The classic family board game has gone interactive. The Game of Life CD-ROM provides hundreds of animations and hours of music as you travel down the road of life.
A "car cam" draws you into a 3-D world, taking you over mountains, across rivers, and by buildings. Enjoy the years as your musical tastes, vehicles, and hairstyles all change with time.
Choose a college or a career, get married, start a family, buy a house, and eventually retire. A mixture of luck and skill will determine whether you spend your golden years at Countryside Acres or Millionaire Estates.
There are two ways to play the game, Classic and Enhanced, both with the same concept:
Spin the wheel and hope for a chance to gain money, not lose it.
In the Classic version, you earn "Life Tiles" for certain experiences (which later equal money).
In the Enhanced version, you play "Life's Little Games," which offer small puzzle-based side games for extra income.
As you can see, the basic concept of Life is to finish the game with the largest amount of money.
Along the way, you will encounter:
Burglars and natural disasters: make sure to get insurance
Hollywood premieres and world travels: get ready to pay for your fun
Stock market surges and taxes: both instant effects to your income
Payday: the one time when wealth comes with a reliable figure
The appealing animations, music, and side games offer a new aspect to the Game of Life, one that triggers a larger sense of chance. The network play option lets up to six players join together and make the opportunities in life a little more competitive.