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Dinosaur Puzzles

Type of Program: Jigsaw Puzzle Game
Supported Platforms: Windows 3.1/95
Company Name: Cascoly Software
Version: 1.04
Price: $20
Installed Size: 2.11MB

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Dinosaur Puzzles is a jigsaw puzzle game. When you click new you choose a puzzle and the number of pieces (2-100 in the shareware version or 2-2,000 in the registered version) then it shows you the picture and then mixes up the pieces. The pieces are square. You then try to put the pieces in the correct place using the mouse. You left click on a piece to select it then you move to where you think it goes and right click. If you place a piece in the right place you will get a sound. Once a piece is in the correct place you can't accidentally move it and it makes a sound when you click on it. The sounds can be edited by changing the name of the sound you want to use to the name of the sound you want to replace. Directions for changing sound files are given in help.

There is a Hall of Fame for your high scores. You can also save the puzzle in progress to work on it at a later time. Scores are based on the number of moves you made, and the number of pieces involved. You lose points for looking at the image and automatic placement. You can use the toolbar to Display/Hide Help, Display/Hide Grid, Show only the pieces that remain to be placed, Show only correctly placed pieces, Move the correct piece to the location you have selected, Move the piece you have selected to the correct location, and Hide the toolbar. Hitting Escape will exit the game after giving you the option to save the puzzle you are currently working on.

The shareware version has a 30 day evaluation period. Registering the program will give you more dinosaur pictures (the shareware version only has 2). It also includes a program that will let you change windows bmp files to puzzle files and gives you a discount on additional puzzles and Cascoly puzzle programs. You can register via a secure server online, email, telephone, or snail mail. You can get all 5 Puzzle sets (Dinosaur, Space, Civil War, Egypt, and Geography on CD for $29.95.

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Reviewed by Zonia J. Heath zonia@oio.net


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