Latest news
24 April 2012
Reversi / Black vs White for Mac, version 2.8 is now available on the App Store. What's new:- Updates for OS X Lion, including resize game window from any corner or edge
13 April 2012
Merelles version 2.3 is now available on the App Store. What's new:- Updates for iOS5
12 April 2012
Reversi / Black vs White version 2.8 is now available on the App Store. What's new:- Updates for iOS5
4 April 2012
Reversi HD / Black vs White HD version 2.8 is now available on the App Store. What's new:- Retina graphics for new iPad
- Graphical tweaks
13 October 2011
Magnetic Block Puzzle and Magnetic Block Puzzle Lite version 2.3 are now available on the App Store. What's new:- By request, the volume of the game sound effects can now be changed via the game settings
13 October 2011
Merelles version 2.2 is now available on the App Store. What's new:- By request, the volume of the game sound effects can now be changed via the game settings
13 October 2011
Reversi / Black vs White version 2.7 is now available on the App Store. What's new:- By request, the volume of the game sound effects can now be changed via the game settings
10 October 2011
Reversi HD / Black vs White HD version 2.7 is now available on the App Store. What's new:- By request, the volume of the game sound effects can now be changed via the game settings
13 July 2011
A review of Reversi / Black vs White has been posted on FindMySoft and has been given 5/5. Excerpt: "There is no doubt about it, Reversi Machine is a properly good alternative to the classic Reversi board game. It has nice graphics, challenging AI opponents, and offers tons of fun!"1 July 2011
Reversi and Reversi HD have their old names back; Black vs White and Black vs White HD are available instead for same areas in the European market. Version 2.6.2 of all the apps is now available on the App Store.12 May 2011
Reversi and Reversi HD have been renamed to Reversi Machine and Reversi Machine HD as Reversi on its own is a European Trademark of Ravensburger AG. Version 2.6.1 of both apps, with the new name are now available on the App Store.23 February 2011
Reversi version 2.5 is now available on the App Store. The changes in version 2.5 are:- Graphical and animation tweaks
23 February 2011
Merelles version 2.1 is now available on the App Store. The changes in version 2.1 are:- By request, 'flying moves' when a player is reduced to three pieces can be enabled/disabled on the settings screen
23 February 2011
Reversi HD version 2.5 is now available on the App Store. The changes in version 2.5 are:- Fix for small display problem when showing valid moves in corners
- Graphical and animation tweaks
23 February 2011
Reversi version 2.5 is now available on the App Store. The changes in version 2.5 are:- Graphical and animation tweaks
15 February 2011
By popular request, Reversi is now available for your Mac as a desktop application from the Mac App Store.Get it now!
5 January 2011
Reversi and Reversi HD version 2.4 are now available on the App Store. The changes in version 2.4 are:- New piece bounce visual effect - check the settings menu
20 December 2010
Magnetic Block Puzzle and Magnetic Block Puzzle Lite version 2.2 are now available on the App Store. The only change in version 2.2 is:- Unlimited undo and redo, which helps greatly when solving complex puzzles!
7 October 2010
Reversi version 2.3 is now available on the App Store. The changes in version 2.3 are:- Added two new themes, matching the themes in Reversi HD
- Graphical tweaks
25 September 2010
Reversi HD version 2.3 is now available on the App Store. The changes in version 2.3 are:- Added two new gorgeous themes
- New icon
- Graphic improvements
- Version number updated to match equivalent iPhone version
23 September 2010
You can now follow Kiss The Machine on Twitter or Facebook for announcements about app updates and new apps.17 September 2010
Merelles version 2.0 is now available on the App Store. The changes in version 2.0 are:- Updates for iOS4
- Hi-resolution graphics for iPhone4
- Can now play moves by dragging pieces or by tapping, as before
9 September 2010
Reversi version 2.2 is now available on the App Store. The changes in version 2.2 are:- Fixed bug which could cause a crash under low memory conditions
- New icon
8 September 2010
Magnetic Block Puzzle and Magnetic Block Puzzle Lite version 2.1 are now available on the App Store. The changes in version 2.1 are:- Fixed bug which could cause a crash under low memory conditions
- New icon
8 August 2010
Magnetic Block Puzzle and Magnetic Block Puzzle Lite version 2.0 are now available on the App Store. The changes in version 2.0 are:- Updates for iOS4
- Hi-resolution graphics for iPhone4
- More detail on puzzle selection screen
- A few small bug fixes
29 July 2010
Reversi version 2.1 is now available on the App Store. The changes in version 2.1 are:- Hi-resolution graphics for iPhone4
- Added setting to prevent device going to sleep while playing
8 July 2010
Reversi version 2.0 is now available on the App Store. The changes in version 2.0 are:- Updates for iOS4
- Graphic enhancements
22 May 2010
Reversi HD version 1.1 is now available on the App Store. The changes in version 1.1 are:- The difficulty of the computer levels is now more widely spread - beginner level is easier to beat
- Graphical tweaks
21 May 2010
Reversi version 1.9.1 is now available on the App Store. The only change in version 1.9.1 is:- In response to several comments, the difficulty of the computer levels is now more widely spread - beginner level is easier to beat
5 May 2010
Reversi HD version 1.0, which uses the same great game engine is Reversi but with sharper, higher-resolution images for the iPad™, is now available on the App Store.28 October 2009
Magnetic Block Puzzle and Magnetic Block Puzzle Lite version 1.5 are now available on the App Store. The only change in version 1.5 is:- By request, visual animation of puzzle tilting can be enabled or disabled on the settings screen
16 October 2009
Reversi version 1.9 is now available on the App Store. Changes in version 1.9 are:- Fixed a bug where an abandoned game could be erroneously restored when the game is re-launched
- Compatible with OS 2.0 again (as well as 3.0 or later)
- Added additional information to the instructions screen
28 September 2009
Magnetic Block Puzzle and Magnetic Block Puzzle Lite version 1.4 are now available on the App Store. Changes in version 1.4 are:- Visually displaying tilting of puzzle
- Minor changes to screen layout
- Bugfixes
14 September 2009
Reversi version 1.8 is now available on the App Store. Changes in version 1.8 are:- Corrected a small weakness in the AI on higher levels that resulted in a corner being yielded too easily
- Added a new level: Guru, which is slightly stronger than the Master level
- Computer now plays more quickly on Master and Expert levels
4 July 2009
Magnetic Block Puzzle and Magnetic Block Puzzle Lite version 1.3 are now available on the App Store. Changes in version 1.3 are:- Added a cool visual effect when blocks become joined
- Corrected occasional erratic behavior when playing by tilting
3 July 2009
Merelles version 1.4 is now available on the App Store. Changes in version 1.4 are:- Compatibility update.
