Game Reviews

This is the best game ever. We bought this on a recent family trip and we were hooked. Every age range in our family played from grandkids to grandparents and everyone in between. It is fun, strategic and totally addicting. We played every night and could not put it down!

Our family loves to play games together so I am always looking for a new game. This game is our favorite currently. It goes pretty fast and everyone is on the same level. I have a 22, 13, and 11 year old so something that is equal to all of them is a must. They all love this one and usually head out the door with it to a friends house.

Being a teen, I wasn't to psyched when my friends opened this game up to play. But, My mind was soon changed. This is a highly addictive strategy game. The cool thing is, theres no one strategy that will win it for you everytime. You constantly have to adjust your strategy to what your opponets are doing. Very fun, definite "Must Buy".

This game was one of the most interesting games I've ever played. You get to be Bugs and Taz. They both come in handy for different reasons. There are about 5 different era's of time where Taz and Bugs go back into and try to track down Daffy, greedy as ever who is trying to steal the gem stone for Granny's time traveling machine. It's a great game, much better than you think it will be. Buy it if you get the chance!

This is a great game to play with your kids! It is a two-player game that emphasizes teamwork but is silly enough to keep everyone laughing. The challenges are difficult and/or fun enough to keep the adults interested without overwhelming the kids.

The graphics are great (except for the occasional weird camera angles) and the voices and music are pure looney tunes. We played this one as a family. Dad and the 7 year old on the controls with Mom and the 4 year old calling out advice and laughing ourselves silly. There are built in hints for when you're stuck, which isn't that often. (One additional hint--if you are really stuck, go and do a different part of the game. Sometimes you just haven't learned the move you need to accomplish the task yet.)

Combine the fun with the low price and this is a great bargain.

OK so i walk into a store one day and i see this game there over in the corner of my Wal-mart's "Bargain" bin and i pass it by even though it's only $19.99 because hey it's bugs bunny and while i like the cartoon only the one Snes game ever done a good job with bugs and his buddies, But then i go and take a look for some reason at the review on IGN and i see it's a two player so the next day i got the game and i was hoping it might be good, Well it was better then good it was just like playing a episode of the cartoon and at times you do forget this is a game with the silly things they do and the voices are the real voices of Bugs and others so you can get really into the game and just have fun and thats the key word fun because this game is short and at times easy but even though i had it beat in a weeks time i could care less i feel i spent my money well and i got every bit of it's worth out of it, Now of course the puzzles are simple we are not talking Zelda or any thing here but some times they can make you stop and think a little bit and a lot of them prove team work is the only way to go because this game brings two player Co-op play to a new level on the Psx and it reminds me of lost vikings for the Snes , And levels are right out of the shows from vikings to Arabian ERA it's all here and all fun. But this is a kid game in some way because i beat it fast but you know it don't matter if it' more for kids because bugs fans will eat this game up and maybe if you have a little sister or little brother they can take over Taz and you can be bugs and you can get them into the world of games and have fun at the same time. This my be one of my favorite games for the Psx because like chip 'n' dale for the Psx (Also a cartoon based game) It's one of those games that has the magic about it.

Gameplay 9/10 Well the first thing to remember is this is a loony tunes game and so everything is based around that, You have Bugs Bunny and his side kick Taz for this adventure and you must work together for example you have Taz stack boxes so bugs can jump high enough to use his ears to get across some puzzle, You come on a lot of these or some times you just have take one character through something to hit a button some thing but it's always well thought out puzzles and some while easy can be hard just because of the timing like in the wind temple it's easy to figure out but not to get it all timed out right so your jumps land on the wind right.

