Hoyle Board Games

by Vivendi Universal

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005MJ9F
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 25, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,871 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Hoyle brings you your favorite board games, including Backgammon, Battling Ships, Checkers, Chess, Chinese Checkers, Dominoes, Line 'em Up, Mahjong Tiles, Mancala, Master Match, Pachisi, Placer Racer, Reversi, Rummy Squares, Snakes & Ladders, and Yacht. Fantastic graphics and a cast of lively animated characters give the games you love a new spin. This #1 collection of board games is fun for the Hoyle family!

Product Description

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Da Bomb, March 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Hoyle Board Games (CD-ROM)

This game was awesome! When you sit down to play you think you are only going to play a little bit but it turns out to be much more than that! Here is a list of games.
*Backgammon
*Battling Ships
*Checkers
*Chess
*Chinese Checkers
*Dominos
*Line em up (Connect Four)
*Mahjong Tiles
*Mancala
*Master Match
*Pachisi
*Placer Racer
*Reversi
*Rummy Squares
*Snakes and Ladders
*Yacht (Yachtzy)

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent compilation of games, January 1, 2002

By 

pandabear "pandabear35" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hoyle Board Games (CD-ROM)

Hoyle Board Games is wonderful family fun. Placer Racer is totally addictive, the chess game is pretty good, and the other 14 games are fun too. My 10 year old loves the program, and I do too. There's Majhong Tiles too, which I had never played before, but the program makes it so easy to learn new games. There is a strategy guide that comes with the game. It's a small book with all the rules and tips for playing each game.

24 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Annoyance Screens and CD dongle, December 6, 2001

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billy bob (bumflip egypt) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hoyle Board Games (CD-ROM)

You don't need much in graphics for a 2D game, so I was surprised that I needed to keep the CD in for animations and computer player voices. The players comments get annoying after a while, so tossing the CD asside isn't much of a sacrifice. I can only assume its to discourage passing the game around and not getting the full fun of the game if you do. Playing with the CD in gets an annoying animation sequence when you start the game that Freezes everything until you can hit excape and get past it. Another annoying thing is that the game play freezes when the game spins up the CD for a computer player to say something. Also, when you quit the game, you get a window that advertises Hoyles dozen or more other game packages. I can see this being in a game Demo, but in the final purchased product?
What would also be nice is the ability to disable these advertisements and game start animation. I guess their intent is to sell other game packages, but it's only removed any desire for me to purchase another Hoyle product.