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WOW!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This was a very excellently made game! This is one of the few greatest games I've played that hasn't been played or heard of by many. This is definitly a winner though. Excellent graphics and sound. Just a tad graphic with the deaths of 4 people (3 ghosts, one vicitm) I believe. Three ghosts whom you investigate concerning their death in the same house only at deiiferent periods. You do not see them die though, just after they have been killed, by suicide, murder, or forces of nature. Very exciting game, hard to quit!

Journys beyond the usual games into the paranormal

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: July 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is actually quite fun, and for the price, its worth trying if your interested in the paranormal. Poltergeists and ghosts, this game has it all. My only qualm is the navigation of the game, and some of the places to visit are confusing, such as the under the lake scenes. I has a difficult time figuring our which direction to take, but overall, this game is fun and exciting.

Short, but magnificent

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I picked up this game years ago and only recently got around to playing it. I cannot believe that I waited as long to finish it as i did.

If you enjoy a good spook, but don't equate a lot of blood and guts with fright, then perhaps this game is for you.

If you are interested in ghosts, and know something about them, then you will find the ones represented in the game satisfying. Their motivations are not the same, and their personalities come through loud and clear even in their settings. One of them most certainly kept me up at night, right along with its theme music running in an endless loop through my head. Incidentally, even the music is good.

Yes, the game is too short. You could tell they originally meant to do more to it. Not all the clues lead up to anything, and some things are implied that just don't go anywhere. The readme file suggests that the programmers believe the game itself to be haunted, (play it alone at night and you might not disagree) so perhaps they did just want to finish it in a hurry.

As for the difficulty level- if it had been much harder, the story wouldn't have flowed. Yes, a child could play it, but not a very young one. The puzzles do sometimes give one pause. Anyone who says they were too easy and mentions a walkthrough is contradicting themseves. Ignore the walkthroughs unless you get truly stuck- there's no timer. It's far better just to immerse yourself for an evening and enjoy.

Spooky Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Amber was good, spooky fun - very imaginative, nice graphics, effective story line. The three paranormal "vignettes" were each quite different and having them all take place in the same setting but at different historical eras was a nice touch. By being attentive and exploring assiduously I rarely got stuck (as I often do in other adventure games.) If you're not interested in guts and gore but like something that will put a chill up your spine, this is for you. I wish there were more like this one!

Great game -Needs XP patch...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've really loved A.M.B.E.R. for a long time and will play it now & then just because I like the 'feel' of the game. It's quite unusual. The only catch is it needs an XP patch. The only reason I run win 98 on an old pc is to play this game. I hear Hue Forrest developers are making a patch and have a new domain for a new site. Don't miss this intelligent game!!!

BEWARE! Does not work on XP!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Do not buy this game unless you have a computer with a pre-XP operating system cause it simply will not work. I don't think it works with ME either. This was not made clear online and I was sooo bummed when it arrived.

Heed the Windows XP warnings!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I just wanted to STRONGLY second the warnings already posted about Windows XP incompatibility. I love the game, and tried to reinstall it on my new Windows XP machine. But even setting the Amber.exe file to run in "Windows 95 compatibility mode" doesn't work. A search through game blogs indicates that the program uses an old Windows 95-only version of "Macromedia Projector," which Windows XP cannot handle. Only one blogger claims to have made Amber work on an XP machine, by doing a very complicated procedure to allow the system to be fully toggled between XP and Win95 operating systems. I can say that the last PC that successfully ran it for me used Windows 98, but I can't also attest to whether it runs on Windows ME systems. Such a waste, for what once was a very spooky, difficult, and enjoyable adventure game!

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