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CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 Upgrade Review

CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 Upgrade
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I have been a user of CorelDRAW for more than 10 years and have often used many other graphics products including the so-called industry leader Adobe products. After using CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 I believe I can finally rid myself of all these other products and stick solely to this suite. All the new features are incredibly useful and time-saving. All the applications work well with one another, and I've pushed it as hard as I can with some huge files, and it hasn't had any problems at all. This truely is an incredible release... thanks Corel!!!
PS. If you don't believe me, download the trial from Corel's website and try it for yourself (www.corel.com)
Jim

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CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 is a comprehensive graphics solution for Windows XP. Whether you're designing for business or pleasure, CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 can do it all. The software is ideal for freelance designers; business, printing, publishing and advertising professionals; executives, managers, technicians, and sales support specialists; engineers, scientists, administrative support professionals, and more. And because CorelDraw 12 is optimized for Windows XP, businesses will save hours of training time, assured that employees can begin producing professional graphics almost immediately.Industry Leading Applications and Features CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 includes three industry leading applications -- CorelDraw Graphics 12 for illustration, page-layout and vector drawing; Corel Photo-Paint 12 for professional digital imaging; and Corel R.A.V.E. 3 for motion-graphics creation. These three outstanding applications give CorelDraw Graphics Suit 12 a set of unprecedented features.Dynamic Guides offer unprecedented levels of control, letting designers create a shape, draw a line, or place an object exactly where they want it, in one easy step. These intelligent enhancements dramatically reduce design time by allowing users to create, size and position objects easily and precisely, with fewer clicks.When you need to sketch a design quickly and professionally, the Smart Drawing tool offers built-in intelligence to automatically recognize and dynamically smooth the curves of many shapes including circles, triangles, and parallelograms. This allows you to create perfect forms on the fly.CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 makes is easier than ever to incorporate text into projects. Users can see detailed changes to type -- including leading and kerning -- regardless of the zoom level, enabling them to view and manipulate on-screen text with ease. Enhanced Align and Distribute features provide more flexibility, precision and control over text layout. Users also have access to more than 10,000 professional clip art images, 1,000 TrueType and Type 1 fonts, and 1,000 photos and objects. And with Unicode support, CorelDraw Graphics 12 lets you seamlessly incorporate multiple languages, including English, Japanese, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek and many others, into a single design.With the enhanced Touch-up Brush and more than 70 effects filters, removing defects such as dust and scratches from digital images is a breeze. This feature provides a dedicated tool to perform common image/photo touch-ups by intelligently covering unwanted areas. The more the designer brushes over the affected area, the more the effect is amplified.In addition to all these features, CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 also gives users access to exceptional software from other leading vendors and industry standard technologies including Bitstream Font Navigator 5.0, Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 6.3, Kodak Digital Science color management system, and QuickTime 6.0 Player. Microsoft Office and WordPerfect Office Compatibility When you create graphics in CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12, you never have to worry about Microsoft Office or WordPerfect Office compatibility. CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 is a perfect companion to these office suites, making it possible to easily preview and import graphics files into text documents, slide presentations and spreadsheets without needing to worry about file format compatibility. This gives businesses the assurance that their graphics can be incorporated quickly and seamlessly into all business collateral. In effect, CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 is an entire creative design agency in a box; businesses can now produce their own business and marketing collateral, and can easily create animated graphics for use in presentations and Web sites. The suite also offers improved file compatibility, allowing users to open and save more than 100 file formats, including Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, EPS, PDF and more.Save Time and Money With CorelDraw Graphics 12 Windows-based interface, businesses can be assured that users will learn the advanced features quickly and easily. Also, the included interactive lynda.com training CD offers design tips to help users get up to speed quickly on all the suite's new features.Note: This product provides a full upgrade for CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12. To purchase the upgrade version of this product, you must own a previous licensed version of CorelDraw, CorelDraw Graphics Suite, CorelDraw Office Edition, CorelDraw Essentials, CorelDraw Select, CorelDraw Classic, Corel Designer, Corel Photo-Paint, Corel Painter, Corel Picture Publisher, Micrografx Designer, Micrografx iGrafx Business, Micrografx Graphics Suite, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, ACD Canvas, Jasc PaintShop Pro or Macromedia FreeHand. The trial version, Not for Resale (NFR) version and CorelDraw 8 LE for Macintosh are not eligible for this upgrade.What's in the Box Four CD-ROMs, including lynda.com interactive training CD, CorelDraw 12, Corel Photo-Paint 12, Corel R.A.V.E. 3, CorelTrace 12, CorelCapture 12; user guide, and quick-start/registration card.

