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This game starts off during the great gold rush in California. You're a young guy, named Jerrod who has a good job, a satisfied boss and a nice house. However, you still are determined to go look for gold in California. There's a man in town who sells boat tickets to go to California at the prices of 650 and 900 dollars. But this is an adventure, so you've already guessed it, you have only 15 dollars!
Well, it's up to you to find out how to get in California and maybe you can fullfill his wish to see his brother Jake again. |
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That would be great, wouldn't it? Re-uniting 2 computer game characters! How touching...
Anyway, the graphics are not really special, just the basic graphics for a game of its time, gameplay is fine, sounds are, well, annoying and the addictivity is more that average.
It's quite an interesting plot to play and I must say, you can replay it. |
| Reviewer: Abandon5000 |
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Gold Rush is a game that is made to be in 1948 right before the California gold rush began. The man you are playing with is Jerrod Wilson, a Brooklyn newspaperman who is on a long long trip to meet his long lost brother in Sacramento.
There are several differnt ways to travel. I like the stage coach; it is the cheapest and the one that is always available to you. There is also a lot of things you get to do: you can meet native americans and wild animals; there are some very unruley oxens along the way; you can also travel on a very very big ship to panama where you are faced with treacherous swamps and jungles; travel on foot where you are faced with malaria and crocodiles; and accros a desert. Which ever path you choose to take, whether it be the stage coach or the very very long trip around the Cape Horn, you will come across different adventures, some of which include storms and scurys where you must brave the stormy weather.
Once you get to California --on whatever path you took-- the puzzle will start to come together; you will then start to look for your brother and you have to avoid bandits.
I love this game; it is full of different things to do. There is always something to keep you entertained and looking for more and coming back for more as well. This game could be for all ages and the game itself is very family oriented. There are not a lot of games out there today that all members of the family can play, whether you are 8 or 80.
This game will not be too harsh compared with the games today... with the killing and drug dealing; we need some good old fashioned games that teach kids there is more to life then bad things. I tip my hat to the creator of this game. He has taken a very imporant part of our history and has turned it into a very fun and very exciting game where you get the best of both worlds. The education foundation on the game is just as important as the game itself lets kids see how life used to be when there was no tv, radio, ipods, computers, or cell phones when life was hard and you had to work hard for everything. They get to see all different parts oft the U.S. including the swamps, jungles, ocean or just good ole California. I would give this game a five star rating. |
| Reviewer: Kristina200618 |
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