THE BACKLOG

Backlog: clear the mountain of cartridges! Alone in the shop after closingThe shutters are down at a used-game shop. Games and consoles that were appraised but never shelved are piled across the floor. Your job is to put every last one back on the right shelf. Clear the floor and the exit door opens. What waits beyond it depends on how you tidied. Just one thing to doPick it up. Read the label. Put it on the shelf for that console.

No timer, no game over. There are 20 fictional retro consoles, and their cartridges, discs and boxes all come in different shapes and sizes. Match the label on a game to the sign above a shelf, and you'll know where it goes. Shelves that are out of order light up, so when in doubt, follow the glow. The more you tidy, the faster you getThere are two skill tracks. Grows with every game you shelve: carry more at once, bundle copies of the same game, reach farther, and toss games straight onto shelvesGrows each time you fill a section with a single title: matching titles glow, the right shelf lights up, and copies of the same game come to youGo for volume, or finish one section at a time.

How you play changes the way the shop comes together. Tidy up with up to 3 friendsJoin the same shop and split the work.…