Monopoly 3

by Atari

Product Features

• Now More Fun Than Ever Product Information The best-selling game of all time returns to the PC! New features in the 3rdversion include the original game board that Charles Darrow presented to ParkerBros. in 1935, as well as bright new graphics and game music. The Monopoly gamefor the home computer also gives you 3-D board views, tokens that come to lifeas they move from Baltic to Board

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000690P9
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches ; 5.6 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 24, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,919 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Now More Fun Than EverProduct Information The best-selling game of all time returns to the PC! New features in the 3rdversion include the original game board that Charles Darrow presented to ParkerBros. in 1935 as well as bright new graphics and game music. The Monopoly gamefor the home computer also gives you 3-D board views tokens that come to lifeas they move from Baltic to Boardwalk and the ability to customize your ownboard.No game library is complete without the new MONOPOLY game for the PC! Featuring cleverly animated tokens bright 3D graphics and the choice of 10 different major city gameboards plus the classic MONOPOLY gameboard. Compete with up to six players or wheel and deal over the internet!  Product Features Game boards to please everyone; Includes original 1935 MONOPOLY board and 3-D customizable boards. All-new more colorful graphics. Compete with up to 6 players or play over the Internet!System RequirementsOS: Windows 98/Me/XPCPU: Pentium II 333 MHzRAM: 32 MB RAM(64 MB for XP)HD: 140 MB freeCD-ROM: 4X speed or fasterVideo: 8 MB Windows 98/Me/XP compatible video cardSound: Windows 98/Me/XP compatible sound cardDirectX: DirectX version 8.1Ethernet card and LAN with TCP/IP protocols for LAN play. Internet Access forGameSpy play.

Customer Reviews

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48 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Updated, January 3, 2003

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Warren Holzem (Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monopoly 3 (CD-ROM)

What can you say about Monopoly? It is quite simply a classic board game. But board games don't always translate well to the PC. A monitor is not a game board, and keyboards sometimes get between a player and the game. However, Monopoly, with its reliance on strategy, translates pretty well to PC.

My first Monopoly PC game was originally written for DOS, and I played the Windows 3.1 version. I decided to buy this new version for my Windows XP machine. The multimedia effects, while better, aren't as cutting-edge as the older version was. The only people who'll be amazed are those who have been living in a cave for the past five years.

What is new are the voices. The older version had lots of sound effects - sometimes just to make noise. In this version, not only do the tokens make appropriate noises, they talk as well. What they say is appropriate. The dog, for example, when landing on a property he owns states that it "smells like home." However they only have so many phrases to repeat, and it doesn't take long for them to become annoying.

There is also a narrator doing play by play, including reading the Chance and Community Chest cards drawn. The narration is complete enough that visually impaired folks may actually find this to be an acceptable game. It certainly is better in this regard than it's previous version, but you still can't feel the board projected on the monitor, nor can you do things like count your money out loud, so not all the challenges have been overcome.

The animations in my older version consisted mostly of little clips that played during the token movements. They added nothing to the game play. While they were fascinating, and fairly advanced for the time, once you saw them each, there was no reason to not turn them off. This version is different.

In this version during game play the board is rotated, tilted, and zoomed in and out of to allow you to see what's going on. But it can be a little disorienting at first. Imagine playing the low-tech board version of Monopoly without a chair, moving around the table while you play. It's easy to loose track of which side of the board you're looking at! But it does allow you to see what's going on, and who owns what better than some of your other tools.

Speaking of tools, there is a calculator available that can do things like estimate your potential earnings, and other statistical functions. But if you're really into that sort of thing, you'll find it's a bit limiting in what it can do, and can't handle the "what-if's" the strategist may want to know.

The biggest drawback is the speed of the game during trades. You need to think fast, and you don't get much opportunity to gather more information when a trade is proposed. I would suggest not worrying about the time. Let it expire. Take your time, and then go back and propose it as a new trade.

If you like playing Monopoly, and either want to play against computer generated AI players, or on-line against opponents far away, this game is a must. If the only way you play Monopoly is with live people surrounding a table, the multimedia effects of this game won't replace that social interaction, but you might find this game to be a fun way to practice between parties.

The bottom line: There's room for improvement in future versions, but this is a pretty good PC implementation of a board game classic.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Game, November 21, 2002

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Theodore Illenberg (Fresno, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monopoly 3 (CD-ROM)

If you love Monopoly you will love this game. The graphics are very good. Players have the options of playing one of many North American cities, such as Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, New York ect.
There is only one city outside of the United States and that is Toronto. They could add Montreal or Vancouver or even Mexico City. Of course the original Atlantic city version is also available.

The properties on the board have images that show these city specific properties. But, the chance and community chest cards reflect the original Atlantic City version. So if a card says take a walk on the Boardwalk the token moves to the corrosponding property. On the New York board "Boardwalk" is "Fifth Avenue". "St. Charles Place" is "Central Park". Other properties are the Staue of Liberty, Wall Street and the Empire State Biulding. The Los Angeles Board has properties from around the Los Angeles Area.

The game has a toggle button where the player can switch from the main view to the status view. In staus view, all of the players assets are seen. This is useful for trading. Also this game has a Game Calculator where players can determine the net value of themselves and other players, tell the probability of landing on a particular property on a single roll, as well as other statistics.

The tokens have speaking voices. And yes, they can be repetitive and annoying, this feature is good for children but you can switch it off in the options menu. The "horse and rider" token does a really bad immitation of Clint Eastwood. When it lands on another players property it says; "Now don't make me mad!" The cannon is funny, it sounds like a Confederated Civil War Officer.

The computer version allows you to adjust the rules. Such as setting fines and taxes as well as adjusting the salary for passing "GO".

You cannot create your own board but that is trivial. It is still fun with the city options that are available. It would be great if they added cities such as London, Paris, or Rome. I am originally from New York State so my favorite board is the New York City Board.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Who Wants To Play A Game That Cheats?, December 8, 2003

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Spaceman Spiff (Minneapolis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monopoly 3 (CD-ROM)

All of the other people that have reviewed this game are correct. Some of the points are pretty picky, especially when this game has far greater flaws than annoying voices.

It is true that this game does allow the computer players to make deals and build on properties out of turn. Even more frustrating is when the computer interrupts you during a deal your trying to make with another player, to do a deal of it's own, and thereby cancelling your deal.

However, the most upsetting thing about the game that no one has mentioned is that the game simply cheats (it is very clear and obvious). I have played several games (winning only once) and every game has gone the same way. As you aquire properties, the roll of the dice time and time again will hardly ever roll in your favor. I have owned entire sides of the board or corners of the board, and for about 6 times around the board the other players will not land on your properties, but you will land on all of theirs. In one instance I had another player go to jail 5 times in a row around the board avoiding my properties.

Anyone who plays this game will take notice of my point. The roll of the dice seems to be calculated by the game according to the situation. This is wrong. The dice should roll by chance, and that has nothing to do with a "difficulty" setting. Although that is also true. There is no difference in the difficulty settings.

Also, this game is a drop from Monopoly 2. This version does not offer a board editor as Monopoly 2 did, and there are a few picky graphic flaws in this newer version.

Overall, the graphics are good and the gameplay is ok. Fix the cheating, the playing out of turn frustrations and it would be a lot better.