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Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:18:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 Whiterabbit-uk on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54428 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:07:04 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 54428@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Hi Vicky, Yes, you have to download and install games on the day otherwise you will miss them. Hopefully next year, or maybe earlier, you'll get another oppertunity to get the game as games are repeated. For example Mystrious City Prague was given away originally back in November 08 ten repeated again only a few weeks ago. Regards Whiterabbit Victorianne on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54421 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:55:05 +0000 Victorianne 54421@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ i can't find the download link for this---did i miss it?? Thanks, Vicky crescent on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54414 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:55:10 +0000 crescent 54414@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thank you, Dragonlair- a useful answer as it's applicable to some other programs I've installed too. Dragonlair on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54367 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:23:20 +0000 Dragonlair 54367@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Crescent, If there is no Add/Remove (or Program Updates in Vista), then you simply remove the folder where it was "installed". For programs that are simply expansions of zips, rars or whatever, there is no true "install", just a copy of the files. Therefore, it won't be in the list of programs to remove. crescent on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54361 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:53:34 +0000 crescent 54361@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ How do I uninstall it ? It's not in Add/Remove programs folder ? midori on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54271 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:28:46 +0000 midori 54271@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Lol! I'll be on the lookout for that... and other strange locations. :) Reuben on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54263 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:23:21 +0000 Reuben 54263@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I've played a bit, and it seems so far like a fairly good game. The story is pathetically cliché, however, so and some items are placed in the most ridiculous of positions (I found a mattress in a pool). Reuben on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54262 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:12:05 +0000 Reuben 54262@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks Midori, that worked. midori on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54260 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:47:45 +0000 midori 54260@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Hi, Reuben... it's probably the fact that when you set up a place for it to unload (i.e., mine is: Program Files\GAOTD\whateverthegameis) the name of the last game you downloaded is still there. That's what happens to me. So you just change the name to today's game, and it'll go into that new folder. Hope I'm explaining this right. So it is downloading the right game but into the wrong folder, so change it from \Magic Bricks to \Cairo. Reuben on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54253 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:42:49 +0000 Reuben 54253@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ When I run the Setup.exe for this game, it tries to unpack Magic Bricks (yesterday's game giveaway). Is anyone else having this problem, or does anyone know how to fix it? Whiterabbit-uk on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54242 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:45:53 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 54242@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I was so tired when I posted this mornings mini review that I forgot to complete the sentence: As for today’s giveaway……………. I was of course reviewing the iWin demo which did have a manager. I wasn't sure whether todays giveaway would have one and totally forgot to check it out before I went back to bed. midori on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54241 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:45:29 +0000 midori 54241@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Hi, Suki! You also! Hey, I'm gonna use your tip about the iWin Games Manager. Hate that thing. Lol. Just downloaded a bunch of free "ad" games, and even though I have shortcuts on my desktop, I have to find it again when the manager opens. I think I'll give it the can. *&:-D sukibabe on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54240 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:50:42 +0000 sukibabe 54240@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Hi Whabbit It's easy to get rid of the iWin manager and keep the game! Here is my canned spam from iWin, rofl In order to launch your games without using the iWin Games Manager you'll need to perform the following steps... 1. Go to your "Start" menu in the bottom left of your computer screen. 2. Click 'My Computer' 3. Under Hard Disk Drives click the 'Local Disk (C:)' icon 4. Click the 'Program Files' folder 5. Click the 'iWin.com' folder 6. Open the folder of the game(s) you wish to launch without using the iWin Games Manager. 