Now the levels are well thought out and taken from the cartoons and have a loony sense of humor and you can jump on enemies then watch as they walk around squashed and then you can spin with Taz and get him or use a kick with bugs and later you can use carrots to hit people like a sniper scope and Taz learns a long spin and many other moves and you will use them all at some point in the game and some are just funny to watch like Taz making faces to scare enemies with. Then you have many games where you win gears for the time device (That is your mission get the time gem and the time gears) And you have to play games such as Soccer, Rugby, Basketball, Ice Hockey and all are two on two and i find myself playing them later just for fun (And extra lives) Then you games where you must remember what buttons to push like in the dancing game you have to remember what buttons they tell you and push them in the right order and you win a gear and you can also play in a ice skating and drum mini games of the same kind of thing and all in that loony feel to it and comes off very funny. Then you have mini games like Riding a dragon or a magic carpet ride and others of the kind and you will forced to go through it many times to grab all the gears and boxes and such, Now in a two player game one would fire off say coconut and the other "drives" the magic carpet and they do make these fun to do. Now it's not really that hard to find every item in the game or hard like in say banjo kazooie but they to make it fun in place of that with lots of variety in gameplay and not making the levels to much alike or anything of the kind, And each character has his own weapons you can use like mallets (It's fun to hit Taz with it and see him pounded into the ground and climb out or see bugs jump into a rabbit hole and dig around under ground. OK I have rambled on long enough but there is so much to this game in the little details and they add so much loony tunes things it's amazing and all on co-op game that no other has passed on the Psx and in a 3D world (And no it's not split screen but it still works out). Overall it's loony it's toony it's a laugh a minute.

Graphics 8/10 Well OK they are not up there with other games in some ways but you know they are just right for this game and the cut scenes can look like they are right from the cartoons if not for being a little blocky and all, Why the first time you turn the game on and you see bugs there in full 3D and Taz sneaking up behind him you know this will be a good looking game and then as it starts out you have a little truck pulling up and the daffy hops out of it and the fun starts and at time like when all the animals are running away and bugs tries to get them to talk you think of the old cartoons those scenes was in at one point and how good they look now in 3D, The landscapes are good as well with good detail in the enemies most of all with some like the bosses looking really nice with count bloodcount or elmer and others, And the animations are done well like Taz and the things he does or the dancing scenes with bugs and Taz I could go on forever about the detail and how at times i just forgot i was playing a game and i thought it was a TV show on there. There is when times get really frantic a hint of slowdown but not enough to bother anyone at all. Overall i can't say enough good about these graphics and though not top of the line keep the loony feeling all the way and have a load time that is faster then any other game i know of on the Psx to boot.

Sounds 10/10 OK i did think Metal gear solid had the best voice acting ever but i know now this game here does and the main reason is that i always loved loony tunes and these voices are just like them and i can't tell you how much it adds to have granny, bugs bunny, Taz(and his "Talk"), Daffy and others in the game and there are a lot of time they talk and it really is fun and while it may not be dramatic like a MGS but you have a fun time and it's like listening to a episode of the show to have these voices in here, And them you also have the music that is also well with a light feel to it and fits the areas your in with a spooky theme for the Transylvania or the others and then all kinds of sound effects right out of the cartoons as well. Overall i can't any problems here i mean perfect voices and music that while not the greatest is very nice, Sound effects are well done what's to complain about.

Story 7/10 OK this will not win any awards but it does sounds like you would think any loony tunes episode would, First off daffy duck come to rid granny's place of a vile monster a mean bad old rat> and in doing so lands on the time gem and destroys it sending him and all the gears to it through time and so granny has bugs and Taz go after him to get back all the gears put people back in the right time zones and save daffy and the time gem, And as you go on you meet up with elmer and bobba chop among others and the story unfolds and most times has daffy as the greedy little duck we all know he is. Overall it's fun but not great but then thats all we need.

Replay 7/10 OK first of all this game is way easy i mean i beat it in just a week and all but one gear is found and i rest at 99% complete on it but you know i don't mind because this is a fun game i like to go back and play the basketball over or any of the mini games there is here or to watch that loony gameplay, Now it's even better with a friend as that's how to get the most out of it and it's funny to see Taz walk up and bite bugs then look over at your friend and tell a joke at him/her over it and the team work is fun. I'm reminded of two games one being chip 'N' dale for the nes i played that game for years and even now i play it some because even though it was easy after the first couple of times the fun factor come into play and i just let go and had fun and i had not seen a game of that type since then and then i see this game here a fun romp and i think it may have years of replay as well, The second game is Lost vikings for the Snes that made team a must to win and this is the same and i say that adds replay value having to work together because of the fun in it. Overall it's easy but fun, And i think if you have a kid or two in the family they will go crazy over this and play it for hours but i do know it will be played a lot.

