| View Larger Image | Hoyle Card Games 2008 [OLD VERSION] | DVD-ROMby Encore Software
| List Price: | $19.99 | |
| | Publisher: | Encore Software | | Platform: | Windows, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac | | Model: | 14290 | | Operating System: | Windows XP | | Release Date: | 2007-09-11 | | Sales Rank: | 50th |
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FEATURES | - Platform: Windows
- For Ages: Adults
- Comes In: Box
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Step up to the best deal in town and test your skill with Card Games from HOYLE®, the Official Name in Gaming. Shuffle the cards and deal yourself in to the greatest card games of all time. HOYLE® drops you right into the action with over 75 classic games, official rules, tips and strategies. From classic games like Cribbage to new favorites like online Texas Hold'em, HOYLE® Card Games has something for everyone. Learn and master all your favorite card games with Hoyle, the authority for over 200 years. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 89 reviews)
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Good, but... by tachi1 (Miami, FL United States)  4 Stars
November 21, 2009
This is the 2008 version which means that it will run in Vista 64-bit (probably also in Windows 7, but I'll get back to you on that one). It will also run on Mac.
That's it as far as changes go. All the faults and all the virtues of my previous 2005 version are EXACTLY the same. If it wasn't that this version didn't crash my new computer I never would have known it was different.
The interface is identical. It has the exact same players; the exact same options for faces, cards, navigation, environment, speed, music, speech, and reward points. It has the same instructions--not a good thing since the instructions (for those games for which instructions are even available) are pretty lame.
It even has the same annoying quirks.70% of the time, the game I play is Canasta. There is one particular game, in which I am dealt a starting hand with four 5's and two K's that I get at least once in every session. I know the first two rounds by heart. This proves to me that nothing has been done to the games themselves in 2006, 2007, or this version 2008.
Having vented all this, I still enjoy playing card games and this is an entertaining and varied assortment of games and the program (as long as it's compatible with your computer) works well. WARNING: On my previous computer (XP Pro with 4 GB RAM) it was a bit of a resource hog and I could only have this one program open or everything would crawl down to a halt. Now, with a much more powerful system, it doesn't seem to be as much of a problem.
Before turning off my computer at night, this is the first step in my nightly decompression routine. It also keeps me entertained on long phone waits while listening over-and-over to boring music "your call is important to us..."
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Neat Card Game by Ronald D. Sutton 4 Stars
November 06, 2009
Good price and excellent program. Product was delivered very well protected. I can strongly recommend this product.
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Much better than 2009 version by TDM (Florida, USA)  5 Stars
October 21, 2009
Get this version over the newer 2009, the cards are large where in the newer version the cards are so small that they are hard to read. It has many fun card games, great graphics, good animation and
you came use facemaker to choose what look you would like to make for youself that day, or use one of their's or one you saved.
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Poor customer service by Gina Earles  1 Stars
October 05, 2009
I installed this product on one computer, then replaced that computer with a new one. When I went to install this product on the new computer, I did not have the serial code any more, even though I have the original disk. The company will not give me a new code unless I pay $10. The software isn't even worth that.
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Buy the OLD ONE! by Stanley G. Landis (Chicago area) 1 Stars
September 30, 2009
Holye was great. In the past you could install this on your kids computers and you didn't need the disk to play. Hoyle has sold out the familyman. Everyone of your kids will now need a separate disk. Keep opening your pocket book now families or AVOID THIS VERSION. Buy the old ones.
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