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. 2015 Jul 3;15:142. doi: 10.1186/s12888-015-0510-1

Table 2.

Active cotrol training games

Game Description
Chinese Checkers Move your pieces to the opponent’s end by moving or jumping over pieces
Sudoko Fill each square in the puzzle with a number (1-9) given rules
Reversi Try to have the majority of the disks on the game present your color
Double Klondike Solitaire Participants must stacks cards alternating in color in descending order with the goal of forming complete A-K stacks of the same suit.
Tri Peaks Solitaire The object of the game is to remove all cards that make up the “three peaks.” Player must stack the cards present on the ‘peaks’ to the card on the bottom
Brick Breaking Hex Click on a group of blocks with the same color. To remove individual blocks, you lose one of your stars. The goal is to get rid of all the blocks before you lose all your stars
Brick Squasher II Use the mouse to control the board to bounce the balls and destroy the bricks. Some bricks require a few hits and some bricks are indestructible
Gem Swap Swap adjacent gems to create 3 or more in a row to remove the gems
War Ship Hide your ships then take turns with the computer player to search for the opponent’s hidden ship. The object of the game is to find your opponent’s ships and sink them before they find yours
A Maze Race There are two balls, the green one is designated to the participant and the red is the computer player. The participant must find the ‘Flag’ or end point before the computer does
Lineup 4 Participant and computer player take turns dropping discs from the top into a grid. The player must connect four yellow discs in a row (vertically, horizontally or diagonally) before the opponent
Word Search Letters are placed in a grid and the participant must find the specified list of words hidden within the grid