Games Database
PC
Compilation
| Viewed: | Combination Combination | Genre: | Compilation Board Game: Trivia Board Game: Monopoly |
| Media: | CD | Arcade origin: | No |
| Soft. Co.: | Hasbro | ||
| Publishers: | Infogrames
(GB) Hasbro (US) |
Released: | 1999
(GB) Unknown (US) |
| Ratings: | 3+ |
Summary
Family Collection is a bumper selection box-sized collection of titles containing board games Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit and Cluedo, staples of every quiet evening at home with the family, before VHS and Betamax came into our lives. For our younger readers, here’s a brief rundown of what kept your elders occupied when there was nothing worth watching on telly.
Monopoly gives you the opportunity to buy up the streets of London, acquire waterworks and railway stations, and make your opponents suffer financially for landing on your property. Huge profits can be made by placing hotels on the streets you’ve acquired. There’s nothing quite like bringing a business competitor to their knees, or being on the verge of bankruptcy yourself, and then saving your skin with a cash injection. Monopoly is about big business in every way. It is, after all, the biggest selling board game ever, and rightly so. Once you start to play, you’ll be hooked.
Wedgies abound in the smash hit of the 80’s, Trivial Pursuit. General knowledge questions are accompanied by video clips and a unique soundtrack. Earn six wedges by answering correctly from six subjects, including Sport and Leisure and Art and Literature. You can even check on your game stats while playing the game with the on-line statistical function. There are also two different modes to try: the classic board-game or the high-speed game where the questions come thick and fast.
Cluedo invites you to play detective and solve a dastardly crime at Blackwell Grange, an imposing country house, seemingly always cloaked in darkness. On your way to discovering just ‘whodunnit?’, you can admire the 3D animations, and be spooked by the scary sound effects. All the usual suspects are here, such as Professor Plum and the delectable Miss Scarlett. Are they all really capable of murder? And if so, how did they do it? And where?
Family Collection is a refreshing change from those PC titles that threaten to take over your life with their extensive and sometimes unfathomable plots. All three games are easy to understand, yet thoroughly engrossing.
Monopoly gives you the opportunity to buy up the streets of London, acquire waterworks and railway stations, and make your opponents suffer financially for landing on your property. Huge profits can be made by placing hotels on the streets you’ve acquired. There’s nothing quite like bringing a business competitor to their knees, or being on the verge of bankruptcy yourself, and then saving your skin with a cash injection. Monopoly is about big business in every way. It is, after all, the biggest selling board game ever, and rightly so. Once you start to play, you’ll be hooked.
Wedgies abound in the smash hit of the 80’s, Trivial Pursuit. General knowledge questions are accompanied by video clips and a unique soundtrack. Earn six wedges by answering correctly from six subjects, including Sport and Leisure and Art and Literature. You can even check on your game stats while playing the game with the on-line statistical function. There are also two different modes to try: the classic board-game or the high-speed game where the questions come thick and fast.
Cluedo invites you to play detective and solve a dastardly crime at Blackwell Grange, an imposing country house, seemingly always cloaked in darkness. On your way to discovering just ‘whodunnit?’, you can admire the 3D animations, and be spooked by the scary sound effects. All the usual suspects are here, such as Professor Plum and the delectable Miss Scarlett. Are they all really capable of murder? And if so, how did they do it? And where?
Family Collection is a refreshing change from those PC titles that threaten to take over your life with their extensive and sometimes unfathomable plots. All three games are easy to understand, yet thoroughly engrossing.