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Habitrail Hamster Ball Review

Habitrail Hamster Ball
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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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Microsoft Entertainment Pak 2004 for Pocket PC (10 games) Review

Microsoft Entertainment Pak 2004 for Pocket PC (10 games)
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For the amount of money to get these particular 10 games, all of which either turned up as a game that shipped with one or more versions of windows and a few others that were in previous Entertainment Paks for Windows, 10 games that required little additional programming to port to the new Pocket PC platform was bit for a disappointment for the money. On the other hand, these are the games that many of us who work with a desktop or laptop at other times are familiar with, and most are easy to play in a screen where control of the on-screen activity is mostly a stylus or entering words. There are a number of games from previous entertainment paks that could have been ported and included and were not. That was disappointing, as it would be nice to change out these 8-10 games to keep something 'fresh' to do while waiting in lines, for a table in a restaurant or in a doctor's office. You can only play solitaire for so long and not get really bored.

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Item #: 271150. The Pocket PC Entertainment PocketPak includes ten classic crowd pleasers, including Blackjack and Hearts - all especially adapted for easy play right on your Pocket PC. Play on your own or against another person via infrared.
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Cute Knight Deluxe Review

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Cute Knight is like one of those chance novels you use to read when you were younger. Specific choices determine which ending you'll get. Whether or not you will become someone of importance or fail.
The game is simple, and perfect for anyone who doesn't want to put a lot of thought into it. There are fifty endings, according to the game box. All ready cleared two myself. The game play is simple clicks with the mouse, and the use of your arrow keys on the keyboard if you want, while exploring the dungeon.
You can do various things, such as craft, learn magic and so on. In order to craft you should consider training, because you'll need to visit the dungeon which steadily gets er...harder, the lower you go.
Overall, this is a cute game as the title suggests. It's not to be taken serious, and is for fun. A game that would be good to play with your kids, introducing them to the world of gaming.

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Myst Uru: Complete Chronicles Review

Myst Uru: Complete Chronicles
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Being a MYST fan, I almost didn't get this because of it going on-line as a type of MMORPG originally and I don't like those games.
But when I saw the this with both expansion packs, I couldn't resist (also had heard by then that the on-line was canceled because of little support). And what a value. There are many hours of gameplay here. It is also pretty hard, so have some patience because some of this hard to figure out.
The graphics are as always fantastic (especially the water. It looks awesome and I think they know it because there is water everywhere in this game). The scenery is more interactive than ever and there are alot of things moving here.
The sounds of the game are very good to, especially with some good headphones. I spent some time looking around checking everything out and I wasn't dissapointed.
You can also change your Avatar (this is a 1st or 3rd person game and you will need to use both) from clothes, to face, to sunglasses. And you will collect more items along the way which you can change in to.
Some of the puzzles were wierd, and they reminded alot of playing Riven which is one of the things I didn't really like as you had to go back and forth alot between ages. But there are many puzzles to solve and this is seamless, so you never know when you are playing Ages Beyond MYST or one of the expansion packs. There are also alot of books to read here (and you have to read them all or you will miss vital clues and answers for some of the puzzles), more than any of the other MYST games (maybe even more than the other 3 put together).
I had alot of fun, and if you are a MYST fan, this is an unbeatable deal.

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Toy Story 2 Action Game Review

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This is a great looking game with beautiful colors, graphics, and backgrounds. The levels are challenging and extensive. Our favorite Toy Story characters are all here (although Woody doesn't show up until near the end). The puzzles vary in difficulty from kindergarten to adult.
The problem with the PC version is it's extreme awkwardness to control. The controls operate relative to where the character is, not the angle the the player is watching from. With a constantly adjusting camera angle, this makes for difficult navigation. Another tricky thing is the 3-D rendering. Most objects aren't visable until you are right next to them, which made finding them difficult.
This game is suggested for ages 8 and up. Some of the puzzles are appropriate for this age group, but I can't imagine an 8-year old getting past some of the levels. Some of the "missions" are so difficult that even an adult has to try them over and over and over to finish them. (Perhaps this is a plus for adults, though?)
Although this game was hard to get used to in terms of maneuvering (one never does "get used" to it exactly), and it was obviously created for use on a game system, and not on PC, it was a great-looking game with plenty of challenge to keep even adults busy for days. The bonus movies are a treat, and the hilarious clips make you WISH the movie was out on DVD already.

