SKIP-BO - Castaway Caper (TM) [Download]

by Gamehouse

Product Features

• Four Great Game Modes.
• Play In 10 Unique Island Locations.
• Unlockable Card Backs And Mini-Games.
• Endless SKIP-BO Fun.

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: B002MUB0ZA
• Release Date: October 1, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,600 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #2 in Video Games > Game Downloads > Casual Games > Card
  • #4 in Video Games > PC Games > Cards

Product Description

After your ship washes up on the shore of a seemingly deserted island, you discover that the island is not only inhabited, but also home to a powerful volcano! Your presence has awoken and angered the volcano and put the entire island in jeopardy! Fortunately, the islanders are masters at SKIP-BO and want to teach you their favorite game. Only you can play SKIP-BO with the friendly inhabitants of the island, calm the active volcano, and restore the quiet peace of this tropical paradise!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very relaxing card game, November 26, 2009

By 

Ratqueen "Carole" (USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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Love the real card game, so this is nice when no human's around to play with you. You can choose to play against 1 or several computer players (I think up to 3? Can't remember now) and choose among 3 levels of difficulty.

There are also several game modes to choose from: Adventure (just a somewhat level-driven game where you can earn awards and unlock different card decks), Classic, Speed (play with 10 cards in stock pile instead of the classic 30) and team play (you with a computer player against another computer player team -- in this mode, you can use both yours and your team-mate's visible cards).

Another reviewer mentioned the computer player not always playing cards they could have played. While I have seen this happen too, I think it really simulates human error pretty well. There are 3 levels of computer player to select -- the easy setting definitely makes mistakes like this, which would allow a child to play against it without getting frustrated by losing every time. The medium level makes those mistakes less often. I haven't tried the hard level yet.

The sound effects are very nice: quiet card sounds, points amassing, bonus, etc, as well as background beach sounds like waves and sea birds -- nothing annoying and everything relaxing.

The only thing I found to criticize is that there is no option to save a game in progress. The adventure mode automatically saves its state when you finish a round, but we can't save a match in progress otherwise. Not a huge deal, but it would have been nice.

(Playing on Vista 32 bit).

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars too easy, October 23, 2009

By 

numainer - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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I always loved this card game but the computer version is too easy. The other players always give you the opening to win. They also have the opportunity to play a card from their pile but don't. It's like playing with a little child who doesn't understand the game.

3.0 out of 5 stars Skip-bo & Uno, January 7, 2012

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Wyvon Mathews - See all my reviews

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I like the skip-bo game a great deal but the uno game is slow and hard to use. I like user friendly games and uno game isn't that for me.