7. Right click on the file that will state either the game title followed by '.exe' or GameLauncher.exe. Then scroll down and left click on 'Create Shortcut' 8. Drag the new shortcut icon to your desktop. You are free to rename the icon to the game title. You should now be all set to launch your game without use of the iWin Games Manager! Also, you can always go into C: or where you installed to and just drag out the game folder and then uninstall the manager... Hi, Midori! Hope you are all doing well! Suki P.S. I just installed the game to my desktop(that doesn't have iWins's manager on it)and it didn't install the manager or a toolbar... midori on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54239 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:49:05 +0000 midori 54239@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks, Stephen, for your review, and bravo for your patience in explaining to the "chronically disappointed" on the forum the difficulty in obtaining these games. And yep, ads are the alternative. I'm gonna enjoy this one. :) Whiterabbit-uk on "Mysterious City: Cairo: A Review" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5053#post-54238 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:10:16 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 54238@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Today’s game giveaway was only released 2 weeks ago, so we’re getting a new release as opposed to just a new game. It’s the sequel to a previous giveaway Mysterious city: Prague. Some may be concerned that the developer is iWin, who have been notorious for adding ad-ware to their games in the past; however that is only from their free games site and not their commercial arm of the company. I had to install the iWin games manager and also uncheck a box to stop the installation of the iWin toolbar, before I could check out the game play. The use of the games manager is a little disappointing, but worth if for the free game. As for today’s giveaway……………. Edited and added later...... <blockquote>Today’s giveaway is a 54.9Mb download expanding to 60Mb once installed. As usual there are no shortcuts installed with this game and thankfully no iWin games manager. You can find a tutorial for creating shortcuts for both the Start menu and the desktop if you’re not sure how to create one in the games discussion forums. I posted a link to it in yesterdays ‘mini’ review. </blockquote> I’m still recovering from my 5 day marathon download from last weekend so wasn’t really in the mood for spending too long writing reviews, that and other things meant it was too late to write a full review for Sundays giveaway. Hopefully I’ll be back on form next weekend. In the meantime I have attempted to collect together some worthwhile external reviews of the game (though there aren’t many yet due to the game being new) <blockquote>Welcome to Mysterious City: Cairo, where you join your beloved professor in on an Egyptian quest to find three ancient artifacts. The pieces went missing and appear to have been stolen on their way to the museum in Alexandria. Hunt for hidden objects and uncover the clues the thieves left behind, piece together what happened, and return the lost treasure to Mysterious City: Cairo. </blockquote> <a href="http://www.iwin.com/games/mysterious-city-cairo">Reference accessed Fri 3rd April 2009</a> Features: · 25 scenes to explore · 4 challenging mini-games · Un-lockable wallpapers · Relaxed mode System Requirements (minimum) Windows XP/Vista 750 MHz processor 256 MB RAM 32 MB Video RAM 67 MB free disc space <ul> <blockquote>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- </blockquote> </ul> Reviews worth reading: <a href="http://www.gamezebo.com/games/mysterious-city-cairo/review">Read Gamezebo’s full review HERE</a> <a href="http://www.gamezebo.com/games/mysterious-city-cairo/user-reviews"> Read user comments HERE </a> <a href="http://www.gamemile.com/game_review/windows/view/The_Mysterious_City_Cairo/">Read Gamemile’s full review HERE </a> <ul> <blockquote>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- </blockquote> </ul> Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbhCSOR7-eI">Watch Video of Game Play HERE</a> Googled Images: <a href="http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=The+Mysterious+City%3A+Cairo&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=">See Googled images of Mysterious Island: Cairo HERE</a> <ul> <blockquote>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- </blockquote> </ul> Conclusion I only played the game for a short time but can say apart from the images this is much like its predecessor, Mysterious City: Prague. If you liked that you’ll like this one. The only notable difference between today’s offering and Prague is the addition of the relaxed mode, that although still timed, gives you a generous amount of time (100minute) to complete your levels. The game is definitely worth keeping if you’re a collector of Hidden Object games, though in my opinion it’s not amongst the best I’ve seen, though it will still be a keeper for me. I’d give this game 7 out of 10 for family fun and game play. ===================================================================== Other Games: The only place I’ve seen free Hidden Object games is from the Gamehouse site but those games are ad supported. They put up a new game every day, so you probably wouldn’t have long to wait for a hidden objects game. The ad’s are pretty innocuous, varying from less than 20 to up to 30 seconds in length, and can occur every few levels to only once per session.: <a href="http://www.gamehouse.com">Get free full version Ad supported games HERE </a>