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Buzz Lightyear to the RescueProduct InformationCome in Star Command! Woody has been toynapped and it's up to you tolead Buzz on a rescue mission to save him. Maneuver through 15 3-D worlds andbattle the Evil Emperor Zurg and his robot army. Get ready Space Ranger it'stime to put your training to the ultimate test.Fun Activities IncludeSpin spring somersault and blast your way through key movie locationsfrom Andy's house to AI's Toy Barn.Unlock Buzz's awesome arsenal to complete your missions like Anti-GravityBoots and Homing Disk Launcher.Battle devious enemies like the Prospector Slime Monster and ultimatelythe Evil Emperor Zurg!Join forces with Mr. Potato Head Hamm Rex Slinky Dog RC Car and othersto rescue Woody.Product FeaturesFeaturing Woody Hamm Rex and all the classic and new Toy Story characters.High-resolution 3-D graphics and impressive sound.15 immense worlds to explore including 5 intense Boss battles.Dozens of cool moves including Buzz's zip line slide and torso spin attack.A full arsenal! Rocket Jet Boots Grappling Hook Cosmic Shield and more.Dozens of movie clips plus special "reward" clips.Original character voices from the movie.Supports most 3-D accelerator cards.Macintosh RequirementsSystem 8.5 to 9.1G3 processor 266MHz or faster32MB RAM or greater180MB free hard disk space24X CD-ROM drive or raster3-D video card with 6MB video RAM or greaterThousands of colors video display

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Chocolatier - Special Edition Tin Review

Chocolatier - Special Edition Tin
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This game is so much fun, You can spend hours playing it with out even realizing how much time has passed. It is a relaxing way to spend time and have fun. I recomened it for any one who wants to have fun and like to play adventure games or the tycoon type games.

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Uru: Ages Beyond Myst Review

