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Finally Compatible with Mac OS X

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 32 / 37
Date: October 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've loved the Hoyle game series (Card Games, Casino, and Puzzle & Board Games)for many years. But, the last Mac versions were released in 2002 and were only compatible with OS 9. These older versions were still playable on pre-Intel Macs, but the newer Macs with Intel chips no longer have compatibility with pre-Mac OS X software.

Finally, the long wait is over and new versions of the excellent Hoyle Games are available for today's Mac users! :-)

Better than 2007 !!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: November 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Bought 2007 when it first came out. Hayed it and got ride of it. This one works great on my Micro XP Home Edition! It combines the prior puzzle and board games with some new ones. Good fast service !!

Hoyle Puzzle Games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: December 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Excellent collection of puzzles...great audio and video effects, and the games are simple enough for general usage and complex enough for interest and stimulation.

ONLY negative is that when activated the games take over your entire screen, and cannot be "reduced" to run in background.

Hoyle is the Best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Hoyle Card Games (MAC OSX) was long over due. Hated playing the old Hoyle Card Games in the Classic enviornment (MAC OS9) so tried several other OSX card games but found them to be inferior to Hoyle so migrated back to the old OS9 Hoyle games. This OSX version has many improvements and is fun to play.

Hoyle game cd will not install

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: December 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The CD software is not recognized on the CD ROM drive. It will not self install and it will not install from the "RUN" menue. In "My Computer" the CD software is not recognized. I tried several other CD's in this CD ROM Drive and they all worked fine. I returned the software where I purchased it and obtained another one. The same thing occurred with this CD software. The CD Software version is 14310-DVD v1.0. I called the support software number listed in the manual and a recorded message said that this software is not supported by phone.
I went to there support website and posted a problem message, still no response ??

Sudoku doesn't work on Vista

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have other Hoyle games so when I saw a Sudoku for Vista by Hoyle, I just knew it would be good. I have a PC with Windows XP and it works great. I also loaded it on my laptop that has Windows Vista. All the other games work but Sudoku won't work. I emailed Hoyle and they sent me a patch. Still didn't work. They figured out what graphics I have and sent me to Intel for another update. It still doesn't work. It's really a great game but not if Sudoku is what you want and you have Windows Vista.

Beware

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This does not work on Windows Vista, it says it is compatable with Vista but it will not load. I tried to get tech help but they never got back to me. I loaded it on my desktop that has XP and it works but the Sudocko doesn't work at all. I kind of wish I hadn't tried to upgrade, they did get rid of the music glitch and it is all on one thing now, but still not sure if it was worth the cost.

Encourages Addictive Behavior!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I haven't begun to play all the games included in this game set. I'm stuck in the Anagrams and the Slide Tiles. I'm awful in the anagrams, and I'm determined to do better. The Slide Tiles is a version of Mah Jong, that is positively addicting for me. I spend hours at it. When you "win", a wide variety of awards are presented from a certificate, to a dancing cow, to an audience giving you a standing ovation and clapping. The game has very good graphics. I'm totally satisfied.

old guys like me....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

We don't get too excited over all the latest computer games. We prefer more traditional games of startegy that can be played on the computer. They help keep the mind and memory sharp. There's a really nice selection of games on this disk that I can play on my HP desktop at home and my Powerbook at work. :)

moving pieces is annoying

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First I have 2003, and upgraded to 2008 and am glad I did not uninstall 2003.
Cons my favorite game isn't in 2008. My major con is moving pieces in games like checkers and pachisi. it takes a about a minute sometimes to get a piece to be released where you want it to go and twice now in pachisi when I was trying (my last piece both times) to get a piece in the home stretch, I must have put I too near the regular area and it planted the piece around the board, so the piece would have to go around again. In checkers, and I checked that it was a legal move, it wouldn't release at all.
Pro a lot of new games

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