Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games 2008 [OLD VERSION]

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Product Features

• PC Games Software; for Windows and the Macintosh!
• Windows XP Compatible, Macintosh Compatible
• Game Genre: Puzzle/Board
• Minimum Hardware Requirements: 1.0 GB Hard Drive Space ; 450.0 MHz Processor Speed ; 128 MB RAM
• Published by Encore

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B000TK99PS
• Item model number: 14310
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 16, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #167 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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Product Description

Product Description
It's game time! 21 classic and new challenging favorites provide something for every player with HOYLE® Puzzle Games 2008. This great collection features traditional puzzle game standards like Hangman, Mahjongg and Anagrams PLUS mind-bending puzzle classics like Sudoku, Kakuro and Crosswords. All games are designed with the official rules from HOYLE, the Official Name in Gaming. Challenge friends and family or play alone and take the high score. You automatically earn HOYLE Bucks, the more you play the more you earn! Get new backrounds, music tracks, etc. It's the biggest and best assortment yet!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hoyle Puzzle Games, December 2, 2007

By	Grandma Jane "Grandma Jane" (Ca) - See all my reviews

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Excellent collection of puzzles...great audio and video effects, and the games are simple enough for general usage and complex enough for interest and stimulation.

ONLY negative is that when activated the games take over your entire screen, and cannot be "reduced" to run in background.

40 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally Compatible with Mac OS X , October 9, 2007

By	R. Korte "Amazon Fan" (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

I've loved the Hoyle game series (Card Games, Casino, and Puzzle & Board Games)for many years. But, the last Mac versions were released in 2002 and were only compatible with OS 9. These older versions were still playable on pre-Intel Macs, but the newer Macs with Intel chips no longer have compatibility with pre-Mac OS X software.

Finally, the long wait is over and new versions of the excellent Hoyle Games are available for today's Mac users! :-)

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very poorly designed game. Don't waste your money!, March 19, 2008

By	James Longfellow (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The real tragedy is that this could have been a top notch game if programmed correctly. It seems as though in any of the games that are based on chance, particularly the ones that use dice rolls, the game seems to be programmed to choose a "lucky" player at the beginning of the game. That player will roll doubles every other turn, or high numbers or whatever that player happens to need. You can tell who the "lucky" player is within a few turns. I can tell within 5 or 6 moves in one of these games who is going to win. It really makes the game very boring after a while and not much fun to play. It's gotten so annoying that I only play the games that rely on skill only and don't play any of the games where luck comes into play.

I know it is possible to do a good job programming software for random selection because I have played many good games of this type. It is just a shame that the programmers who work for Encore(the company that makes this game)are either too lazy or not skilled enough to create such a program. Because this could have been a great game instead of the waste of money that it is.