Uru: Ages Beyond Myst
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Overall, this is a pretty good game. Even though Uru presents the world in a fully immersed 3D view (using either 1st person or 3rd person), it's still very much like the rest of the Myst series. Personally, I'm not quite sure if I like the 3D perspective or not: I spent a lot of time switching between 1st and 3rd person (the game's written to work better with 3rd person) and trying to see things around me, but I'm still not sure if I prefer the old Myst "still-life" mode or Uru's 3d perspective. I suppose it's six of one or half a dozen of the other (EDIT: I'm now playing Myst IV: Revelations. It's written in the old "still-life" Myst style. I can now say that I much prefer that mode over the 3D, real-time view used in Uru).
Anyway, for the positives, the game is beautifully drawn (though I don't think it's as captivating as the earlier Myst episodes) and has great sound (Note: I've got a 3.0 GHz P4C with an ATI 9800 Pro and SB Audigy 2: all the graphic/sounds settings are turned to their highest). Since everything's static until you do something with it, there's no time pressure and you don't have to worry about dying. For the most part, the puzzles are fun, interesting, and doable. However, near the end, that changes (more later).
Unfortunately, I've got more negatives than positives:
- The game consistently crashed to the desktop every hour or so. There was really no rhyme or reason to it: one moment I'd be doing something in the game, the next, I'd be looking at my Windows desktop. I also had one instance where the game crashed Windows XP and caused a reboot.
- The game doesn't properly explain it's operating procedure. Specifically, it doesn't really explain that there's no SAVE process. In the game's defense, saving isn't really needed. As noted above, you can't die and nothing happens that you don't cause. Also, there are Journey Cloths that you touch that save your position (the game state is always up-to-date). Most of the sub-areas are small enough that coming back to the last Journey Cloth is no problem. The biggest problem is that the first time you leave the game you're really worried that everything will be reset when you come back. Of course, it's not.
- There's a device called a KI which appears to be associated with the Live (online) part of the game (i.e., it's not used at all in the single player version). Unfortunately, it's not well explained at all in the game and a good portion of one world is devoted to finding this KI. Also, when you get it, you're not really sure that you DO have it. It's basically added to your wrist when you use a certain machine. If you're not watching, you'll miss it's addition.
- In each world, there's a subquest for "Yeesha pages." They're added to your "Relto Book" and modify your home base. These are purely cosmetic changes with no value whatsoever. Sort of a worthless process.
- There are a LOT of totally useless, long, boring history books strewn around the game (in one room, there were around 12). Since you assume that everything you find in such a game is useful, you end up wading through them all. Yet, they serve no purpose whatsoever except for fleshing out the background.
- Each world seems to have a jump to a room which serves no purpose whatsoever. You jump there, look around at nothing of value, and then have to find your way back to where you were. Silly.
- When you put your mouse pointer over something important (i.e., you can manipulate it), it changes to a sort of bullseye thing. Unfortunately, it doesn't change unless you're close enough to the point and facing the right direction. You can pass right by important things because you weren't in the right spot when you examined it.
- Very early in the game, it gives you positive re-inforcement that closing doors behind you might be useful. However, later on this same activity can cause you trouble since it will make retracing your steps very troublesome. There's a similar problem with jumping down chasms: sometimes you need to jump down them in the right place (with very little indication that you should). But, most of the time, doing so will end up in your "death" and subsequent return to your home base.
- Several puzzles have NO indication how you are supposed to manipulate them. There are usually clues present that tell you what the answer should be. But, you just don't know how to change the state of the puzzle to get there. VERY frustrating.
- In one case, you push a button to lower a drawbridge and nothing happens. You think you've missed something and end up running around for long periods of time trying to find out what's wrong. It turns out that in this particular case the bridge is stuck. You have to body slam it to get it to drop. VERY irksome.
- Two of the puzzles require you to move objects into certain positions. BUT, you can't pick things up. You have to kick them into position. In the later puzzle, this is EXTRAORDINARILY frustrating because of the hidden nature of the need to position the objects and the degree of precision required. Also, most kickable objects serve no purpose whatsoever.
- One puzzle puts you in a pitch black location where you're supposed to do things. This requires an external light source (which you don't know you can get since you can't carry things). Also, once you get that light source, you're probably not aware that the pitch black area was even USABLE since when you ran across it you couldn't see anything there.
- And, finally, one of the Yeesha pages requires a very sensative set of running/jumping actions to retrieve. This kind of activity has no business being in a Myst game.
Most of the above irritations are pretty minor. The trouble is that the more serious/bothersome ones occur near the end of the game. So, that's what you tend to walk away with. Overall, the game is pretty good. Irritations or not, I still recommend it. One other thing to note: the Live or online portion of the game is not yet available (since I don't play such things, that makes no difference to me one way or the other). So, keep that in mind if you're looking for online play.

