Ultimate Pro Pinball Review

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The Pro Pinball games are the best you can get without having a full-sized table in your game room (which we do).
I loved these games when they were first released, and played them on Win95 and 98, but when XP came along, they were toast.
I was very happy to see that they had been re-released for XP.
Strangely, the first two games work just fine, but the newest in the series will not work on my computer. It installs, graphics are fine, but all keyboard entries are erratic and slow (I'm talking 10-20 seconds for response times!). The fix posted in the readme files, and the updates, didn't fix the problem for me, but may fix it for others.
It's a bummer, because the third game is my favorite - however, I'll live with just the other two.
It's still worthy - but frustrating to pay for something and not be able to play part of it!

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Medieval Total War: Gold Edition Review

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Although "Medieval II" has been out for over a year now, this first "Medieval: Total War" remains a classic. This Gold Edition contains both the original game and the "Viking Invasion" expansion pack, allowing for a variety of campaigns set between the years AD 793 and 1453.
The game is split into two sections. The first of these is the campaign mode. In this turn-based mode the player uses the map to control the kingdom at large, setting taxes, building units and facilities, managing his/her generals, moving armies and fleets, conducting diplomacy with rival factions and employing spies and assassins. The second mode is the real-time battle mode, in which the players commands his/her armies directly, positioning troops, selecting formations and tactics and engaging the enemy. The level of detail in this mode is excellent; the 3D landscapes are rendered with trees, hills, water and bridges; even the weather changes.
There are 15 playable factions on the standard (European) map and 8 on the Viking (British) map. Each of these have their own characteristic units (longbowmen for the English, Teutonic Knights for the Germans, Varangian Guard for the Byzantines, for example) and each demands a slightly different style of gameplay. The standard map can also be played in one of 3 time periods, chosen at the start of each game, with more or less advanced units and facilities available according to each. There are also five levels of difficulty, making the game adjustable for all levels of expertise. Aside from the main single player game, there are a number of historical campaigns to undertake, including the Hundred Years' War (featuring the Battles of Crécy and Agincourt) and the Third Crusade. There are also four standalone battles (including Hastings in 1066), a custom battle option, a quick battle option (ideal for filling coffee breaks) and a multiplayer mode.
There are, indeed, few faults to be found with this game. My biggest disappointment (and it is a small one) is that there is no manual booklet included with this Gold Edition, only a PDF copy on the disc. Because it isn't possible to view the game and the manual at the same time, it does make learning the game somewhat difficult - and it does take some time to master its full complexity. On the other hand, its very complexity means that once learned it is very immersive - almost as if one were really running a medieval kingdom.
Addictive, challenging and highly playable, "Medieval: Total War" is an excellent game, and even years after its original release, still highly playable. For people with older, lower-specification machines who may be unable to run "Medieval II", the original will prove ideal. Moreover, at the low price Amazon are currently offering it, it is an excellent buy.

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Habitrail Hamster Ball Review

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So, I was looking for the classic Hamsterball game by Raptisoft, but saw just this one and decided to buy it for my sister. Anyway, it turns out to be a pretty cute game. There are four hamsters that run on a track on which you have to stay on and get to the goal. It's a lot like the German game Ballance, or some other 'roll-the-ball-around-the-track' games.
The real kick I get out of it is that each hamster (of which there are four choices) has its own personality. They look the same, except for the shirt color, but the voices are completely different.
One interesting bug about it is that sometimes you will be suspended in mid-air and can roll through stuff like walls and doors if you fall off the track and are allowed to stay on the ground for an extended period of time.
Overall, this game is a real challenge the first time through, and afterwards you kind of get bored, as it is rather easy and there are no new goals. However, multiplaying is a huge success as you can have up to four players at a single time, all fighting over the keyboard.

