Card and Board Games Deluxe Suite

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $8.44

Features:

• Collection of 55 great card and board games
• Bonus casino games included
• Classic card games like solitaire and rummy
• Board games include mancala, chess, and snakes & ladders
• For 1 to 4 players

Accessories:

PC Gamer (1-year)

Customer Reviews:

Fun games, bad graphics. [Posted on 2003-12-20]
To start with a positive comment,the selection of games is amazing. They are also fun to play and challenging. The real downside is that there haven't been graphics this pathetic in games since the early 90's.

It is very annoying to install as well. You first run the main installation from the disk, then every time you play a new game you have to find the cd and install that particular game. On a good note, once each game has been individually installed, you don't need the cd in the drive to play the game (unlike Hoyle).

So, if you don't care what it looks like and have the patience to install individual games over and over, this deluxe suite may be great for you.

a pain to load and play [Posted on 2004-01-12]
You have to put the CD in then down load each separate game that you want to play. It is a pain... I barely play it anymore.

I haven't seen graphics this bad since Atari! [Posted on 2004-04-09]
Horrible graphics and boring, uninteresting games. I bought it to play Gin Rummy, which I was never able to figure out. Definately not worth the money.

Repackaging of old games [Posted on 2004-09-04]
This "deluxe suite" is really just a repackaging of very old games from who knows where. Each game must be installed individually, so if you want variety in your gaming, you'll be creating a registry nightmare for yourself.
I only tried a couple of the games therefore, and they appear to be ports from the Windows 3.1 era. I even got a dialog message saying that the game would run better in 8-bit graphics mode. The gameplay was very simplistic compared to what's available now.
Trust me, this suite is not worth the money or headache. Get a game package from Hoyle or Bicycle instead.

Shuffling Of To The Boards & Dealers [Posted on 2004-10-26]
I always look at companion card games, and that they always seem to falter for the computer. Nevertheless, that is how a lot of the computer games really seem to have that. Nevertheless, it is the kind of games that seem to matter, over the actual compilations itself. I really don't see any of those anymore, infavor of one kind of game that the graphics tell the tale. For eGames, they did it very well with the sequel to its Card & Board Games Deluxe Suite, and the original seems to fair itself very well for a variety of all kinds of games, instead of just one kind of game. eGames is always known for that, with a inexpensive price.

eGames Card & Board Games Deluxe Suite, fairs a little better with traditional kinds of games, than its sequel. The game compilation icludes classic kinds of board games like Snakes & Ladders, Ludo (the original game that Milton Bradley spun-off to create their board game Trouble), Lex a game of connecting from side to side, as wellas classic traditional board games like Checkers, Chess & Backgammon. The card games fair a little better than the sequel with traditonal games like Old Maid, Go Fish, Canasta, and Gin Rummy. The compilation also includes some very well recieved puzzle and word games including classic Word Searches, Cryptic Puzzles, which is like Hangman with words & phrases, and some great casino slots and casino versions of Blackjack, video poker, Keno & Roulette.

All in all, many people still may not be interested in this compilation by eGames, but iot still is really well recieved for traditional gamers and all kinds of gamers alike. Still, there are a few problems here & there, but this compilation is alright for its purchase.

Graphics: B
Variety of Games: B
Gameplay: B
Overall: B-

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