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Plunge into a world unlike any dreamt possible before. From the makers of the original Myst and Riven, this groundbreaking adventure beckons players to uncover the elusive secrets of the ancient D'ni civilization. Follow Yeesha, eccentric daughter of Atrus, to discover Linking Books, encounter descendants, and solve puzzles as you venture through visually stunning environments.
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst is the next chapter of the Myst franchise and the most immersive and ambitious Myst experience ever created. The game is bigger, better, and more innovative than any of the previous Myst adventures. Players can move at their own pace, spending hours discovering visually stunning, real-time 3D worlds, solving a large variety of mind-challenging puzzles, and following an epic storyline. Players can continue to discover new areas of D'ni by downloading new maps, worlds, and puzzles.
The Story of Uru
The story of the D'ni civilization began when they established their underground empire on Earth some 10,000 years ago. While living beneath the Earth's surface, the D'ni practiced what they called the "Art of Writing," which enabled them to create links to incredible, alternate worlds of fantastic variety called "Ages," to which they could travel through "Linking Books."
The D'ni people thrived for thousands of years, but later met with a great catastrophe that all but ended their civilization. Their vast cavern was left uninhabited, and their Linking Books and Ages seemed lost forever.
Then, in the late 1980s, a few humans from the surface discovered that cavern. One of these humans was Elias Zandi. He devoted the rest of his life to exploring and, eventually, restoring that ancient city in the D'ni cavern, preparing to one day reveal their discovery to those who were suddenly feeling irresistibly drawn to the cavern.
When he passed away in 1996, his legacy was divided between a foundation that he set up and his only son, Jeff Zandi. The foundation came to be known as the DRC (D'ni Restoration Council). As their name implies, they took on the task of physically restoring the ruins of the D'ni cavern. If you choose to visit the cavern at some point, you're sure to run into them.
Jeff Zandi, on the other hand, was interested in learning why the D'ni civilization fell in the first place. He continued studying the teachings of Yeesha, by far the most talented of all the D'ni writers, and daughter of Atrus and Catherine. After years of learning, the younger Zandi is finally comfortable bringing others to an uru (a D'ni word meaning "large gathering" or "grand community").
On your way to the cavern, if you decide to join us, it might be a good idea for you to learn some of the great teachings of Yeesha. Experience the adventure of a lifetime, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst.
Game Features
Experience a new freedom of movement, a first for the Myst franchise: Explore each unique age in real-time 3D, moving your character effortlessly through the world without pointing and clicking.
Create a realistic character: Choosing from a wide variety of facial and clothing features, you will be able to create a male or female avatar that you will use to explore the world. The range of character options allows you to appear the way you look, or the way you want to look.
Explore the mysterious and graphically intense world of Uru. Uru's work-of-art style graphics will immerse and captivate you like never before.
Follow an epic storyline: At the request of Yeesha, the eccentric daughter of Atrus, you'll journey through a variety of different ages, and discover the lost civilization of the D'ni people. As the story unfolds, you'll be drawn deeper into the D'ni civilization, and if you choose to download new content, the journey expands even further. You can explore new ages and areas of the D'ni civilization, unravel new mysteries, and adventure in a world that continually changes and expands. Exciting new content will be downloaded regularly, providing an adventure experience that is fresh and ever-changing.


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Primal Prey Review

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Primal Prey beats all of the games from the Carnivores series. It also beats other dinosaur-related games, for example Jurassic Park Operation Genesis etc. But why is this? At first sights, Primal Prey looks nothing more than a wannabe hunting game, or some kind of spoof of some of its more original predecessors. To put it simply, it's not. It's possibly my favourite PC game of all time.
The graphics are nothing special. The dinosaurs and the plants all look pretty blocky, and the water is completely still and plain. The weapons look a bit like something out of the star-trek laser gun genre, and all look pretty dorky at first. However, once you get used to them, they start looking a bit more hard-core. I am not saying the graphics are bad, though- the dinosaurs move smoothly, and I also like the way that if you stay in one hunting area too long the sky gets gradually darker until you wish you'd brought your night vision goggles. Primal Prey has cleverly grouped all the dinosaurs into male and female- the males are generally more vibrantly coloured, and are protective over the females. This is good progression from the Carnivores series, which had no concept of gender whatsoever. Also, if you shoot a dinosaur, it leaves a scar on its hide, and shoot it with a tranquilizer dart, and you can see the dart protruding from it's skin. It's nothing much, but it adds more realism to the game. There is quite a lot of blood, too. It's amazing how much blood is emitted from shooting a Troodon with a rifle.
The sound is solid stuff. The addition of frogs croaking, pterosaurs cawing in the distance, and the ever-present buzzing of crickets make you feel as though you are actually walking through a late-cretacious landscape. Walk in quicksand and you'll hear your hunter groaning under the strain of walking knee-high in the mud, and eventuall you'll start to drown. The drowning, I must say, isn't very well done. Your player starts shrieking as soon as you begin to sink, as though you're being stabbed, and even after your final cry of anguish, for some reason you can still hear the hunter grunting and groaning. All the other noises, like the dinosaur calls are perfecly added and dubbed. Well, I suppose there are some problems. After killing a T-rex, you'll watch him fall to the floor silently, then about a minute later you'll hear a loud THUD, when he should have neen hitting the floor. Oh well.
The AI is spectacular. The carnivores really will hunt the herbivores, not just you, and upon hearing a predator the herbivores will run off in fear until they are re-grouped with their herd. Say you sniped a Utahraptor with a rifle, the other pack members, upon noticing the death, will run around blindly for a second, until noticing you- then there's trouble afoot. I bet the raptors say 'I've got a BONE to pick with you!' Ha ha! Ha. Er, anyway, the fantastic Quetzalcoatlus, a huge pterosaur, will actually attack you if shot at. This came as a surprise to me the first time I set out to hunt one- I shot at it, expecting it to change direction and fly off, but no- it roared loudly, and swooped down, coming to get me! AAAGH! It doesn't do this with any of the other dinos, though. I suppose that's because they never attack it.
Right, what else? I don't know what 'gameplay' means, so I'll skip that aspect. The conclusion is that Primal Prey is a fabulous one-timer, and I recomend you buy it if you are interested in hunting and dinosaurs.