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Monopoly 3 Review

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What can you say about Monopoly? It is quite simply a classic board game. But board games don't always translate well to the PC. A monitor is not a game board, and keyboards sometimes get between a player and the game. However, Monopoly, with its reliance on strategy, translates pretty well to PC.
My first Monopoly PC game was originally written for DOS, and I played the Windows 3.1 version. I decided to buy this new version for my Windows XP machine. The multimedia effects, while better, aren't as cutting-edge as the older version was. The only people who'll be amazed are those who have been living in a cave for the past five years.
What is new are the voices. The older version had lots of sound effects - sometimes just to make noise. In this version, not only do the tokens make appropriate noises, they talk as well. What they say is appropriate. The dog, for example, when landing on a property he owns states that it "smells like home." However they only have so many phrases to repeat, and it doesn't take long for them to become annoying.
There is also a narrator doing play by play, including reading the Chance and Community Chest cards drawn. The narration is complete enough that visually impaired folks may actually find this to be an acceptable game. It certainly is better in this regard than it's previous version, but you still can't feel the board projected on the monitor, nor can you do things like count your money out loud, so not all the challenges have been overcome.
The animations in my older version consisted mostly of little clips that played during the token movements. They added nothing to the game play. While they were fascinating, and fairly advanced for the time, once you saw them each, there was no reason to not turn them off. This version is different.
In this version during game play the board is rotated, tilted, and zoomed in and out of to allow you to see what's going on. But it can be a little disorienting at first. Imagine playing the low-tech board version of Monopoly without a chair, moving around the table while you play. It's easy to loose track of which side of the board you're looking at! But it does allow you to see what's going on, and who owns what better than some of your other tools.
Speaking of tools, there is a calculator available that can do things like estimate your potential earnings, and other statistical functions. But if you're really into that sort of thing, you'll find it's a bit limiting in what it can do, and can't handle the "what-if's" the strategist may want to know.
The biggest drawback is the speed of the game during trades. You need to think fast, and you don't get much opportunity to gather more information when a trade is proposed. I would suggest not worrying about the time. Let it expire. Take your time, and then go back and propose it as a new trade.
If you like playing Monopoly, and either want to play against computer generated AI players, or on-line against opponents far away, this game is a must. If the only way you play Monopoly is with live people surrounding a table, the multimedia effects of this game won't replace that social interaction, but you might find this game to be a fun way to practice between parties.
The bottom line: There's room for improvement in future versions, but this is a pretty good PC implementation of a board game classic.

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Land Before Time Prehistoric Adventures Review

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I bought this product for my 4 year old daughter and she loves it! She has learned so much through the 3 CD-ROMs and card games it has been hard to tear her away. I recommend this product to all parents to help encourage their children to be taught the alphabet, numbers, and shapes with a sense of creativity.

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Important learning experiences are built into entertaining and engaging activities with an emphasis on creativity and teamwork as children work with their dino pals to construct stories, animated scenes, musical interludes and printable crafts.
Features: Play interactive games with your favorite dinosaur pals Fun and educational activities are rewarded with magical seeds and printable award certificates. Kids will learn preschool and kindergarten concepts such as alphabet, shapes, colors patterns and number recognition. Watch your child develop concentration, creativity, confidence, object recognition and problem-solving skills while having fun.

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Do It Yourself Website Review

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This is a good starter guide for the do-it-yourselfer. While it's aimed at the web newbie, it's also an easy tool for more experienced web masters to use to easily get sites online. I'd also recommend "The Complete Web Hosting Kit" as a companion, because it gives you the software you need to actually host a web site on your home or office computer for free.

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Crystalize (Jewel Case) Review

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I've tried the trial version of Crystalize!--Haven't bought it just yet. It's a very peaceful game with quiet meditational music and no time demands. The game doesn't change a lot from level to level, but overall I like it.

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COLIN MCRAE RALLY 3 Review

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Bought this for my Asus Eee PC 1005 HAB and I was not disappointed.Plays GREAT with no slowdowns or other problems.I do prefer racing games with some competition but this is fine for my type of netbook.It WILL play on Win 7 as I am using Win 7 Pro.

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Fast Lanes Bowling Review

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To be honest, owning a bowling game wasn't that high on my "must have" list, but I got this game as a stocking stuffer this year and was surprised at how much I find myself playing it. It has essentially become my new "solitaire," letting me play when I am bored and want to kill some time without getting into a 5 hour marathon. The production values are surprisingly good, particularly for a bargain priced game. The graphics, sound, and physics are all very well done. I kind of wish there were more "arcadey" (is that a word?) style modes of gameplay, but that might just be the console owner in me talking. Internet play might be fun, too, though bowling isn't exactly a head-to-head sport. You could practically play by e-mail, now that I think about it. A word of caution, though. The game can be very tough, and the need for accurate timing on the controls is a must. I find that if I have too many programs running on my computer it can cause the game to stutter a bit, making for missed throws. If you have a beefier system than mine (1 ghz, 256k of RAM, Geforce 2MX), you shouldn't have much trouble, if any. Overall, an excellent value, particularly if you like video game bowling.

