The downside is that the small screen fails to offer as much game real estate as the PC version, so players have to scroll the screen left and right between the customer line and the diner to keep pace. For the portable, this interface has been converted to the Nintendo DS in a similar fashion, using the stylus in place of the mouse pointer and works pretty well. The original idea was handled on the PC and a simple point, click, and drag interface that could keep up with the pace of the game: click and drag customers from the queue to the table, click on the tables, counter, and dishes to perform the needed task. The pacing is far more intense than Cake Mania, and honestly, even though things can get incredibly hectic really early in the difficulty curve, the speed and energy really does make Diner Dash the better of the two designs. In later levels additional responsibilities are thrown into the mix: cleaning up spills and grabbing a highchair for the kids are two of the early ones.
Take too long and they'll leave in a huff - and penalize you points (which, in the whole swing of things doesn't make sense since, other than running out on the tab, they didn't exactly steal from you). Seat them at the table, take their order, put their order in, serve the food, collect the money, and clear the table.all done at a rapid-fire pace. But instead of baking cakes, it's about maintaining the demands of the people that wander into the diner. There are tremendous similarities to Diner Dash and the "other" popular web game Cake Mania, which was ported to the Nintendo DS by Majesco just a few short months ago. It's all about speed - keep up with the demand and you'll keep moving on. By keeping customers flowing through the door (see? We get the name reference!), fed and happy, you'll score enough points to make it to the next round where the customer base gets more complex - grumpier, more numerous, and more demanding. The design of Diner Dash follows Flo as she tosses the business suit and the stressful lifestyle of the white collar workforce, and takes a risk by buying a run-down diner and dons the apron as a short-order waitress.
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