BUY or RENT? Buy. OK first off this game is cheap so you will not lose much if you don't play it a lot but i say you will play it a lot, Also if you like loony tunes get this game without a second thought of it even or if you have a kid in the family maybe they would like it even

This is a really fun game that will keep your mind running. These cards are much better then using a regular deck of cards to play the game. Point values are on every card & you have the wild & stop cards marked. I enjoy playing this game because there's always conditions to be determined when trying to decide your next move. This game really keeps you thinking. Highly recommended.

We picked up Canasta Caliente before our recent trip to Mexico and have been hooked ever since. Canasta is a classic South American card game which took America by storm in the 1950's and this card set pays hommage to that time period with fantastic and colorful graphics. The goal is to create as many "melds" as possible (i.e. matching sets of three or more) leading up to the required amount of Canastas (seven cards each) before your opponents. If you lose the hand, you subtract the values of your unused cards from your score. This penalty doubles if you end up with the Caliente card. First person to reach 5000 points wins. Two to six playes.

The card point values are clearly marked, making it very easy to calculate your score. The cards themselves are nice and strong, with a glossy finish. We've been running them through a vintage metal Johnson card shuffler, and they have yet to bend or warp. The instructions are simple and well stated, plus there are several quick-tip cards with score values so you can save time.

Cards are fun and simple, and Canasta is a high energy card game that is perfect for small groups, travel, or simply passing time on a rainy day. For those of you looking for a swank card game for your next cocktail, lounge, or tiki party, grab this retro-inspired deck and have fun.

If you do plan on using the deck on a plane or train, buy the deluxe edition which includes a handy card tray (otherwise those cards will fly everywhere) and make sure you have plenty of room to spread out those melds.

Overall, a fun and simple game that will have you hooked in no time.

A very good game - easy and fun. My daughters are 13 and 15 and they really like it. Good travel game.

I played this game with my 13 year old daughter and my wife and a friend. This is a wonderful addition to our boardgame collection. It's really a game of pursuit - reminiscent of Packman in a way. Great fun chasing everyone around and trying to escape the traps you've set for others - and gotten caught in yourself. Easy to learn and great fun. Perfect for adults, and for the entire family!

I saw this game advertised as winning a 'Major Fun Award' and you can bet your bottom dollar, this game is major fun. You cannot help but have fun playing Catch 22. As the name suggests, you need to catch 22 chips and exit the game board to win. But, also as the name suggests, you might find yourself in a 'Catch 22' situation. For example, once you win alot of chips, everybody else is going to try and catch you to steal your chips. Or, a player might land on a switch places square and when you thought you were home free, you are forced to switch places with an opponent. The strategy part is that you have 'Blocker Cubes' to try and clear a path for yourself or indeed block an opponents path. But be careful, you only have five cubes and once you use them up, you must land on a square which allows you to collect a blocker cube from the board. This is simply a fantastic game. It is fast moving and heart stopping. I cannot tell you how many times someone was on the verge of winning and in a heart beat, all their chips were stolen. Really, you should definitely try this game, I highly recommend it if you are into having fun.

I bought this game to play with family and friends over the holidays, and at the cottage. What a great game!!! Easy to learn, lots of social interaction, great competitive aspects. This is a classic!

Years before "fantasy baseball" became a fad, Strat-O-Matic was giving youngsters the opportunity to manage their favorite major league baseball players. Only those who are baseball fans can appreciate how much fun it is to play a tabletop dice game that accurately re-creates major leaguers' performance so well on so many levels.

The original version of Strat-O-Matic Baseball, which is still around as the game's "basic" version, is pretty simplistic. But beginning in 1972, when the "advanced" version was born, the company has continually added rules and made improvements that make the game more challenging and realistic. The game today also has a "super advanced" version, which re-creates just about every variable that means anything in a baseball game.

You can still play the basic game if you want. But those who grew up with the game, or left it and returned, will find the super-advanced version a fun challenge. Alas, the "fantasy baseball" mentality has robbed the game of some of its innocence; many SOM draft leagues and their general managers take this game a wee bit too seriously.

