Jewel Quest III

by Mumbo Jumbo

Product Details

• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0028LHBF6
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,054 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 4, 2009

Product Description

Travel the worldProduct InformationAfter their many travels and artifact gathering expeditions Rupert and Emma decide to open a Museum to house their collection of precious jewel boards. While playing with one of the jewel boards Rupert and Emma's daughter Natalie becomes infected by spores. Now Rupert must travel around the globe chasing clues and cryptic messages in the hopes of finding a cure for Natalie. Will he find the fabled Golden Jewel Board an artifact only rumored to exist? Who is the mysterious message sender who claims to hold the cure for Natalie? Product Features200 levels in 11 Regions of the WorldNew Tournament Mode Play others on-line40 totally different boards!Uncover helpful Hidden JewelsDiscover the fabled Golden Jewel Board Windows RequirementsWindows 2000 XP Vista800 MHz processor128 MB of RAM101 MB Hard Drive spaceDirectX 6.0CD-ROM driveMacintosh RequirementsMac OS XG3 400 MHz processor128 MB of RAMCD-ROM drive

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Has its quirks, fun overall, February 2, 2010

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fluffyluggage "fluffers" (Fairburn, GA United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Jewel Quest III (CD-ROM)

I agree with creativedawn. The problems I have are in navigation. It's fun, just like the other games, but it has some flaws in navigation and the fact that there's simply ZERO help once you start moving around within the game. I'm still TRYING to play the darn thing! LOL I find that as I'm moving around, I'm playing areas out of order, and it's hard to determine exactly which order you need to go in, because as you move your mouse around, the world moves with you, giving you little to no guidance as to where to go. The help menu is of no use in this matter. Overall, tho, it's a lot of fun, as it's challenging if you have the stubbornness and like playing the layouts enough to want to just push past that to get to the win! I've played several areas more than once, and keep forgetting where I'm going. But once you find your way, you WILL earn those jewels, and then you feel a sense of accomplishment. Then, you're addicted again for hours on end. Stubborn, who? Me? Eh... ;) Enjoy!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great zone out game!, January 15, 2010

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creativedawn (Bullhead City, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Jewel Quest III (CD-ROM)

I have all three jewel quest programs. I just bought Jewel Quest III and really enjoy it. It has a map room with options for going to different continents to play. The music is upbeat but not obnoxious.

It has a few quirks (like if you choose different areas out of order it is confusing trying to figure out how to get to the next level. There is no help button once you start playing!)

It has 3 levels of games in each location; a silver quest, hidden quest, and a 3rd one (forgot name). You are awarded unique jewels for each level. You can leave the map room to go to the tournament room too. It's more advanced than the previous versions of jewel quest but still really fun.

My only complain is the lack of help once you get past level one. (It's not obvious how to get to the next levels. I reached level 2 Hidden Quests on two of the continents but have no idea how I did it!) It's a great game well worth adding to your collection. You won't be bored! :)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty, But Too Difficult!, April 27, 2010

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MAB "mabber" (Near Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jewel Quest III (CD-ROM)

I purchased Jewel Quest III online. At first I enjoyed playing the game. The visuals are different and attractive. Now, less than a week later, I can't go any further in the quest because I can't win any more boards to capture additional jewels. This version is too darn hard, while Jewel Quest II was on the easy side. In III, one location has you capturing monkeys and putting them in cages, which is very hard to do. Then, if you don't manage the monkeys correctly, they escape from their cages and you have just wasted your time for nothing. Very frustrating, not fun at all. At another point you have to link gold coins together in order to unlock cells. That's fine, except not enough coins fall for you to effectively link and unlock. Designers: if you want me to link coins, please have enough of them drop for me to have a chance of doing it.

The game takes forever to load. Grab a cup of coffee and a sandwich, come back and it will still be loading.

The storyline is not in sequence and makes little sense. All they had to do is make JQ2 a little more difficult. They ruined the game by making so many changes to it and having it play so difficult.

As for me, I'm going back to Jewel Quest II.