42 Amazing All Time Classics (42 All Time Classics (DS))

Member Name: xxHalesxx

Product:	42 All Time Classics (DS)
Date:	15/09/09 (49 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Suitable For The Whole Family

Disadvantages: Graphics Could Be Improved

I brought 42 classic games awhile back when I first got my Nintendo DS for £14 and was amazed by the collection it had on offer.

When you use this game for the first time you are greeted with the settings section where you pick one of fifty icons to represent you. Then you have to input your name if you want a different name from what you have called your DS.

Once you have picked your icon and chosen a name (if you wished to change it) you are then free to select whether you want to play single player or multi player (up to eight people on single card play)

If you chose single play there are three options free play, stamp mode and mission. In free play you can chose any of the 42 games available to play, they are in sections of basic card games, intermediate card games, advanced card games, basic board games, advanced board games, variety games, action games and single player games.

In stamp mode you chose whether you want to play it on easy, normal and hard. You then play every game in five different levels starting from level one which is a collaboration of relatively easy games then gets harder as each level goes on. If you select normal on stamp mode and complete all the levels you unlock a new ink colour in the chat function. The same happens if you select hard on stamp mode but instead of winning a new ink colour you win a new stamp in the chat function.

On the mission mode you must complete certain tasks to unlock new icons which you can use to represent you throughout the game.

There are other unlockables throughout the games in the free play section if you play a certain game repeatedly you will unlock new backgrounds for card games, new card designs and other gaming backgrounds for example if you play billiards over and over again you will unlock new designs such as paper, digital and stone.

Another function on the game is the chatting function which is quite like the pictochat function on the DS the only difference is this one is preloaded into the game so whilst your playing against your friends you can also chat using multicoloured writing or draw little pictures to each other using the stamp function.

Overall I think this is a great game which has gripped my whole family as we can all play on for hours using the multi player function which is exactly the same as the free play function in single player. The graphics may not be the best but the amount of enjoyment that can be had on this game is well worth it. It's suitable for all ages as little children can play games like memory and word balloon (exactly the same as hangman) whilst adults and older children can play rummy or Texas hold 'em poker.

Summary: A Great Game For The Whole Family To Enjoy