SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition turns you into a citizen, a criminal, an architect, a mayor, even a god — bringing you deeper into SimLife than ever! As you create railways, ferries, plan out streets, you also get to use that transportation in a series of great new driving missions

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5 Stars Greatest Game Ever
This has to be the greatest game I’ve ever played. I’ve had it for almost five years, and I still play it. Unlike most games, it doesn’t get boring after you’ve played it a lot. I love it, and I’d definitely recommend it.

Also, ignore negative comments about lack of autosave and crashing. If your computer is up-to-date and powerful enough, you will have no problem. If not, turn down the graphics settings and just save a lot. I used this game on an incredibly terrible computer for years without ever hating it.

4 Stars Great Game, but somewhat limited…
I ordered this game over a year ago and was really looking forward to it. I really don’t play games like this that often, but thought this one looked interesting. There was one problem right off the bat… the game didn’t have the registration number. I tried calling EA to get one and I never got past their crazy automated phone service. I honestly don’t think it’s possible to talk to a person there. I had to mail EA the back of my booklet and it took them almost 2 months to get me a new registration number. When I finally got it and installed it on my computer I was really happy. I enjoyed playing it and had to start watching myself, because I would zone out and end up playing for hours on end… essentially forgetting about other things. I did start to notice that, while highly entertaining, the game is very limited in some ways. Building styles for example are pretty repetitive and there you don’t have much control over them. Also, there are few ways to control what type of industry gets set up in your city. For example, limiting heavy industry zones to purely green technologies. These are just a couple of the limitations. I do enjoy the game still, but I would like to see some more control over the building styles and zoning details.

5 Stars Lousy Amazon Service!
i have always loved this game thats why i ordered it on Amazon. First they sent me the software with no registration number, i complained and i received excellent service from the CS representative and said he would send me another one in 2days. the replacement came in and guess what, it was the same freakin thing! still no registration number! i returned it and got my money back sans shipping and delivery..

5 Stars simcity 4 deluxe edition
i like playing simcity 4 deluxe edition.i play this game alot on my pc.the any down fall to this game is that you can not save any thing on it.

2 Stars A bit Disappointing
This new version is obviously breathtaking graphics wise, but disapointing when I wanted to run Famous cities like London.

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Age of Empires Collectors Edition Jewel Case

Age Of Empires Collectors Edition brings you the critically-acclaimed stretgy game. Control 10,000 years of human history and rewrite it to suit you. Players are the guiding spirit in the evolution of small stone age tribes. Starting with minimal resources, players are challenged to build their tribes into great civilizations. Choose a nation and guide it to world domination!

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great game; great price!
I have played these games ever since they came out and I truly enjoy The Conquerors, however, I play them all at different times. I like to create landscapes, and I prefer these landscapes to any of the followings Empire games. This package is a terrific purchase. In a move I lost Age of Empires II, so I was glad to see this offer.

4 Stars Great game, print your own manual
Here’s a helpful note on the packaging: This set doesn’t include the manual or technology tree fold-out. That’s probaably why it costs less than the AoE 2 Gold Edition. If you like to have the tech tree (building and unit upgrades reference sheet) next to you when you play, you’ll need to print your own. Just search online for “Age of Empires II manual” without the quotes and you’ll find the PDF to download from Microsoft or you can look for a one-sheet PDF tech tree by someone named Nethog. Or you can fork out double the amount for the Gold edition, which has less software but printed manuals included.

Other reviewers have said everything that needs to be said about the game itself. It’s a pleasantly addictive sequel to Age of Empires.

5 Stars Game Review
the game is excellent, a lot fun, one of the best games ever,

i would have liked a better more protective case for the cds, the case is very thin

i would have liked to receive the manuals for the games, they used to come with the cds before, like the one age of empires 3 now

4 Stars Awesome
The game is exactly as I expected. I was scared at first to buy it because I have Vista on my computer but it turned out it was compatable. Nothing funky to do with it, just put it in and there you go.

5 Stars A Classic Strategy
A great game and a true classic. The only flaw to the experience was that the jewel case was damaged in shipping.

Worth your time if you missed this one.