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Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection Review

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Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection is the video game my daughter was waiting for.
A quick overview: In the original Zoo Tycoon, you are in control of a Zoo building scheme, similar to other "tycoon" games on the market. The original game had many animals and features, and allowed you to solve problem scenarios and create you own free form Zoo. However, I thought the original Zoo Tycoon had rather limited selections for the money.
In the first expansion pack, Zoo Tycoon Dinosaur Digs, they went a little way to solving the limitations by giving you Dinosaurs to create your own version of "Jurassic Park". It also added (finally!) some themed concessions to make your Dino park even more of a time travelling adventure. But, it too was fairly expensive for an expansion.
In the second expansion pack, Zoo Tycoon Marine Mania, "Sea World" type attractions were added, along with some new theming concessions and other things that went a long way to solving the problems of the original limits of the game.
For a long while, some other additions were only available online. Several Endangered animals and some weird ones like Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster took quite a bit of download time to add to your park creation capabilities.
But now, in Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection, we have a truly complete collection. Not only is the original Zoo Tycoon included, but the Dinosaur Digs expansion, the Marine Mania expansion, =and= all of the previously only available by download material.
The added feature of being able to see a few facts about your animals in a special window could make this game an educational experience. Making sure your animals have the proper terrain teaches that animals prefer the environment they originally lived in, and may help reinforce people's thoughts to preserving the few endangered animals that are in the wild.
I'm almost a Tycoon game addict, I love this package. I've played this so much I can see it in my sleep. I really enjoyed the effort the company made to include the previously downloadable only material. The four sections of the game crate a truly complete collection, just as advertised.
When considering Christmas presents for children, or a special treat for tycoon game loving adults, I find myself telling people about Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection, where I never did while it was all available in separate parts. Former fans of Zoo Tycoon will enjoy the fact that everything's included. New players will enjoy the easy scenarios, while experienced Tycooners will have the real tough problem scenarios they love. Highly recommended.

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King's Quest Collection Review

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I normally don't post reviews but for some reason, a lot of reviewers are giving this collection a one-star based on some fan-based game and are angry at the company. I thought I'd chime in with an, I guess, less biased view.
The Kings Quest series was basically the worlds first adventure game. The beginning by today's standards has a simple story. You're a knight, find three treasures. But in the telling lies some of the most creative ideas ever found in any game. Period. All the games are based on fairy tales or mythologies... the first game has a giant in the clouds, an endless stair, the witch in a gingerbread house, a troll under the bridge, and the land of the leprechauns just to name a few. Eventually you're running fromt the abonimable snow man, brewing a storm to slay a dragon and even descending into the minotaur's labrynth.
Gameplay wise, the four games are text driven, but the fifth on out uses an icon "point and click" system which makes things much easier for non-typers like me. All of the games are almost entirely nonlinear. Go anywhere, do anything at any time provided you have the proper equiptment. Now, its the norm, but at the time, it was revolutionary.
For the negatives... There are a few unalterable design flaws about the first few games. For example, in KQ2 there is a bridge that can only be crossed 7 times, and you HAVE to cross it seven times. If you cross it an extra time at any point, and have it saved... prepare to replay the first half of the game. A warning for those who hate typing though, KQ3 in particular has a very complex spell casting system where you have to type very precisely, very quickly at times. But really all these complaints are very minor and nothing an online FAQ won't help with.
Check the series out, you won't regret it.
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Hello everyone...
I've had a lot of fun with this game, too, since I first played it in 2000, it's one of my favorite games for kids. It works fine in Windows 9x, XP and I assume, Windows ME and 2000 Professional. However, when I installed the game on my copy of Windows Vista Home Premium x64, the game (the main .exe "sputm90r" file) will not run, even using Windows XP and 95/98 compatibility modes. :-( This was confirmed in an exchange of e-mails from Trymedia Games technical support.
I don't know if it will work in 32 bit Vista, it's possible. I would have to find a system with Vista 32 bit to test this on.
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