The Game of Life CD-Rom

For Windows, I remember playing Game of Life CD-Rom which was released in 1998. The Game of Life CD-Rom was a board game produced by Hasbro Interactive(now defunct).

Game of Life CD-Rom plays like any Game of Life game for the 90's as you start off choosing between college or career. Choosing college will get you not only a choice of three careers and salaries to choose from but also a couple careers that require college. You start off with $10,000 and choosing college would put you in debt but you would easily pay off that debt even before you get married. There are three stops needed to be made regardless of spinner and if the spaces left to these mandatory stops are less than the spinner, you will stop and then spin again. The only three requiring mandatory stops are "Job Search" "GET MARRIED" and "Buy a House". Some spaces will get you life tiles which will accumulate to cash at retirement, possibly giving you victory. Each player can get money from other players depending on space landed and career chosen. A travel agent for example will take $20,000 from any player who lands on "Move Across Country" and Accountants for example would collect money from any player landing on "Taxes Due".

You can buy insurance for your house and car and you can even buy stocks. If you land on something damaging your house or car and you're insured, you will not lose any money. Once you get married and buy a house, you have opportunities to land on Baby Boy or Girl or Twins, giving you children. The Game of Life is supposed to emulate the average American life such as getting married, having children, getting a career, and becoming wealthy enough by retirement plus many other lifetime events. This game has done exactly that. I also have sometimes used the Game of Life for deciding the life my sims in The Sims 2 will live.

As for effects, I really liked the 3D and still comic style flashcards for most spaces landed on. You start off with a 50's car, then will progress into the 2000's. With every passing decade brings a new car. You can play with up to 5 other players, either person or computer opponents.

The Game of Life CD-Rom is a memorable video game adaption of an amazing board game.