100 Classic Book Collection (DS)

I first thought about getting this game after a friend was playing it and I spotted a few titles that I was looking out for but couldn't find. I looked on Amazon and you can currently get this for £12.76. I bought it and was instantly pleased that I had! When you first turn on your DS, it is sideways like a book. You get a little warning saying: "These Classic books of the past are presented in their original versions, and the texts may include words and expressions that could be considered inappropriate in a modern text." Beside that is a little picture of some thick and very old looking books in a little pile, which I think ...  Read the complete review

100 Classic Book Collection is a new type of title for the DS, the tiny cartridge holds 100 classic books which can be read on the dual screens. It was a title that I was curious about but thought that I would not like reading books on the small screen. I finally picked up a copy when the price fell to £9.99 for a while on Amazon and my curiosity got the better of me. As the name suggests the cartridge contains 100 classic books, all of which have passed their original copyright limit so Nintendo could put them onto a cartridge without paying the author to use them. The list of titles is impressive with books such as A Christmas Carol, Bleak House and Little ...  Read the complete review

The Ninetendo DS has already shown that it is not just a games console, but can also be used as a cooking guide with various cooking games, a mental training console with games such as brain and sight training and a phsical fitness device. With the 100 classic book collection, the Nintendo DS has shown it can also prove to be a portable library. This 'game' features well known books from many respected authors, including William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and Lewis Caroll. With 100 books to read, and the game retailed at £19.99. This works out at just under 20p a book, a bargain if you consider that for each of these books individually you are ...  Read the complete review

I clearly remember from my school days that reading wasn't much fun. Books got stolen, scribbled on or you could only read them in a library with your mouth shut. As a result, I never read for pleasure unless I had to read work material and I missed out on some great books. But something has come to rescue and I wish the people who made those e-books and devices thought of the same thing - assemble 100 of probably the best books ever written. I hereby present to you the Nintendo DS 100 Classic Book Collection. 100 titles ranging from the complete works of Shakespeare and Dickens through to Jules Verne and Oscar Wilde amongst lots of others. Imagine saving all ...  Read the complete review

I quite enjoy doing a bit of reading from time to time, normally before I settle down to sleep at night to help me switch off, so when I saw the advertisements for 100 Classic Books Collection for the Nintendo DS, I was quite tempted by it. I did a bit of reading about it and found a list of the books included, which I have to say is really quite an impressive list which I would imagine includes something to cover the interests of pretty much everyone. The collection really does contain some classic novels from some of the most celebrated writers, the full list being: Louisa May Alcott (Little Women) Jane Austen (Emma, ...  Read the complete review