Hasbro Classic Game Collection

July 26, 2010 | By In Software |

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5 Comments so far

  1. MRS. B on July 26th, 2010

    All the fun of board games on your PC. Very colorful, easy to understand and play.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  2. K. Turner on July 26th, 2010

    I cannot tell you the number of words I have been challenegd on by the computer and had taken away that were actual dictionary entries. They have no dictionary for tournament play and no way to defend your word, yet the computer can do what it likes with no challenge from the player. I started to think I was losing my mind and then went and looked up all the words on which I had been challenged. All of them were in there with one exception that was more of a slang term. Hasbro, get a dictionary from this decade.
    Rating: 3 / 5

  3. agronkeofone on July 26th, 2010

    All four of these games are very fun and it’s great that you don’t need to insert the CD to play every time. Definitely a steal for under $10.

    I use Linux so it was a relief to find that these games will install and play flawlessly under WINE in Linux.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  4. lecudedag on July 26th, 2010

    The game works well, even on my Compaq lap-top. What is lousy, is after playing five times the ‘chances’ of me landing on Go to Jail shows me that there’s a fault with the artificial intelligence in the programme. Almost every second time round the board I landed in Jail. The Computer owned the three orange properties and put houses on them and every time I went around the board I landed on them

    This is either really bad luck, or poor programming. But it seemed that my version was impossible to win.
    Rating: 1 / 5

  5. T. Cooper on July 26th, 2010

    If you are looking for something different (and maybe a little nostalgic) to while away the hours, this gives you 3 good games to do it with for a great price.

    Monopoly – Both Monopolys are well done, including trading. The AI could be smarter, but they are good enough to have fun with. Their biggest weakness is not trading with each other when there is no other way for them to win. No human can endure the game for very long without a monopoly when someone else has one. They also make lopsided trades (like give a monopoly without getting one in return) which can skew the game in an unrealistic way. If you didn’t like Monopoly because it took so long to play, it goes much faster with a computer, and you don’t have the tedium of counting out all the paper money.

    Scrabble – The scrabble is perfect, and you’ll learn a lot of words you didn’t know, like the English names of foreign plants, animals, currencies, etc. I always thought words like el (meaning the letter L) were cheating, but I guess not! Scrabble is enough to give it 5 stars for educational value.

    Risk – I had never played Risk before, so I can’t comment on the skill of the AI, but I’m having fun learning the game. It seems to offer enough intrigue for a novice at any rate.

    All in all, a great set of games.
    Rating: 5 / 5

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