Gazillionaire III [Download]

by Lavamind

Product Features

• Play Up To 10 Billion Kubars.
• Adjustable Intelligence For All Ages And Skills.
• 14 Unique Worlds To Visit.
• Play With Up To 6 Friends.

Product Details

• Downloading: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
• Note: Gifting is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B001KC03DG
• Release Date: February 15, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,207 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #60 in Video Games > Game Downloads > Casual Games > Strategy

Product Description

Gazillionaire III is the wildest simulation game you've ever played! Explore new worlds, shop for bizarre things like moon ferns, babel seeds and kryptoons, and make your fortune. Gazillionaire is full of memorable characters and tons of unique and exotic places to visit. Play against the computer or with up to 5 friends to see who can earn the most! You'll choose you own ship, build your company, manage a feisty crew, and, if you're clever enough, make billions of kubars!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Old School SciFi Trading Sim, February 20, 2010

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D. A. Lewis (Palmdale, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Gazillionaire III [Download] (Software Download)

Sometimes you just want to get back to simple gaming pleasures. I'm having a blast with Dragon Age and looking forward to Heavy Rain and Alpha Protocol. But sometimes while playing today's games I miss that one ingredient that you don't really find too much in today's games: Imagination. I'm talking about the Imagination in your mind. The games of today basically fill in everything and all we players have to do is follow along.

Not so with Gazillionaire. In a nut shell, this is a spreadsheet game with prettied up Excel like graphics, very crude animations and horrible horrible sound effects that should probably be tuned off. Oh and there is no violence whatsoever in this game. So, if this game cannot possible appeal to you, then you should simply move on and not make the purchase. I saved you some money and good for you. But if I have not deterred you then this 7 bucks may be one of the funnest games you will ever buy.

Okay so I stripped down the game but what is it really? Basically you play a planetary trader who starts off the game with a ship purchased with borrowed funds. And off course its basic econ after that, buy low and sell high, repay debts. You compete with 6 other computer opponents but the game can accommodate up to 6 human players via hot seat (all on the same computer taking turns).

What makes this game fun is it has so many components involved in running your fledgling empire. You have crew payroll, advertising, taxes, fuel and insurance to take into account while on your trading missions. Additionally each planet has its own specialties that have to be taken into account. For example one planet specializes in engine upgrades, one specializes in gambling, one specializes in trade unions. The game plays with seven planets but there are 10 planets in the game inventory. One nice bit is that the game allows you to pick the ones you like.

Of course if that's all there was then the game would just be a matter of slowly building you empire until you reach the end game (who gets the first mil, who gets the first 10 mil etc). But random events happen in this game all the time. You could be taking a juicy cargo load full of profits to the next planet when your ship gets hijacked, or the cargo ends up being contaminated or some mucky muck makes you divert to another planet or you stupidly forgot to fill the tank, run out of gas mid trip and you have get emergency fuel that will wipe out all your profits.

The game also has a monopoly component in that every once in a while planetary facilities will go on sale and if you are the successful bidder your will get a fee every time someone lands on your planet. The game also has the player dealing with banks and stock markets. BTW, if you forget to upgrade your ship, soon the other players will be beating you to the planets with the inexpensive goods and there won't be much to make as far as profits on you next run.

Still, with the wide variety of things to consider when trying to become that Gazillionaire, the game has a simple elegance and once you become familiar with the game's mechanics, game play becomes quite addicting. The tutorial does an excellent job of easing you into the game world. With the price and the ease of downloading the game now, you can't go wrong.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars !!! Wildly Fun Family Entertainment !!!, April 1, 2009

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GOODfly (San Diego) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Gazillionaire III [Download] (Software Download)

Everyone in our family absolutely LOVES this game, parents and kids. It's good, wacky entertainment and seriously addicting. As a parent, I like to see it teaching and encouraging math skills in fun ways. As kids, our children love the alien creatures, the endless surprises, and building their intergalactic trading empires. *HIGHLY RECOMMENDED*. Gazillionaire is a major winner.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fast Game For Sharp Minds, February 19, 2010

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W. Loew - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Gazillionaire III [Download] (Software Download)

We bought this game for our grandchildren and ended up playing it ourselves, too. Gazillionaire was recommended to us as fun, fast, unique way to hone the kids' math and memory skills. We didn't realize it was deviously addicting, too, ha ha.

Gazillionaire is set in an original and slightly wacky universe populated with all of those crazy space characters you see in the logo. As a player, you're a space trader in search of your fortune. Making allies and enemies, you zing from one planet to another as you comb the galaxy for great deals, buying low, selling high, overcoming various rivals and disasters. The game constantly tries to trip you up and it's only by outsmarting your way to victory that you can win this wonderfully chaotic adventure.

Top recommendation.