Ultimate Yahtzee (PC)

GameSpot editors' review

• CNET editors' rating: 3.0 stars Good
  Detailed editors' rating
  Overall score: 6.1 (3.0 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Trent Ward
• Reviewed on: 03/06/1997
• Updated on: 05/02/2000
• Released on: 12/31/1996
• Originally published on GameSpot: Ultimate Yahtzee (PC) Review

Yahtzee. The name immediately brings fond memories to mind for just about everyone. It was only a matter of time before this classic found its way to PC screens, and with Ultimate Yahtzee, Hasbro has delivered not only the venerable dice game to gamers, but also four new variations. If you like dice games, your day has come.

For those of you unfamiliar with Yahtzee, I recommend studying your 'human lifestyles manual' a little harder, or you're sure to be detected for the extraterrestrial you are. For those who really were raised in a cave, here's the rundown: Each player (two to four people are required for a game, but the computer will be glad to fill in any empty spaces) rolls five dice three times in an attempt to create combinations vaguely similar to those found in poker (four of a kind, straight, full house, that sort of thing). The ultimate combo is a 'Yahtzee', or all five dice the same. At the end of the round, all players' scores are added up, and the player with the most points wins. Unlike most board games (Monopoly, Scrabble, Clue) a whole lot of Yahtzee is based entirely on luck, a fact that adds a great deal of excitement to the game while preventing veteran players from kicking the crap out of newbies again and again.

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