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Scrabble Champion Edition Review (continued)
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Manufacturer: Encore
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ESRB Rating: Everyone
Platform(s): Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Release Date: November 21, 2006
Average Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars
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Date: 2007-02-26
Don't waste your money ...
Scrabble is a great game, but don't bother with this poorly made version on CD-ROM.
First and foremost, although the CD takes you through an "install" of the game to your hard drive, whenever you want to play the game you MUST have the original CD in your CD drive! While I can understand the publisher's interest in preventing unauthorized duplication of the software, there are plenty of copy protection methods available today (e.g., a license key) that don't inconvenience the purchaser by requiring the original CD to be in the PC. (Can you imagine if Microsoft did this with Word or Excel?)
Beyond the non-user-friendly copy protection scheme, I had problems using this CD on a brand new Dell laptop running Windows XP. After "installing" the game and playing briefly, I exited. When I wanted to return to the game and play again, the CD wanted to reinstall and then proceeded to spin endlessly. The packaging claims it is designed for Windows XP, 2000, ME & 98SE, so this sort of problem is just inexcusable and reflects shoddy design.
Bottom line: There are better versions of Scrabble out there for the money (or free, for that matter). And don't even think about this CD version if you've got a laptop and want this game for travel.
Date: 2007-02-23
CD Required...How silly
The game is fine but it will not last very long on my laptop as a CD is required to play the game. This is simply ridiculous. I would not have bought the game if I had known and advise anyone else not to as well.
Date: 2007-02-01
Doesn't Run -Minimal redesign of old product with copy protection
The game does not run without the CD the drive (in this day and age this is ridiculous) - and my copy doesn't run at all. I installed it and played about 3 games. The next day I put the CD in the drive and it wanted to reinstall and the drive kept spinning and spinning. Came out with a copy protection message telling me to I needed the Original CD, contacted the Copy protection people and they tried to help but weren't able to. Now I am stuck with no real way to contact Encore, but I can send the disk back and wait for a replacement in 4 to 6 weeks and see if this helps, which it may not. So I have a useless product, would return for my money back but already submitted for a rebate so am stuck with product that doesn't work.
The game is a very poor redesign of an older version in addition to hokey copy protection software that makes it inoperable
Date: 2007-01-25
Excellent SCRABBLE!
This is a great version of SCRABBLE. I bought one for a friend, also, and we are both delighted with it. I love the dictionary feature, which allows you to look up words by inserting a question mark for the unknown letter, i.e., typing in "?v?" will give a response of all 3-letter words having a "v" as the middle letter. My only complaint is that, although the game is loaded on my computer's hard drive, it is necessary to have the original CD in when you start the game.
Date: 2007-01-18
Don't buy Scrabble Champion for a laptop
This game did not work on my laptop. An earlier version, Scrabble Complete works fine.
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