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Bowl like the pros! Product InformationNo more waiting for lanes and renting shoes! You own the entire alley with FastLanes Bowling. Fast Lanes Bowling is a bowler's dream-come-true withincredibly detailed environments and characters brought to life in fullyrendered 3D. Bowl in a variety of fantastic locations knocking down the pinsaboard a moving pirate ship or catching the 7-10 split on the pier of a remotetropical island - play with the most advanced and realistic bowling physics todate in a total of twelve day and night environments or even in your localbowl-o-rama!Product FeaturesUltra realismExperience the most realistic bowling simulation to date with lifelikeintricately modeled high-polygon characters rendered in lavishly detailed 3Denvironments.Physically impressiveControl the strength accuracy position and spin of every throw! Fast LanesBowling sports the most accurate real-time pin and ball physics model of anybowling game to date!Characters for all occasionsChoose from 8 male and female characters. Then personalize them to suit your owngame by modifying any one of their four attributes.FantasticalPlay in such fantasy locations as ancient Egypt a Moon base or aboard a Pirateship! Knock down all ten pins in a total of 12 extremely detailed environments!Are you game?A total of six gameplay modes including Open Play Tournament SkinsChallenge Golf and Practice modes will test your bowling skills to the limit.Windows RequirementsWindows 98 Me 2000 XPPentium II 400MHz processor or processor of the same gradeGeForce 2 or better display cards64MB of RAM200MB hard disk space4X CD-ROM DriveKeyboardMouse

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NEW OXFORD THESAURUS OF ENGLISH Review

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I installed the Thesaurus on my new Dell workstation running Windows XP. I soon observed peculiarities when I was editing in Word or Adobe Pagemaker. The automatic pop-up feature of the Thesaurus interfered with my editing. I could no longer select something and then type over it. The Thesaurus came up instead. I couldn't live with this, nor could I find a way to change that behavior, so I uninstalled the product. I cannot use it. I went back to a 13-year-old copy of American Heritage Dictionary (and thesaurus), which works fine without automatic pop-up.

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Read, Write & Type Review

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Children learn to type by sound from individual letter sounds to sentences in this program, formerly "Talking Fingers." Read, Write, and Type does very well correlating sounds to letter keys with the help of left and right hand animations that guide the finger and hand placement.
Plan on sitting with your child if you want them to learn to type correctly. The program could have had a few more audio prompts for the typing aspect of the program, such as looking at the screen while finding keys with their fingers, especially when the excercises go from typing one letter to short sentences. You'll need to remind them to relax the hands while over the keyboard to help them reach for the keys and develop dexterity. Another common mistake is that the child presses too slowly, which makes the key repeat many times on a computer, and then shows up as an error, making them repeat the exercise. This IS a program that some children are not ready for, and it can also be frustrating if the child doesn't succeed in the excercises, as they will not be able to move on to the next story. Kids will naturally want to advance in the program's storyline, a catchy chase to earn back (doing typing exercises) all of the storytellers who occupy the keys, stolen by Vexor the Virus, and they will often need someone right there to remind them to "power up!" This is the kind of video game parents of 6-8 year olds WANT their child to play!



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LEGO KINDERGARTEN Review

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This game is not as good as the preschool version, which is great. Even the kids said they did not like it. There wasn't much to it. It was more on the level of beginning computor skills. The company should redo it or rename it to 2-3 year olds.