All teams come with 27 players plus perhaps one to three optional "mixed players" who didn't finish the season with the team. (All 30 major league teams and the mixed players come with the game sold here.) In the bad old days, teams came with only 20 players each, or 24, if one bought the optional "additional players." And if a key player was traded from his original team to the other league, he may not have gotten a card at all. Fortunately, that's no longer the case; in the 2003-season set, for example, Ugueth Urbina has two cards, one each for the Texas Rangers and Florida Marlins.

Gripes about the game are minor. The perforated player cards come on giant sheets that you have to break apart yourself, and this is a real chore. The six-sided dice are small and cheap, and the super-advanced fielding charts are on flimsy, decidedly nondurable paper. (Cardboard charts are available from Strat-O-Matic.) The game rules are long overdue for a new printing; the separate list of rule clarifications, corrections and additions is two pages long, mostly single-spaced.

Despite these complaints, the game is well worth the money, especially through Amazon.com, where the price is surprisingly a bit less than what the game company itself would charge for exactly the same thing. This is all the more reason for baseball fans of virtually any age to give SOM a try.

i loved this game. Especially being a very true baseball fan i was glad to see something other than a video game capture the real spirit of baseball.
in this game you get to call the shots like a major league manager. Cant wait for 2004 to come out.

I've been playing this game since 1970 and have every team that has been issued since. You can't call yourself a true baseball fan without playing it. You get to be a big league manager, make out your lineups, choose your strategies: sacrifice, squeeze, hit and run, steal, position your infielders, hit the cutoff man, its all in there and more. Every player rated and simulated. Play any fantasy lineup you choose. Set up any matchup in history. Its all in there.

The 7 in 1 game has been a hit in my family with young and old alike. There really is something for everyone from gradeschoolers to grandparents. It's also nice to have so many game options in one attractive and relatively small box. Saves space!

I love this game because it serves two purposes. First, it provides 7 great games to play with my family. Secondly, it is a handsome addition to our TV room. When we aren't playing with it we leave 7-in-1 out on a bookshelf. It looks great!!

This is a great game for anyone with a family. Keeps kids away from the TV and the computer. Stimulates their minds by teaching new games and learning the underlying strategies. Fun way for dads and moms to interact with their children and for children to play with their friends/sibilings.

...but very, very hard.

I got this for my 19th birthday and only just got around to finishing them now. I don't know why it has taken me so long as I have always loved the Myst franchise.

Myst is a kind of cute game that is easy to get to grips with thanks to the simple gameplay. The puzzles may seem difficult at first but the soon become clear enough. Especially when compared to Riven. I mean, that game is sooo hard. Don't expect to rush through this one. It takes an enormous amount of time and patience to figure out the multiple clues and work out what everything means.

And why not? As you take your time to consider everything use this to soak up the gorgeous landscape and immerse yourself in the lonely, abandoned atmosphere the game creates.

What did bug me though is the fact that Riven is spread across 5 CDs (yes...five!!!) and you have to eject and change frequently through-out the game. It did really get on my nerves but Riven is over 6 years old now and Myst is 11 years old. So this is the reason the programming seems rather basic in comparison to today's more sophisticated games. Newer editions of Riven come on a single CD but this old box set is multi-disc.

The box set also comes with a 'Making of' featuring interviews with Robyn and Rand Miller on how Riven was created. A large notebook in the style of ancient D'ni literature is also included. I have yet to find a use for mine.

great value, both games for one price plus some other reall cool stuff comes with the games.

There is enough review of Myst and Riven scattered around in Amazon, or in magazines. By now, you should have been told: GET THE GAME AND PLAY! We started with Riven, and then played Myst, which was a little more challenging because less natural. With Riven, it felt like we were living the game and that helped a lot. But regardless, you'll enjoy it (even if you have to ask for help because the puzzles are SOOOO CHALLENGING!). Riven has more of a unity (and such beauty!), while Myst is more of a patch. But they are both thoroughly enjoyable.

But among all the possible packaging, why this one?

