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RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX JCX | List Price: $9.99
Discount Price: $4.74
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Platform: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Brand: Viva Media
Binding: Video Game
Release Date: 2006-11-08
Features: - Discover: Secret Chambers, Hidden corridors, Sacred Tombs, Forbidding labyrinths
- Unearth: Scared artifacts, Deadly weapons, Anciant Puzzles, Prophetic scrolls
- Explore: The Great Pyramid, Mysterious megaliths, lost temples, ancient ruins
Classic Point and Click Adventure Game with Very Good Graphics [Posted on 2007-09-27]
This game has been around for a number of years. The first version I had was a demo version that I picked up as a freebie in an Egghead Store-- remember those emporiums of computer related merchandise? Having worked my way through Myst and its siblings I was hungry for more great graphics and challenging puzzles.
Now, seven or so years later, I bought the new edition which came in a sensible scaled down package containing one CD. Actually I was scheduled to visit the King Tut exhibit in Philadelphia and I bought it in a fit of nostalgia and enthusiasm. I cannot say the treasures to be found in this game were any more sparkling than the items on exhibit at the Franklin Institute.
First thing, a patch is needed to make the game work. The person who was frustrated because he or she could not play the game on any system tney tried should have gone to the web site referenced in the packaging and updated the game. I played it on a machine running Windows Xp and didn't notice any particular problem after it was patched.
I don't know if the creators have retooled things but the graphics were bright and clean and even better on a 17 inch LCD screen. Computer speaks are much better than they were seven years ago-- or maybe I can just afford better ones now. I fortunately remembered bits of most of the puzzles, at least enough so I didn't spend days bumbling around in the maze like I did the first time (madly pointing and clicking at anything that might help me out), but not so much that I wasn't challenged. The music was not intrusive. But keep a pad and pen handy-- and don't over think the game. Trying to be too clever will tie you in knots.
Having finished this one, I am starting to wonder where my old copy of Myst is--
doesnt work on the vista program! [Posted on 2008-01-24]
I BOUGHT THIS AND INSTALLED IT AND TRIED TO PLAY THE GAME. IT SHOWED ME AN ERROR MESSAGE THAN I NEEDED A DIFFERENT PROGRAM AND TRIED TO FIND THE PROGRAM I NEEDED TO DOWNLOAD BUT CAN'T FIND IT SO I HAVE THE GAME BUT CAN'T PLAY IT. IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME FIND THIS PROGRAMOR SO I COULD PLAY THIS GAME PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE.
AQUACOW57
Waste of Money. Do not Buy!!! [Posted on 2008-02-22]
This game does not work. All $9 copies in the market have the same problem. On the website they say download the patch. I did and the patch did nothing. It is a big shame on the company to release a game with all these problems. They suppose at least to withdraw all bad copies from the market everywhere but instead they deceive people by a patch that does not work. What if somebody does not have internet? What a waste!
Curse of the Sphinx should receive 0 stars [Posted on 2008-07-04]
I bought this game because when I had played the demo years ago I loved it. This 1-disc version is completely useless. I have Vista and have tried every little trick on the Riddle of the Sphinx website and other user tips....nothing worked...what a waste should have put the $10 in my gas tank at least then I would be assured to get my money's worth.
Waste of money - will not work! [Posted on 2008-07-05]
I bought this game and it will not work on my PC. I contacted Viva Media and they sent me the patch and it still does not work. I tried contacting them again and the e-mails keep bouncing back. I wouldn't by this or any other game from Viva.
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