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Zuma Deluxe Review

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Zuma Deluxe is like several PC games in that the goal is to eliminate balls by shooting balls of the same color at the chain. For example, with Luxor, the shooter is at the bottom of the screen and your goal is to eliminate all of the balls.
In Zuma Deluxe, the goal is the same except that the frog shooter is at the *center* of the board and rotates 360 degrees. Chains of various colored balls snake towards an opening. If the balls reach that opening, you lose a life. (You get 3 lives per game, but can accrue additional lives if you score 30,000 + points if I recall).
There are quite a few puzzles within each Level; however, you have to complete ALL the stages in order to reach the next Level. For example, I'm on Level 6 which happens to have 6 Stages. I can't get past this tricky Stage 6, so I keep getting knocked back down to Stage 1 of Level 6.
Random balls will light up during gameplay and if you eliminate the chain that contains these particular balls, you get special temporary perks. For example, there are balls that will create a laser shot for accuracy, slow down the balls, stop the balls, reverse the balls, or fry all the surrounding balls (this one is my fave!).
Also, there is a coin that shows up randomly on the outskirts of the maze and if you hit the coin, you get extra points. You also get extra points for shooting chains in the middle of "gaps".
There are triangular mazes, circuituous square mazes, and even mazes with two openings. Perhaps the most tricky, however, are those that snake under one another, making it difficult to track the balls.
You can play two versions: Gauntlet and Adventure. You can choose to make the game full screen or small screen.
My only complaint is that I bought this game in the store and like Bookworm (another Pop Cap game), I had to re-download a game using a universal .exe patch in order to get the game to work. Without it, the game starts with a 60 minute "trial period" that won't allow you to play beyond it. This is a serious glitch that Pop Cap Games needs to deal with, because it affects other games, too (such as Insaniquarium). If you need the patch, un-install Zuma Deluxe and re-install using http://beta.popcap.com/pubfiles/PopCDFix.exe
I highly recommend this addictive PC game!

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Baby Luv Review

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This is a fun game. But at once you get so mouch stuff, it starts to get boring. But I would definately buy it again. Its a good game for all ages.

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First Luv. First Breath. First Laugh.First Step.Product InformationHow many times have you wished your favorite toy doll would come to life? WithBaby Luv we give you just that someone to play games with learn to feedchange those stinky diapers (without the smell!) Create your very own baby thentake it thru the first steps of life from eating and walking to playing gamesand entertaining your new found luv.Product FeaturesFeed change bathe and play with your babyPlay lots of fun gamesOver 100 exciting upgradesWindows RequirementsWindows 2000 XP Vista933 MHz processor256 MB of RAM250 MB Hard Drive spaceDirectX 9 compatible Video CardDirectX 9 compatible Sound CardCD-ROM driveKeyboardMouse

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Tiki Boom Boom (Jewel Case) Review

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I was hoping there would be more games on the cd-rom than there actually are.....

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Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat (PC) Review

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My 4-year old son really likes this game. It's exciting for him to see the changes each time he plays. Pajama Sam games are a little more challenging than Putt Putt and Freddie Fish. In this particular game, there is a part that requires reading, and an advanced understanding of riddles. I suppose he could click and click until he gets it right but that would take a long time and he would get frustrated. (You have to match riddles with the correct answers.) Because of this I wouldn't recommend it for a younger child who wouldn't have the assistance of an adult, but otherwise, it's very entertaining.

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Codename Panzer Platinum Phase One + Phase Two Review

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You can get this game for a bargain. This game is my favorite WWII on-line RTS game; and, honestly, I've played just about every one of them (of course, nothing beats CoH, but...). I always come back to Panzers1. On weekdays (evenings) you can expect to play some very worthy opponents (up to 4v4 - but, normally 3v3 works without much lag...) from all around the world. The game's main strength is the multiplayer - incorporating the balance of units that you buy, dependence on allies tactics and your own cunning, all on well done maps. Since many of the people that play the game are European, there are many people playing the game on Sat. and Sun. AM's. The U.S. crowd typically plays on weekdays PM. Language normally isn't a problem, since many people speak English. It's fun forming clans and playing games (for example, you can form a U.S. clan and play a Hungarian clan, 2v2 or something...). The drawback to the on-line game is in order to play or host games, you have to figure out how to set up your router. Many people don't seem to know how to do this, and as a result, depend on those who do to host games (but, I like that because I have the "power" over how the games are set up - and people love the one's who host games. lol). There are many helps on how to host games, if you just check the game maker's website and google how to set up a router for hosting games. To learn how to do it, it took me about 1/2 hr., no biggie. Get the game - it's well worth it.

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