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Spongebob Square Pants Typing

Become more productive and work more comfortably, as you learn with SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs and the entire cast of “SpongeBob Squarepants”! Tracking and progress reports help you learn and improve your skills

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Excellent
sponge bob is currently popular with the kids and this utilises that to help educate them, great

1 Star stupid interface, won’t work on os x
On OS X 10.3, it worked when we installed it and has refused to run since then. No customer support we can find. I don’t feel bad criticizing them because encoresoftware.com, listed in their troubleshooting guide, isn’t even on the web any more. Why are they selling this crap in the Apple Store?

And the interface design is laughably bad. It took us quite a while to find the lessons–they’re under “Typing Tournament”

5 Stars A fun typing game
My eight year old daughter loves this game. This game teachs kids enough basic skills of typing but parents still need to be involved to make sure the kids use the right fingers.

1 Star won’t run on current Mac OS X 10.5.1 (Leopard)
Couldn’t get it to run AT ALL on recently purchased MacBook with 2GB of RAM and updated OS.

5 Stars Good product
My 8 yr old received this as a requested Christmas present. He is very happy with it, although he says “it is kinda hard.” He is, however, making improvements in his typing.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition turns you into a citizen, a criminal, an architect, a mayor, even a god — bringing you deeper into SimLife than ever! As you create railways, ferries, plan out streets, you also get to use that transportation in a series of great new driving missions

User Ratings and Reviews

2 Stars A bit Disappointing
This new version is obviously breathtaking graphics wise, but disapointing when I wanted to run Famous cities like London.

4 Stars Great Game, but somewhat limited…
I ordered this game over a year ago and was really looking forward to it. I really don’t play games like this that often, but thought this one looked interesting. There was one problem right off the bat… the game didn’t have the registration number. I tried calling EA to get one and I never got past their crazy automated phone service. I honestly don’t think it’s possible to talk to a person there. I had to mail EA the back of my booklet and it took them almost 2 months to get me a new registration number. When I finally got it and installed it on my computer I was really happy. I enjoyed playing it and had to start watching myself, because I would zone out and end up playing for hours on end… essentially forgetting about other things. I did start to notice that, while highly entertaining, the game is very limited in some ways. Building styles for example are pretty repetitive and there you don’t have much control over them. Also, there are few ways to control what type of industry gets set up in your city. For example, limiting heavy industry zones to purely green technologies. These are just a couple of the limitations. I do enjoy the game still, but I would like to see some more control over the building styles and zoning details.

5 Stars Greatest Game Ever
This has to be the greatest game I’ve ever played. I’ve had it for almost five years, and I still play it. Unlike most games, it doesn’t get boring after you’ve played it a lot. I love it, and I’d definitely recommend it.

Also, ignore negative comments about lack of autosave and crashing. If your computer is up-to-date and powerful enough, you will have no problem. If not, turn down the graphics settings and just save a lot. I used this game on an incredibly terrible computer for years without ever hating it.

5 Stars Lousy Amazon Service!
i have always loved this game thats why i ordered it on Amazon. First they sent me the software with no registration number, i complained and i received excellent service from the CS representative and said he would send me another one in 2days. the replacement came in and guess what, it was the same freakin thing! still no registration number! i returned it and got my money back sans shipping and delivery..

5 Stars simcity 4 deluxe edition
i like playing simcity 4 deluxe edition.i play this game alot on my pc.the any down fall to this game is that you can not save any thing on it.

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Crazy Machines 1 5

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Fantastic for everyone
This is a great program - my 13 year old loves it, and it came in very handy earlier this year when my child had to create a Rube Goldberg device for science class.

5 Stars Crazy Machines
Crazy Machines 1.5 Great product! I had no trouble interesting my grandchildren in this and it is an excellent learning tool.

4 Stars Crazy Machines
I purchased this software for my 8 yr old granddaughter. It was simple enough for her to immediately began playing it and yet I can see that it has complexities for her to learn. I look forward to seeing how she progresses in her ‘rube goldberg’ creations.

5 Stars Great Game
THis game is awesome. Great graphics. Amazon shipped it fast and in great condition.

5 Stars Fun and Educational
This game is both entertaining and educational. The kids have fun with it and it does require and teach problem solving. A lot of basic science concepts in it to be considered educational as well.

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