egyptian mythology to use throughout the game, all with the goal of rebuilding this once powerful civilisation.

The Jewel Master Double Pack: Cradle of Rome / Cradle of Egypt collection will be released in the UK April 2011 by Rising Star Games.