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Monopoly (Jewel Case)

Monopoly (Jewel Case)

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: disappointed
Review: This is the third Monopoly for computer game I've purchased and it's just not what I hoped for. I still can't find a version that gives you a full screen for play. When you click "max" on this the gameboard stays small, you just get a big white background. What's the point? Also the game seems just as buggy as the other two I've bought. I'm a serious Monopoly fan so as of now I don't plan to return it. But you'd best believe I will continue my search for a better one.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: MONOPOLY Passes Go, but Parking Not Free Enough
Review: This review applies to the current version of the game, which is lightyears beyond the previous Hasbro version or any other. The board moves like the DOOM world, the tokens gleam and talk.

The game IS customizable, from the renaming of properties (either one of over a half dozen real worlds or make up your own, i.e. replace Marvin Gardens with "My Sister's Stinky Feet") to controlling prices for whammy squares. It doesn't have enough options, though. You can't disengage the auctioning of properties, nor can you set the game to stop at a given time. Also, the Community Chest and Chance decks don't have extra cards like computer SORRY does, and you're limited to the standard MONOPOLY tokens -- they don't give you a cat, a phone, or a sailboat alongside the familiar shoe, hat and dog.

Lots of luck expecting those things in a new version, though -- Hasbro sold its computer games to another company, and I doubt they'll upgrade any of them.

Nevertheless, the current MONOPOLY passes go -- er, muster.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This very old title is unsupported
Review: This version of Monopoly is really nice, in that they put lots of spit and polish into it. Very nice animations, video cutscenes, etc. And all the 'extras' can be individually turned off too, which is good because after 15 minutes of them repeating, it becomes tiresome. But it's a well done game.

Unfortunately, THIS GAME IS WRITTEN FOR WINDOWS >> 3.1 <and follows old Win3.1 install conventions, which puts files places they really shouldn't be.

Which would be fine if there was an update, but aren't any. So it's unplayable now (wont run on Win2000.) A shame. For it's day, this was a really sharp title.


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