Puzz3D CD: Neuschwanstein Bavarian Castle

by Wrebbit

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00001X5C7
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,452 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Wrebbit's Bavarian Castle 3-D Puzzle gives you sharp 3-D graphics, an intuitive interface, video clips, and on original musical score. After the puzzle is built, the adventure begins--featuring Neuschwanstein Castle, Tristan, Isolde, fiery love, curses, and more.

Manufacturer Description

You must build the extraordinary fairy-tale castle of Neuschwanstein at the behest of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. During the construction, you will be witness to the fascinating but difficult relationship between the king and celebrated composer Richard Wagner. Once that building is completed, you must help Wagner's opera characters defeat the terrible curses that cause all their respective stories to end in tragedy.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real Challenger of a Jigsaw, November 3, 2000

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Lynne E. (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Puzz3D CD: Neuschwanstein Bavarian Castle (CD-ROM)

The Bavarian Castle puzzle, at the "beginner" level, was the most difficult jigsaw puzzle that I've ever attempted--but I had never constructed a 3D puzzle before. Once I got familiar with the program design and controls (pieces can be rotated in two and three dimensions, construction lines help snap completed sections into place, sorting trays can be labeled and made "recloseable"), the jigsaw became deliciously challenging. I could barely tear myself away from the computer, once I got going.

As of now, I've completed the castle at the bronze and silver stages, and have enough understanding and memory of how the pieces fit together to consider skipping to the platinum level on my next attempt, to get full access to the castle interiors and puzzles. Despite having considerable experience with challenger jigsaws (both real and virtual), I doubt that I could have put the Bavarian Castle puzzle together if I had begun at the highest level, which offers no construction helps like architectural guides. (The Victorian Mansion puzzle was much easier, by comparison.)

The video clips of King Ludwig annoyed me, because of the actor's condescending approach to his character. However, the sound clips of selections from Wagner's operas are very nice.

The puzzle ran beautifully on my Pentium-100 machine with 128megs of RAM. The only problem with using this slow machine was that the movie clips ran with the audio and video slightly out of sync. In fact, I was totally impressed with the program's design and freedom from bugs, at least on my equipment.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars woe if you have a problem., May 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Puzz3D CD: Neuschwanstein Bavarian Castle (CD-ROM)

I like the visuals for this game and the premise. But the interface is awkward and the technical prowess of the designers is minimal -- they can't even change the video mode for the required 640x480 screen size...

But my largest problem is with their technical support. My game continually crashes in the "exploration phase" of the game and all the pointers sent me to the truly heinous DYAD.com site. So although the game is/would be cool if it worked, I'm not sure it's worth the hassle.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bavarian Castle Puzz 3-D, December 10, 2000

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A Customer (Aurora, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Puzz3D CD: Neuschwanstein Bavarian Castle (CD-ROM)

I found this one at a store and I love puzzles, so I bought it. It's fantastic. I love a challenge, so I picked the hardest level of play. Even after solving the mystery, I have assembled the castle at least 6 times. Of all of the Puzz 3-D puzzles, this is my most favorite. Hope they come out with many more Puzz 3-D's. I currently own all four to date.