Amazon.com Create universal wonder in Spore, an exciting new simulation game that lets you develop your own personal universe. Work your way through five evolutionary phases, including Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization and Space, that offer unique challenges, thrills and goals. For example, you can start in Cell and nurture one species from a simple aquatic organism all the way until it becomes a sentient life form. Or you can jump right in and begin building tribes and civilizations on multiple planets. What you do with your universe is totally up to you.The powerful creation tools of Spore are easy to use, allowing you to effortlessly design every aspect of your universe. Creatures, vehicles, building and even starships are all within your grasp. While Spore is a single-player game, your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, offering a nearly limitless number of worlds to visit and enjoy. You can also go online to view the incredible things other players have made and can even pull those items into your universe. Spore gives you the chance to make worlds and beings that evolve, grow and delight you every step of the way.
SPORE GALACTIC EDITION
'Making of Spore' DVD video
'How to Build a Better Being' DVD video by National Geographic Channel
'The Art of Spore' hardback mini-book
Fold-out Spore poster
Premium 100-page Galactic Handbook
SPORE CREATURE CREATOR
Finally all that hard work creating the perfect being can be put to good use. Import creatures that you created with the Spore Creature Creator and watch them live, breath and thrive in the full version of Spore.
TAKE YOUR SPORE ONLINE
While Spore is a single player game, your creations and other players’ creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play within. Internet Connection Required.
Minimum System Requirements
This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems (PowerMac)
PC Minimum - Windows XP/Vista
6 GB Hard Drive Space
2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
768 MB RAM
128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
Mac Minimum - Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard or higher
4.7GB Hard Drive Space
Intel Core Duo Processor
1024 MB RAM
ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100
REVIEW
It doesn't work I am going to make this short and sweet. If you are able to get the game to install properly and can play it, it's lots of fun. Very entertaining. However, it's amazing to me that after spending $70 on the Spore Galactic Edition and the Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, and wasting more than ten hours trying to install and run, the only version of the game I can get to run on my computer is a pirated copy I downloaded out of frustration!
So much for being an honest individual. I could have saved myself $70 and ten hours of my life I'll never get back. Thanks, EA.
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Well, I am a very stubborn individual and just couldn't stop trying to install the game. I'm not a fan of having pirated software floating around my hard drive. So, I did some very creative variations on the uninstall/install process on my Mac. I FIXED THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING.
After you uninstall, try shutting down and UNPLUGGING THE POWER CABLE from the computer for a minute, then rebooting and installing Spore. (I installed Spore, then the Creepy & Cute Pack, then ran Spore and let it update itself as it pleased. The game works great now, and hooray, it's a legal copy!
It sounds like Spore leaves information in the system's RAM under certain circumstances, and creates installation errors. By unplugging the power, you clear out the RAM completely and Spore installs cleanly...just a theory. ;)
I hope this helps some of you, who are stuck on splash screens or black screens or run out of sound halfway through the game!
Amazon.comCreate universal wonder in Spore, an exciting new simulation game that lets you develop your own personal universe. Work your way through five evolutionary phases, including Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization and Space, that offer unique challenges, thrills and goals. For example, you can start in Cell and nurture one species from a simple aquatic organism all the way until it becomes a sentient life form. Or you can jump right in andbegin building tribes and civilizations on multiple planets. What you do with your universe is totally up to you.
The powerful creation tools of Spore are easy to use, allowing you to effortlessly design every aspect of your universe. Creatures, vehicles, building and even starships are all within your grasp. While Spore is a single-player game, your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, offering a nearly limitless number of worlds to visit and enjoy. You can also go online to view the incredible things other players have made and can even pull those items into your universe. Spore gives you the chance to make worlds and beings that evolve, grow and delight you every step of the way.
SPORE CREATURE CREATOR
Finally all that hard work creating the perfect being can be put to good use. Import creatures that you created with the Spore Creature Creator and watch them live, breath and thrive in the full version of Spore.
TAKE YOUR SPORE ONLINE
While Spore is a single player game, your creations and other players’ creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs, providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play within. Internet Connection Required.
Minimum System Requirements
This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems (PowerMac)
PC Minimum - Windows XP/Vista
2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
512 MB RAM/768 MB RAM
128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
The latest version of DirectX 9.0c
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
At least 4 GB of hard drive space, with at least 1 GB additional space for creations
Mac Minimum - Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard or higher
Intel Core Duo Processor
1024 MB RAM
ATI X1600 or NVIDIA 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100
At least 4 GB of hard drive space, with at least 1 GB additional space for creations
This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems (PowerMac), or the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards
For computers using built-in graphics chipsets under Windows, the game requires at least:
Intel Integrated Chipset, 945GM or above
2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
768 MB RAM
REVIEW
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME HUGE BUG PROBLEMS CRASHES I was really enjoying this game, but then EA started releasing patches, and now it crashes like crazy. I've tried re-installing, which got rid of my saved games, and I've looked for tech. help to no avail. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME
The Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack provides more than 100 new creature-building components themed in two distinct styles?charming, cartoon-esque creatures and scary, monster-like creatures. Including body parts, paint options, animations, backgrounds and more, Spore Creepy & Cute allows users of Spore or the retail version of the Spore Creature Creator to give their creatures distinct personalities like never before.
