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Summary: don't bother with win XP
Review: I am agreeing with the others. I am running Windows XP, and was only able to get The Tomb up and running. And even it was a little buggy and froze my machine. Also, the physics were a bit suspect. If you can still easily run DOS, then this package may be worthwhile. If you are running XP....forget about it.
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Summary: don't bother with win XP
Review: I am agreeing with the others. I am running Windows XP, and was only able to get The Tomb up and running. And even it was a little buggy and froze my machine. Also, the physics were a bit suspect. If you can still easily run DOS, then this package may be worthwhile. If you are running XP....forget about it.
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Summary: poor, old junky collection
Review: I bought this game yesterday, and was mightily disappointed. Most of the games in the collection will not even work or install on a Windows ME machine (one of the games was even designed for MS-DOS!). Of those that did, only one (The Web) was the slightest bit entertaining. Okay, The Web is pretty good, but even this one has a such a poor PC interface (for instance, it is impossible to even access the top score list) that I cannot recommend it. Obviously, I should have checked out Amazon first to get some customer reviews.
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Summary: Straight ripoff!! I'd rate this a -10 !!!
Review: I can only agree with the other negative reviews. This "game" is a complete waste of time and money. Most "games" in this collection either wouldn't install or would freeze my system (and I'm not running junk here). I finally got "Pinball 10" to run but it is very sluggish. The support is a joke. I've expressed my displeasure but Encore has not gotten back with me. Likewise (as Lafayette Gamer), Encore will not have a repeat customer here.
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Summary: Beware Of This Game
Review: I was only able to install Absolute Pinball. I could not get any of the other games installed. My computer is a Compaq 166 with 48 MB RAM. I have lots of free disk space to install these games. Here is the error message I got when I clicked on install for each game... Error extracting support files. Interface not registered. I can't believe I'm the only one that has had trouble with Pinball Madness 3. I'll never purchase any Encore Software products again, mainly because they don't seem to have any interest in their customers. I wrote numerous messages to Encore Software Support and never got a response.
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Summary: Only Able To Enjoy Two Games
Review: I was only able to install and run two games from this set. I really enjoy The Web, and Creep Night, although has "cartoonish" graphics is highly enjoyable...but I have no idea what the other games included in this set are like because they froze my computer up and wouldn't install. Instead of wasting your money, buy Creep Night and The Web individually...sometimes quality is better than quanity.
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Summary: Only Able To Enjoy Two Games
Review: I was only able to install and run two games from this set. I really enjoy The Web, and Creep Night, although has "cartoonish" graphics is highly enjoyable...but I have no idea what the other games included in this set are like because they froze my computer up and wouldn't install. Instead of wasting your money, buy Creep Night and The Web individually...sometimes quality is better than quanity.
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Summary: Only Able To Enjoy Two Games
Review: The only reason a star appears with this is because I could not post my review without one! I am so happy I read the reviews below. I already bought the game package, but for a long time, I thought I had to get rid of my nice little Toshiba laptop!!! I thought my computer was to blame for the non-performance of this stupid game package. And yet, Creep Night, Thrillride and the Sims were running fine... I would feel a surge of excitement if the Tomb would work for me for five seconds. I finally realized it was better to NOT continue to force my computer to run these games. I mean, how many times do you have to crash before you know it's not worth it?...
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Summary: Game [stinks]!
Review: The only reason a star appears with this is because I could not post my review without one! I am so happy I read the reviews below. I already bought the game package, but for a long time, I thought I had to get rid of my nice little Toshiba laptop!!! I thought my computer was to blame for the non-performance of this stupid game package. And yet, Creep Night, Thrillride and the Sims were running fine... I would feel a surge of excitement if the Tomb would work for me for five seconds. I finally realized it was better to NOT continue to force my computer to run these games. I mean, how many times do you have to crash before you know it's not worth it?...
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Summary: a major disappointment
Review: The other 1-star reviews are right on the mark. I have a top-of-the-line computer (1.2 GHz cpu, 256 M ram, etc) and some of these games, each with its own installation program, had trouble installing and running. Some froze up my machine to the point I had to power cycle. The games seem to be a collection of several independently-developed pinball games from different companies, thrown together on a set of 3 or 4 CDs, each with different setup routines and user interfaces. Get one game figured out and you have no assurance that you'll know how to run the next one (assuming it will run!). Only one of the games, "Creep Night" by Sierra, was worth keeping on my machine, but even it isn't up to their usual standard of quality in terms of graphics and game play, and it also has locked up my machine once or twice. If you see this product in the store, don't be fooled by the fancy box! After 30 minutes I wished I had my money back.
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