Author: Will Singleton
Date: 19:55:15 08/12/03
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On August 12, 2003 at 18:13:31, David Dahlem wrote: >On August 12, 2003 at 16:17:32, Will Singleton wrote: > >>On August 12, 2003 at 15:37:42, David Dahlem wrote: >> >>>On August 12, 2003 at 15:26:44, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>On August 12, 2003 at 15:20:07, David Dahlem wrote: >>>> >>>>>On August 12, 2003 at 14:05:27, John Merlino wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>The official website of Majestic Chess has just gone live, and there is a free >>>>>>demo that you can download which gives you the ability to play online free as a >>>>>>guest on our servers as much as you want. The demo also has one of the eight >>>>>>chapters from the Chess Adventure. >>>>>> >>>>>>Just go to www.majesticchess.com. The demo download is about 69MB, IIRC. >>>>>> >>>>>>jm >>>>> >>>>>Hi John >>>>> >>>>>Thanks for this info. When will Majestic Chess be shipped? I ordered it from the >>>>>Majestic Chess homepage the same day that you first announced it here. :-) >>>>> >>>>>Regards >>>>>Dave >>>> >>>>It reached stores this weekend. You probably purchased it via the link on the >>>>vugames.com website, which means you bought it from Electronics Boutique >>>>(ebgames.com). If so, then you should have it in no more than a few days. >>>> >>>>Many thanks! >>>> >>>>jm >>> >>>Yes, you're correct. The "BUY IT" button on >>>http://hoyle.sierra.com/majestic_chess.html is a link to www.ebgames.com. I >>>eagerly await delivery of this new product, and i am keeping a hopeful eye on my >>>mailbox. :-) >>> >>>Regards >>>Dave >> >>I got mine a few days ago. >> >>Will > >So how do you like it? > >Dave Great. I was showing to my 9 year-old son, and as soon as the Adventure section came up, he was hooked. It has the look and feel of some of his other strategy games. The overall experience is good, things work well and are intuitive. Seems to operate on the KISS principle. Nice graphics and piece-sets. I haven't had time to go thru it extensively, I'm sure others will do that and report. But I think it has a chance to sell well, looking only at the product. Quibbles: the mouse freezes the first time you run thru piece-set selection, I guess it's loading them from the cd. Not enough music selections (maybe you can add them?). The online experience is NOT what I would call intuitive. I was able to play a game ok, but it was pretty confusing to try to figure out who was connected, who was playing, how to seek etc. Lack of multiple windows maybe hurts here (or more likely, just my inexperience with it). The program is interesting, I will definitely have to get into it some more. Will
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