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One New Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 70 / 71
Date: October 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The Puzzle and Board games are both included here, on two CDs. One major improvement over the 2004 version is that after installation, the games can now be played without the CD.

There are no new characters to play with, but there is one new game. Zilch, a dice game, has been added. In addition, the Facemaker does have several new characters that can be bought with earned Hoyle Bucks. These, like the others, can talk and are animated. Hoyle Bucks can also buy some alternate game boards and alternate dice, another new feature.

These Hoyle Sierra games are highly recommended.

Great Investment

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 69 / 75
Date: October 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this after previously owning the 2003 version of board and puzzle games. One major improvement is the cost. I used to pay 60 or more to upgrade each new version of Hoyle from year to year.
I like that they included MAximum pool; though you need to unplug your gamepad or joystick from the USB port or the pool game won't run. I agree that sometime it is ridiculous to pay each year to get a few new games. But I feel the Hoyle has had the most user-friendly, presentation of classic games. I don't have errors running the games though the online system has bugs in it.. Nonetheless. you get three new games from last year. The game can be installed to the hard drive without needing the disk. The pool game is great. Plus you get a few games you can download onto a PDA. 36 games for 20 bucks is a great deal.

Review on latest 2006 Version.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 48 / 48
Date: August 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Don't have previous version, 2006 version not on Amazon, but figured someone might like to know about the current version. First off you can load the games on a computer and don't need the CD's to the play the games. Here is the list of games from the content page from the manual since the box does not tell you all the games it comes with.
1. anagrams
2. crosswords
3. edge tiles
4. sudoku
5. kakuro
6. jewels
7. drop it
8. gravity tiles
9. hangman
10. mahjongg
11. maze racer
12. maze raider
13. memory tiles
14. placer racer
15. rays
16. slide tiles
17. solitaire arcade
18. star collector
19. incredible machine
20. time breaker
21. word searches
22. backgammon
23. battling ships
24. bump 'em
25. checkers
26. chess
27. chinese checkers (6 players, human or computer, with human players taking turns in front of the computer)
28. dominoes
29. master match
30. maximum pool
31. pachisi
32. reversi
33. rummy squares
34. wordox
35. word yacht
36. yacht

The box says over 45 games and there probably is, I just listed the ones the content page mentions. Hope that helps someone make a decision if they want to buy it, it would have helped me. System requirements Pent III 450mhz, 128 Ram, 700 mb hard drive space, 16 mb video ram. I don't think those are set in stone since it will run on less then that but better to be safe then sorry. I think it just depends on the game, since most of the games in this set are not fast action and lots of 3D graphics.

Hoyle Puzzle & board Games 2005 review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: September 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Large variety of interesting games with clear instructions on how to play.

Just Leaning

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: September 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When I first got this game I didn't know how to play Chess. But now at 42 yrs old I know how and I'm very good. All the games are exciting and a lot of fun.

Hoyle review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Very fun game, had an older version at my parents house and now I have this one. Awesome play and gaming.

Hoyle Games are lots of fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

These games are a lot of fun to play, there are lots of interesting characters to choose from as opponents and fun dialog.

Hoyle Games 2005

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

What a great selection of games! I've owned it for three months and have probably tried about 25% of them. Occasionally I've downloaded a game for a free trial only to discover later I already have it (or a very close approximation) in Hoyle! There are games here for everyone.

The only drawback is not being able to save a game in progress when I have to get back to work. Considering the price, this drawback is hardly worth mentioning.

Great value and fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This edition comes with two CDs packed with games. Great value and fun for all ages.

Great games!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I like the selection of games in this set. This was a replacement of a board game CD I had a while back. I like this one better.

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