REVIEW
Biggest software disappointment ever I bought Spore Creature Creator and Spore as soon as they were available. At first, I loved them both and played frequently. Then patch 1.1 for the Mac was released. I installed it and was told to reinstall the software. I did. Then upon launch was told to install the patch. I did again and again it prompted me to reinstall from the disc. I went through this procedure with both programs on both my Macs and got the same thing. An endless loop of install - reinstall! Fine Ithought, I won't install the patch. Then I got Creepy & Cute from a friend as a gift - upon starting it looks as if it is installing patches, but then it stopped and said I would need to reinstall the software from the disc!!!! EA support is the worse so there is no way to get direct help for the problem.
I'm fed up. The game is no longer fun, these hassles have ruined my initial appreciation.
SPORE Creature Creator is a powerful yet easy-to-use creation tool that anyone with a PC and a mouse can enjoy. With a simple drag-and-drop interface, you can assemble your creature from a wide range of parts. How do you feel about tentacles? Why only two eyes? Pull and stretch those parts exactly as you choose, then paint your creature with unique colors and patterns—this truly unprecedented levelof flexibility lets you make a limitless number of fun creatures. Bring those creatures to life—see how they dance, strike a pose, and much more. In just a few minutes, anyone can easily make incredible animated creatures. You can share your favorites with friends using simple built-in tools, then visit the SPORE website and look at all the other cool creatures your friends and people all around the world are making—and then pull them into your SPORE Creature Creator and play with them! What you create is entirely up to you—with SPORE, the only limit is your imagination.
Key Features
BUILD using 228 drag-and-drop, flexible parts – is it fashion, function, or fashunction?
PAINT with unique patterns, make your creature stand out in a crowd
PLAY with your creature as it comes to life with dances, poses, and emotions
SHARE using built-in snapshot and video tools—make your creature a star.
Creature Creator for SPORE
Spore, the highly anticipated game from the creators of The Sims™, gives players their own personal universe in a box. Create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe created by other gamers. Spore gives players a wealth of creative tools to customize nearly every aspect of their universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even UFOs. Players can then seamlessly share their creations with the world or explore infinite new galaxies created by other gamers.
Create Your Creature View Image
Paint with Unique Textures View Image
REVIEW
horrible This game is not worth the money, if anything buy the real spore game and have some real fun, this game does not let you do anything. DONT BUY!!!!!!!
Amazon.comThe third game in the Fallout series, Fallout 3 is a singleplayer action role-playing game (RPG) set in a post-apocalyptic Washington DC. Combining the horrific insanity of the Cold War era theory of mutually assured destruction gone terribly wrong, with the kitschy naivety of American 1950s nuclear propaganda, Fallout 3 will satisfy both players familiar with the popular first two games in its series as well as those coming to the franchise for the first time.
The Story: Vault 101 – Jewel of the Wastes For 200 years, Vault 101 , a fallout shelter, has faithfully served the surviving residents of Washington DC and its environs, now known as the Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from the constant stress of the outside world. Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants are all no match for superior Vault-Tec engineering. Yet one fateful morning, you awake to find that your father has defied the Overseer and left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you've ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father, and the truth.
Key Features:
Limitless Freedom! – Take in the sights and sounds of the vast Capital Wasteland! See the great monuments of the United States lying in post-apocalyptic ruin! You make the choices that define you and change the world. Just keep an eye on your Rad Meter!
Experience S.P.E.C.I.A.L.! – Vault-Tec engineers bring you the latest in human ability simulation – the SPECIAL Character System! Utilizing new breakthroughs in points-based ability representation, SPECIAL affords unlimited customization of your character. Also included are dozens of unique skills and perks to choose from, each with a dazzling variety of effects!
Fantastic New Views! – The wizards at Vault-Tec have done it again! No longer constrained to just one view, experience the world from 1st or 3rd person perspective. Customize your view with the touch of a button!
The Power of Choice! – Feeling like a dastardly villain today, or a Good Samaritan? Pick a side or walk the line, as every situation can be dealt with in many different ways. Talk out your problems in a civilized fashion, or just flash your Plasma Rifle.
