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The planet Pipe was a peaceful place until one evil Pipe decided she was not happy. She didn't like the other Pipes and their ways so she took off in her flying saucer and covered the planet and all its inhabitants in foul smelling, toxic Green Flooze. One brave Pipe stepped forward to challenge ...

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Developer
Sick Puppies

Released on
2001

Size
1 Player

Version
PlayStation

Requirements
Sony Playstation

Downloads
Puzzle

Publisher
Empire Interactive

ESRB Rating
E - Everyone

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Description

The planet Pipe was a peaceful place until one evil Pipe decided she was not happy. She didn’t like the other Pipes and their ways so she took off in her flying saucer and covered the planet and all its inhabitants in foul smelling, toxic Green Flooze. One brave Pipe stepped forward to challenge this evil, vowing not to stop until he had cleared the planet of the foul Flooze and defeated the Evil Pipe Queen.

You must use different shaped pieces of pipe to form a longer pipe which controls the flow of the Flooze around the screen, which you will eventually lead to a plug hole.

The game features 18 continents, each with 3 levels. Each continent has its own characters and hazards. There are power-ups to be collected in the form of jewels and coins.

Pipe Dreams 3D

Overview & History

Released in the late 1990s during the height of the transition from classic 2D puzzle formulas into immersive stereoscopic environments, Pipe Dreams 3D reimagined the iconic flow-control genre. Building upon the legacy of LucasArts' original tile-laying classic, this arcade adaptation injected a relentless, time-attack urgency into three-dimensional space. Players are no longer simply flat-mapping a floor; instead, they navigate an isometric, metallic grid where hazardous sludge—known officially as "Flooze"—threatens to overflow industrial containment zones across multiple shifting subterranean levels. Although it never received a massive console port, its unique cabinet presence in arcades cemented it as a cult-classic spatial puzzler.

Gameplay Features & Mechanics

Unlike its predecessors, Pipe Dreams 3D requires players to rapidly select, rotate, and drop various tubular segments—straight runs, elbows, traps, and reservoirs—into a grid while a relentless first-person perspective or isometric camera shifts around them. The core objective is to construct a continuous conduit long enough to delay the encroaching Flooze and meet the mandatory target length before time expires. Special bonus joints, such as multi-directional junctions and high-speed turbine pipes, yield massive score multipliers but demand split-second spatial calculations. Failing to connect a piece in time causes a catastrophic rupture, spraying toxic waste across the chamber and ending the run.