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Sokoban is a famous puzzle game invented in Japan The word "Sokoban" means "warehouse keeper" in Japanese. Rules of Sokoban are very simple. Imagine yourself a warehouse keeper. You must push boxes in a crowded warehouse to their correct positions with a minimal number of moves. Boxes can only be pushed, never pulled. You can push only one box at a time. Sometimes a box may get into unrecoverable position, for example into a corner. In this case the game is lost and you must start the level over again. Many people create their own levels for Sokoban game and publish them on the Internet. A couple of hundreds of them come with the Pocket Sokoban installation and are immediately available for you. But you can download thousands of levels from the Internet and easily load them into Pocket Sokoban game as well. Levels are usually available as text files in unified format (XSB format) which is understood by Pocket Sokoban. Every text file contains dozens or even hundreds of levels. Registration fee for the most featured Sokoban for Pocket PC is just $6.99 15 days trial period. Sokoban trademark and Sokoban levels are properties of their respective owners.