Monopoly (PC)

Many years ago, while wandering around a shop in the US, I happened upon the CD-ROM version of the ever-popular board game of Monopoly. Always wary of knock-offs, I was pleased to see that this was produced by the owners of the original Monopoly game, Hasbro, and decided to pick up this PC version of the game. Remember, this was many years ago, and I believe it cost me all of US $5 and it came with no box at all – just in a cellophane wrapper around the regular CD case. The Installation Stuff: Normally all you have to do these days is put the CD into the drive, close the door and the program will automatically begin to install itself. However, this being ...  Read the complete review

Reviewed on monopoly on the Snes I remember when I use to play Monopoly with my family until late at night and had to carry it on the next day because it went on for ages one marathon of a game. The basic idea of this game is quite simple you have to try and buy buildings, When you had bought a group of buildings or a group of the same colour spaces on the board, this enables you to buy houses and hotel,. You want your opponents to land on the spaces/buildings you own so you can charge them, and make them pay you money want to try to make your opponents go bankrupt to win the game you do this buy owning the most buildings and monopolising the board. This is an ...  Read the complete review

*i asked dooyoo to move this opinion, and they did. But the next day its seems to have re-appeared in the original place. So dooyoo, you can remove this opinion, as i have re-writen it into the correct section!* Anyway.....¬ WARNING-*- The word nibbles has been used in this opinion, i hope this does not offend the younger generation,(if you dont know what it means, it means little items of snack food, such as peanuts or crips that you nibble on during say films or games). To begin... You might be asking why on Earth I am writing an opinion on Monopoly; after all most people know what it’s about and it’s hardly a new product. However these ...  Read the complete review

A board game on the PC seems to defeat the object of a "board" game but this world-wide classic is just as entertaining on your 15" screen as it is on your dining room table. The games simplicity is not lost in the PC version with all the roads, stations and utilities on from the original. If you get bored of wiping out all your competitors with your hotel on Mayfair then you can always move your way to a possible 9 other european boards. the downside to this though is that the chance and community chest cards dont change and so you find yourself advancing to a non-existent parklane! The beauty of harnessing new technology is the fact ...  Read the complete review

Monopoly the fantastic board game has been brought to the PC. [ [ OBJECT OF THE GAME ] ] You must travel around the board purchasing properties as you go. Each property is part of a set and each set has its own colour. The aim of the game is to bankrupt the rest of the players in the game. [ [ WHAT YOU DO ] ] You can purchase properties at a price. If any other player lands on these properties then they must pay you a fine. If you have a set of properties you can build houses and hotels on those properties. This allows you to receive more money when another player lands on them. Monopoly is such a thrilling game ...  Read the complete review