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About Memory Bazaar

Memory Bazaar is a classic card-matching memory game with its own hand-painted deck. The cards show friendly animals like a cat, an owl, a turtle and a ladybug, fruit from a Persian market such as pomegranates, cherries and watermelon, instruments like the frame drum and a long-necked lute, and traditional patterns: the paisley boteh, an eight-pointed star, a tulip and a blue teapot. Every round shuffles the cards face down and your job is to find each pair.

Tap a card to turn it over, then tap a second one. If both pictures match, the pair stays face up with a little burst of stars. If they do not, the two cards turn back after a moment, and you need to remember where you saw each picture. Finding pairs one after another builds a streak, and every match in a streak is worth more than the last.

There are three levels. Kids has twelve big cards in a 3 by 4 grid, shows every card for a couple of seconds at the start and never hurries anyone, which makes it a gentle first game for young children. Normal is a 4 by 4 board with a running clock that only affects the speed bonus. Hard is a full 6 by 6 board of eighteen pairs against a countdown, a real workout for adults. Clearing the board adds a bonus for speed and for few wrong guesses; a guess only counts as wrong when you had already seen one of the two cards.

Tips: turn over a new card first and look for its partner among cards you have seen; work row by row so positions are easier to remember; and say the names of the pictures aloud, which helps children and adults remember more. Memory Bazaar is free on Playdonya, works on phones and computers, and the daily deck is the same for everyone.