With more than 250,000 downloads, I can easily say that Andrey “Zed” Zalkins’s Alchemy game, now available as a free download on the Android Market, is catching on quick. A remake of the classic DOS game, where when given just the four elements (earth, air, water, and fire), the combinations seem endless!

Here’s the gist of it: you’re given the four elements I mentioned earlier, and add them together by dragging one over another to create more than 300 different elements. Now, hold up for a second; not every element will combine with another (such as ash [fire + moss] and fire), so this game will keep you entertained for quite some time.

Having downloaded this game only twelve hours ago, I’ve unlocked a meager 58 elements, leaving the other 72% of the elements to laugh at me as I scratch my head, pondering the different element combinations that may be possible. After about 20 combinations, you get to some pretty funky elements, such as a whale, a zombie, an alcoholic, and even “sex”. Also, if you get stuck, there are plenty of “cheat sheets” all over the web. Definitely at least an 8.5 out of 10.