- Flip Houses For Profit.
- Play Career Or Casual Mode.
- Special Buildings Like Museums, Mansions And Castles.
- Fun House Upgrades.
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Send the housing market through the roof as you build, buy, and sell houses in the new strategy game, Build-a-lot! You can flip houses for quick cash or sit back and watch the rental income pile up. Become a real estate mogul as you visit scenic towns, earn huge profits and perform special favors for the colorful local mayors. Can you build a new cinema for the local movie star? Install a bowling alley in the Mayor's Mansion? No problem! There's plenty to do and lots of fun ahead in Build-a-lot!
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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Ever dreamed of building your own real estate empire with no money down? If yes, then this is your opportunity because the game is free and all you do in it is build houses and make lots of money. Once you make your money you can spend it to buy more houses, upgrade existing ones or build something new or tear down a small house and build a bigger one in its place - very exciting.
You play to make as much money as possible by playing in the real estate market as a developer, a speculator or a house flipper. You start with a certain amount of money and some properties and then, on each level you attempt to accomplish some specific goal: own this many houses, earn this much rental income, have this much money in the bank. You make money by selling the properties you developed and by charging rent. The value of your property increases if you pay for upgrades. To make it short, you buy low and sell high and you flip your houses. Oh, I forgot, you must meet your objectives within some set time unless you select the 'relaxed' mode.
Overall it's not a bad game but there's not much to it beyond what I just described above. The resolution seems to be 1024x768 and you can play it in a window or as 'full screen'. The graphics are okay in the sense that the houses, the roads and the landscape features are recognizable but, for some reason, the construction guy is an animated yellow hard hat - funny. The game runs on Windows XP or Vista.
I am not sure what a fair rating would be for a game that's free. It' okay, I guess, but I doubt that most of us are going to spend more than 30 minutes on it.
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Notes:
I had to install Amazon's 'downloader' software before downloading the game itself. It was pretty quick and it appears to be harmless.
When installed, if you keep the defaults, all games go as subfolders inside a folder named Amazon Games.
You play to make as much money as possible by playing in the real estate market as a developer, a speculator or a house flipper. You start with a certain amount of money and some properties and then, on each level you attempt to accomplish some specific goal: own this many houses, earn this much rental income, have this much money in the bank. You make money by selling the properties you developed and by charging rent. The value of your property increases if you pay for upgrades. To make it short, you buy low and sell high and you flip your houses. Oh, I forgot, you must meet your objectives within some set time unless you select the 'relaxed' mode.
Overall it's not a bad game but there's not much to it beyond what I just described above. The resolution seems to be 1024x768 and you can play it in a window or as 'full screen'. The graphics are okay in the sense that the houses, the roads and the landscape features are recognizable but, for some reason, the construction guy is an animated yellow hard hat - funny. The game runs on Windows XP or Vista.
I am not sure what a fair rating would be for a game that's free. It' okay, I guess, but I doubt that most of us are going to spend more than 30 minutes on it.
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Notes:
I had to install Amazon's 'downloader' software before downloading the game itself. It was pretty quick and it appears to be harmless.
When installed, if you keep the defaults, all games go as subfolders inside a folder named Amazon Games.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
I am hooked on this game. I have been playing for a day or two now. In the challenge mode you have some challenges and then a limited amount of time to reach the goal. This game will not appeal to everyone because it is not true to life and it is fairly simple. For someone like me who has little spurts of time to play easy games that don't require a lot of learning time; this is a fun game.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
I downloaded this game yesterday afternoon, just to see what this Amazon game thing was about. I didn't really intend to play much but ended up playing it for 5 more minutes-5 more minutes-10 more minutes.... So 5 hours later after missing dinner and being up long past my bedtime, I finally quit the game. (This could be a good weight loss tool!)
This game is easy to play, keeps your interest (at least it kept mine) and it's fun. You move from town to town, building homes and estates to each mayor's ideas and you have a certain amount of time to accomplish your goal. It's not anywhere near as involved as a Sim game, but maybe that's nice since you don't have to concentrate as hard. Two thumbs up!
This game is easy to play, keeps your interest (at least it kept mine) and it's fun. You move from town to town, building homes and estates to each mayor's ideas and you have a certain amount of time to accomplish your goal. It's not anywhere near as involved as a Sim game, but maybe that's nice since you don't have to concentrate as hard. Two thumbs up!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great purchase!
LOVED IT! I've played Build-A-Lot 1, 2, 3, and 4 and one and two are the best. It's very fun!
Published 1 day ago by Christina M. Vargas
Excellent game, for me and for the kids
I got this game as a free sample a couple years ago, and enjoyed it then, and then recently, I got a new Windows laptop, and so re-installed it there. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jon Daley
fun game
I purchased this after a free trial play & have not been disappointed. I like the more simple games sometimes. It's a challenge, but it's also fun. Read more
Published 9 months ago by sunshine50
Fun game
Build-a-Lot is a fun game, although I did get stuck on a few levels. I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a time-waster simulation game.
Published 11 months ago by E. Townsend
building tycoon
I prefer building over bombs and shooting any day. I like the how each level gets progressively more challenging. I like this and am trying the next one in this series.
Published 12 months ago by Carol Ann Slater
Gets old fast
This game just wasn't for me. You basically have a goal to make so much money by buying, developing, renting, and selling properties. Read more
Published on May 23, 2009 by Noname
Not fantastic but Fun
For those who have played casual games, we know how flooded these game stores are with Match3, Hidden Object, and Dash type games. Read more
Published on May 1, 2009 by Glenn J. Novak
Reallly addicting!!! :)
It was so hard for me to find a game I like. I love Sims but got a bit bored so needed something new. Read more
Published on April 24, 2009 by Christina
Repetitive, short, but fun while it lasts
Overall the game is very straightforward. For anyone who has played simulation games before, this game really doesn't pose a challenge until the last couple levels. Read more
Published on March 7, 2009 by K. Chang
Friggin' Addictive
While I'd like to say that when the amazon game download store opened with three or four free games I thought they'd be junk. I was wrong. Read more
Published on February 20, 2009 by John McGuire
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