- Improved instructions screen.
- Refreshed some of the graphics.
24 June 2009
Added a hints page for Magnetic Block Puzzle for some of the particularly tricky puzzles.16 June 2009
Reversi version 1.7 is now available on the App Store. Changes in version 1.7 are:- By popular request, now animating flipping pieces in multiple directions simultaneously to speed up time between moves. And it looks nicer :)
- Fresh lick of paint on the graphics.
- Added more detailed information to the instructions screen.
29 May 2009
Magnetic Block Puzzle and Magnetic Block Puzzle Lite version 1.2 are now available on the App Store. Changes in version 1.2 are:- Improved graphics - nicer textures and shading
- Performance improvements to remove jitter on complex puzzles
02 May 2009
Magnetic Block Puzzle and Magnetic Block Puzzle Lite version 1.1 are now available on the App Store. Changes in version 1.1 are:- Button added to clear all scores
- Performance improvements
- Updated graphics
28 April 2009
A review of Magnetic Block Puzzle has been posted on punkchip.com.21 April 2009
New game - Magnetic Block Puzzle version 1.0 is now available on the App Store.17 April 2009
A review of Merelles has appeared on appstoreapps.com - 4/5.25 January 2009
Merelles version 1.3 is now available on the App Store. Changes in version 1.3 are:- Added a choice of two themes, with their own graphics and sounds: the original floating in space theme and a new stones on wood theme.
- Refreshed the graphics.
- Improved graphics.
- Small bug fix.
- Added some extra information to the instructions screen.
7 December 2008
Merelles version 1.2 is now available on the App Store. Changes in version 1.2 are:- Added the rule that a game is drawn if 50 moves are played without either player forming a mill (on all games) and updated the instructions screens accordingly.
19 November 2008
Reversi version 1.5 is now available on the App Store. Changes in version 1.5 are:- Added a choice of two graphical board themes: classic and wood.
- Refreshed the graphics for the classic theme.
- By request, hints can be shown at the press of a button or automatically as before.
- Added the option to show or hide the last move marker.
- Minor bugfixes.
17 November 2008
Merelles version 1.1 is now available on the App Store. Changes in version 1.1 are:- Minor bugfix - when undoing and redoing, the animations sometimes did not reset, or would play again.
- Updates to the instructions screens.
9 November 2008
Merelles and Reversi have both been included on mrbass.org best iPhone games list!5 November 2008
New game - Merelles version 1.0 is now available on the App Store! But wait, there's more.. to celebrate the release of Merelles, Reversi is now HALF PRICE - that's just $0.99 / £0.59 / € 0.79.20 September 2008
A review of Reversi has appeared on appstoreapps.com.15 September 2008
A review of Reversi has appeared on AppCraver. Excerpt: "There are several free Reversi games in the App Store, but none have the breadth of options or depth of AI of this paid version. AppCraver looks forward to seeing what developer Kiss The Machine comes up with next."5 September 2008
Reversi version 1.4 is now available on the App Store. The only change in version 1.4 is:- Fixed a bug when playing a two player game, where sometimes it would display the wrong user as the winner.
27 August 2008
Reversi version 1.3 is now available on the App Store. Changes in version 1.3 are:- Minor bugfixes.
- By request you can now choose to resign from a game or to abandon it, the difference being resignation counts as a loss on the scoreboard.
- Made it a bit easier to start another game after completing a game.
28 July 2008
Reversi version 1.2 is now available on the App Store. Changes in version 1.2 are:- There is a 'redo' button now, which does the opposite of 'undo'.
- By request, you can now disable the display of valid moves.
- The in-game info button is more responsive now, to address reports that it was difficult to press.
- Better in-game prompt to indicate how to start a new game.
- The preferences menus are now easier to tap.
- The user interface is more robust to unusual behavior.
- Corrected the occasional erratic timing of the sound effects.
18 July 2008
Reversi version 1.1 is now available on the App Store. The only change in version 1.1 is:- Added the option to show hints.