What makes this edition special, in my humble opinion the best buy, is the cd ``The making of Riven'' that explains a few things about the making: it's awesome and very interesting. Also, you get a little booklet to take notes: we filled it up with our notes, read everything, wrote all the drawings, and that helped. We would never have done it (or reluctantly) had we not had the booklet provided in the package. Finally, the price is less than that of Myst and Riven combined, bought separately.

I relish my memory of playing the game and discovering the world of the Traveling Books. I wish I could forget it and play it again. Unfortunately, the experience is sooo vivid I probably will remember every detail in ten years. Since then, we've picked up a few great games of the same kind (Beyond Atlantis being the best so far), but the first time is always very special. And we are very happy we didn't use a walkthrough but took the time (one month!) to do it. It really enhanced our experience.

It took us (me and my 7 and 5 year olds) a while to figure out the rules of the game, but it was a fun game when we worked out most of the details. This is a variation on the familiar War game (with a standard deck of cards without the jokers) with a space/alien twist. In the deck, besides the numbered cards, one gets space Germ cards and one Blackholeb card, which have unique functions. There are also Even Eaters and Odd Eaters, which "gobble up" respective cards (though we had to guess what "gobble up" entailed in a game). There are also Plus-es and Minus-es cards which can change values of numbered cards thereby changing the outcome of a hand.

The box says the game is for 8 and up, but we had no problem playing this game. If my 5 year old had any confusion about even and odd numbers, much of the confusion got cleared up after one round. And the Plus-es and Minus-es also help teach some very basic math concept.

At the beginning I got a bit frustrated with the rules of the game. But we went ahead with the playing anyway and as we went along, my kids figured out most of the stuff on their own. All in all, an interesting game.

Children loved it right out of the box. The graphics, the story and the rules were simple and fun. Game ends quite quickly and keeps children involved. I wish the cards were a little durable...

Whenever a child has a chance to learn basic, lifelong skills and have a blast doing it, that's a chance not to be missed. Alien Hotshots not only teaches children about numbers, this card game teaches the relationship numbers have with each other and the multiple ways numbers can interact with each other. The fear of numbers and, by extension, the fear of math that some children have will be greatly relieved by this game. The game is very easy to learn and never grows stale. Being a card game, cards can get misplaced. Children will want to carry certain cards around with them. The artwork on each card is eye-catching and interesting to look at over and over again. When my daughter wrote to Gamewright saying what a great game this was, the owners sent back an appreciative, personally-written response. An endearing game from an endearing company.

This package includdes ARMY MEN and ARMY MEN II. These are actually both strategy games, so those expecting something along the lines of Sarge's Heroes will be dissapointed. Control starts off a little shaky in ARMY MEN, but it is much better in ARMY MEN II. I would have liked more variety, and I would have preferred an easier dificulty in the first game, but overall, it is a good value because you get two solid games.

I love these games. They both have great graFX, great plot (even though they're pretty much the same), great characters, great buy.

Buy this and you will NOT be sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I bought this game, and let me tell you if you have kids this is the one. It's not a bloody game. The men melt or fall to pieces after you shoot them. The graphics are really great, and the different weapons are cool. I really enjoyed the bootcamp part of the game. I recommend this game for anyone over the age of 7.

I am a 30 year old mom and I got this game boy game as one of my 5 year old's first game boy game. My daughter loves this game and enjoys playing all the little mini games in the activity mode. For me, I find I AM THE ONE stealing moments to play this game, but mostly in the mission/adventure mode. It is very addictive, challenging (but not so challenging that my five year old couldn't do) and the graphics and sound are excellent. There are many lands to explore, (cloud city, marketplace, crystal caverns, magic forest, dragon playground & atlantis), lots of mazes, hidden areas and fun little activities that never bore. Trying to train the little pegasus is a lot of fun. If I was my daughter's age, this is the game I would have chosen as my first game boy color game, but I am partial to Arabian themes anyway. The only annoyance is saving the game, it requires a lengthy coded password. Worth every penny.

My 7 yr. old daughter loves this game. She plays it on those long (and short) car trips.

I like it a lot!It is the best game I have ever played!I like it a lot!