Blast 'Em Away With V.A.T.S.! –Even the odds in combat with the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System for your Pip-Boy Model 3000! V.A.T.S. allows you to pause time in combat, target specific body parts on your target, queue up attacks, and let Vault-Tec take out your aggression for you. Rain death and destruction in an all-new cinematic presentation featuring gory dismemberments and spectacular explosions.
Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence! – At Vault-Tec, we realize that the key to reviving civilization after a global nuclear war is people. Our best minds pooled their efforts to produce an advanced version of Radiant AI, America's First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results by the latest in Vault-Tec technology.
Eye-Popping Prettiness! – Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics. From the barren Wasteland, to the danger-filled offices and metro tunnels of DC, to the hideous rotten flesh of a mutant's face.
System Requirements:
Minimum Specifications:
Recommended Specifications:
OS:
Windows XP/Vista
Processor:
2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
Intel Core 2 Duo processor
RAM:
XP: 1GB System RAM Vista: 2GB System RAM
2 GB System RAM
Video Card:
Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better)
NvidiaDirect X 9.0ccompliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series)
Supported Video Card Chipsets:
NVIDIA GeForce Series 200, 9800, 9600, 8800, 8600, 8500, 8400, 7900, 7800, 7600, 7300, 6800; ATI HD Series 4800, 4600, 3800, 3600, 3400, 2900, 2600, 2400; ATI Series X1900, X1800, X1600, X1300, and X850
REVIEW
The Worthy Successor (Almost) Let's go through the little tchotchkes inclused with the Exclusive Survival Edition:
1. PipBoy 3000 Clock. For a unit that functions as just a clock (no alarm capacity), you'd think they would include an AC adapter plug. Otherwise, even if it works on startup (mine did, no tinfoil additions necessary), the battery life is very short--4 days even with high-grade Energizer lithium batteries. For that, Bethesda should be ashamed to include a cruddy add-on (and Amazon.Com being an accomplice to this, marketing an extra $50 for an object barely worth $5). No points for thise shameless attempt to wring out a few extra dollars from loyal fans. Next time, Amazon.Com, expect to lose money because you helped shaft a loyal fanbase.
2. The Other Add-Ons. The rest is a fairly decent group of extras for this game--artwork, development DVD, and the lunchbox was good even if it is smaller than a standard lunchbox. The bobblehead is also slightly smaller, but it's still a decent extra. Had I but known, I would have bought the Collector's Edition only and considered it a great deal.
3. The Game. There has been a lot of verbal shooting about the game and its license developed by Bethesda, as well as the worries about the path it's taken--"OBLIVION WITH GUNS," or "NOTHING LIKE THE FIRST TWO GAMES," and the like.
Does it live up to the hype? Personally, it does the best it can.
The VATS system does effectively handle the effect of tactical combat as opposed to the FPS run-and-gun combat, but the fact that you have a CHOICE that seems fairly seamless whichever way you cut it is a credit to the game. It's a gutsy move that paid off, IMHO.
The developers recognized that after 200 years, there would be more vegetation, but kept the bare rock and dust and barren wasteland look in order to hold to the FALLOUT aesthetic. In that way, it has succeeded. This is a terrible place that still bears the scars of what was humanity's most insane act, the choice to "GO NUKES," and the environment shows the remains of a civilization that was, to some degree, caught off-guard--a baseball field with bases and bats still in place, skeletons in bathtubs of houses in blasted ghost towns. Life is a hardscrabble existence where even the enemies look starved and/or damaged. (At least the inhabitants don't look prematurely aged like they did in OBLIVION.)
And the storyline? Well-written, fairly well-thought out, including a couple of twists and turns that are purely FALLOUT. The ending was, I think, a little forced, but it was also a gutsy risk. It might have been a little clearer about why there were so few choices, but otherwise, not bad.
The real thrill is the Wasteland itself--a reporter named Jimmy Breslin had a well-used and famous saying about New York, that "there are 8 million stories in the naked city," and there seems to be almost as many in each and every location, and there are a LOT of them. And there are no simple throwaway location, just to provide filler--each is compelling on its own--a diner right out of a horror movie, experiments going hideously wrong in relatively unassuming places, and quiet little hamlets holding unspeakable secrets. You get the chance to see all of the available locations at level 20 (the cap) and my personal advice is to snag THAT perk when it becomes available, just so you can see what you missed!
Is this FALLOUT? I believe it is--it uses the current technology, a compelling storyline, takes a few chances with gameplay (without any hiccups) and helps you believe that this is the inevitable result of humanity's ability to destroy. What is also here is the freedom you had in the other FALLOUT games--the ability to kill anyone you wanted, even if it was counter productive. (Not something for the sociopathic, but not being forced to lower your gun while you talk to someone can be a plus.)
End result--BUY THIS GAME. Fallout fans--BUY THIS GAME NOW.
But DO NOT BUY THE SURVIVAL EDITION. The COLLECTOR'S EDITION is plenty.
