Magic Box is a simple logic game for the Danger hiptop. The game board is a grid wherein 3-5 balls (depending on the level) are hidden. The goal is to guess the location of each ball by switching on the lasers surrounding the board and observing their behavior. Try to guess the location of each ball in the magic box by switching on as few lasers as possible.
Each unfired laser surrounding the box can be switched on by pressing the wheel or return key. A checkmark can be placed or removed on a grid square by pressing the wheel or return key as well. There are three hidden balls to find on the easy level, four on the medium level and five on the hard level. Move around the screen by using the D-Pad or the wheel. The 'Alt Wheel Controls' will swap the behavior of moving the wheel alone versus moving the wheel with the menu button pressed. When you have guessed the location of all the balls, either choose 'Done' from the menu or move the cursor to the 'Ok' in the lower right and press the wheel or return key.
After completing a game, the board will stay up, showing the correct position of the hidden balls. You can move the cursor around the lasers on the outside of the board to see how each beam moves inside of the board. This helps to visually show the interaction between the laser beam and the balls inside to help players learn the rules of the game more easily.
In essence, there are only two distinct things that a laser beam can
do when approaching a single hidden ball inside of the box. If it
approaches the ball head on, it will hit it and the laser beam will
be absorbed and will not exit the box:
If it approaches the ball to either side, it will be deflected 90
degrees:
When there are two balls near each other, the following special
cases should be considered. If a laser beam could be deflected at
the same time as it would hit a second ball, it always will hit the
second ball:
When a laser beam approaches in between two balls, it will be
reflected directly back along the same path it came from:
Likewise, a ball on the edge of a board will cause the laser beams
on either side of it to be immediately reflected back before the
laser beam even enters the board:
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