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''Bejeweled'' is a tile-matching puzzle video game by PopCap Games, first developed for browsers in 2001. Three follow-ups to this game have been released. More than 75 million copies of ''Bejeweled'' have been sold, and the game has been downloaded more than 150 million times. Although the game is no longer downloadable through PopCap's website, the installer can be downloaded via the Wayback Machine. == History == The game was initially created by PopCap Games as a web-based Flash game called ''Diamond Mine'', inspired by the gameplay of Columns and Shariki. It was reportedly successful for PopCap—a company formed in 2000. PopCap created partnerships with established Internet gaming sites such as Microsoft Zone to host ''Bejeweled'' as well. The name ''Bejeweled'' was suggested by Microsoft, who thought the original name ''Diamond Mine'' was too similar to that of an existing game, ''Diamond Mines''. The game has also been ported to other platforms, including Microsoft Windows, where it was called ''Bejeweled Deluxe'', and iOS devices. Astraware produced versions for PDAs on the BlackBerry, iPhone, Palm OS, and Windows Mobile smartphone platforms. They also released ''Bejeweled Deluxe'' on the Xbox as a downloadable Xbox Live Arcade game. On September 12, 2006, it was released as one of the first games downloadable from the iTunes Store for the Apple iPod. PopCap also released a web app version of the game for iOS on October 11, 2007. On December 13, 2011, PopCap released a HTML5 version of the game, which is available on the Google Chrome Web Store for free. A HD version for iPad debuted in May 2012. In 2013, the derivative ''Candy Crush Saga'' became the most popular game on Facebook.〔''San Francisco Chronicle'' Thursday, March 28, 2013 Business Report "Tech Chronicles" Page C2〕 In 2014 ''Bejeweled'' and ''Candy Crush Saga'' (along with many other similar match three games) were proved to be NP-hard.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Candy Crush is NP-Hard )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Bejeweled, Candy Crush and other Match-Three Games are NP-Hard )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bejeweled」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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