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Submitted by Reviewer (not verified) on 30 October, 2005 - 03:25.
18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal, was released on 2004-08-26 from Value Software. The list price is around US$19.99.
I got this game for my 11 daughter. She totally loves to play it. You drive a semi truck acrossed North America. You pick up orders and deliver them, stop for gas, you chose the route you want to take.
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Submitted by Reviewer (not verified) on 8 October, 2005 - 17:54.
Myst 10th Anniversary DVD Edition, was released on 2003-11-11 from Ubisoft, Usually ships in 24 hours. (*The prices are subject to change) Street price is around $19.99.
OK, I've heard alot of supposed fixes for this and have tried them all; this has led me to discover that the game has alot of compatability issues. Myst 1 and Riven will not run on some systems, but will on others. It's not a "compatability view" issue; in fact, I was able to get it to run on a brand new, quad core, system w/XP SP 3 installed along with the latest version of Quicktime and DirectX; no tinkering necessary. On one of my systems at home (also a quad core w/ an AMD chipset) they would not run, I would get a black screen and sound or maybe a little intro video would play, but nothing else. I tried launching the version of Quicktime that came with the games and it crashes immediatley; so I think it's probably a compatability issue with a video driver and not with XP. Despite the issues with the first 2 disks, Myst 3 installs and runs without error. I can install Myst 1 and Riven on some of my other PC's, it's just a little inconvenient to sit in my kids room and play on their computer or to r...
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