Bonyx

BonYx 2.02 is an addictive little puzzle game for the classic Mac that draws inspiration from Tetris and Columns. Players click on series of colored stones, lining up matching colors to clear them and progress to the next level. Released by Impression89 in 1995 for System 7 through Mac OS 9 on 68k hardware.

Simple click-to-clear mechanic

Rather than dropping pieces from above, BonYx asks the player to click sequences of stones already on the board, sliding rows across with a hand cursor to assemble matching color groups.

Tetris/Columns lineage

The Macintosh Garden listing characterizes BonYx as a Tetris/Columns variant where stones of the same color, once gathered together, are removed from play.

Level progression

Clearing all stones of a particular color advances the player to the next level, with the difficulty curve relying on increasingly mixed stone arrangements rather than added pieces.

Classic Mac compatibility

BonYx targets the 68k architecture and runs cleanly on System 7.0 through Mac OS 9, and is compatible with SheepShaver and Basilisk II for modern players who prefer emulation.