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The best old-time war games ever!

by Joshua and Zachery Gaberel

 

Age of Empires BoxI do not have the full version but I have a sample I got for free at a DACS meeting.

AGE OF THE EMPIRES is a game that takes place sometime B.C around the Mediterranean Sea.

You start in the caveman era and gradually move on to higher civilizations, making cities and large armies. Then you come to the Greek ages and you fight. You have to fight smart, or the land that you built and conquered will be burned to the ground. You can also fight with ships in the Mediterranean Sea.

You can make huts, archery ranges, fishing galleons, and boats and walls to protect your city. You can also lay siege to some of the cities, and then you can get your priest to change the buildings
into one of your own buildings: this is cool because you do not have to cut down wood to do it yourself.

You can also start battles with big armies in a pre-made city. These battles are fast moving, and you can lose a large part of your army. But that’s okay because you can build a whole new army since a
city can supply you with lots of men to serve in it. You can fight, but if you run out of meat to feed your soldiers, you cannot make any more armies to protect your city. Then the enemy can take over the city and that is the end of your empire.

Motocross Madness BoxMOTOCROSS MADNESS The best two-wheel game ever.

In this awesome game, you can do tricks and jumps on motorcycles, or just ride as fast as you like. You can pick out different bikes and also repair them after they have been beaten. You can also pick up your own riders and bikes. In this trial version, you can pick two different trails, a quarry
trail or just jump in the mountains and desert, and a race trail. The way you win in the race trail
is to go as fast as you can without falling down, racing your competitors to the finish line. In the quarry you have to jump and put up your legs or have your arms behind your back and land safely. This is how you get points and win these games. During a fall, the driver falls separately from the motorbike.

Monster Truck Madness 2 BoxMONSTER TRUCK MADNESS 2 In this impressive game, you can race on paved roads and on dirt roads. You can even pick your own monster trucks, Executioner, Firestone Wilderness, Snake
Bite, and the Stinger. You can race them in snow, sleet, hail, and rain, and when a truck has a problem, you can go to a garage and get it repaired. You can race against other people. This game is action packed. You can run over cows, utility poles, and fences, which I think makes it the best “crash-into” I have ever played.


JOSHUA and ZACHERY GABEREL are the sons of DACS Assistant Webmaster and publicity director Marlene Gaberel. They wrote these reviews after playing the sample games they received from Microsoft at the last meeting.

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