Hey Everyone. I just found a rather odd adventure game from KB Toys. It's called Uncle Albert's Mysterious Island. Does anyone know what this is like? It looked to be a decent adventure game, albeit towards the younger audience, but nonetheless, another adventure game. =) I'd greatly appreciate any info. Thanx! =)

I played this and also Uncle Albert's Fabulous Voyage and loved them both. Very creative games and worth playing.

happy trails,

Carolyn

There's a review by Bryansmom of another game in this series -- Uncle Albert's Magical Album. It should give you a flavor for the series.

I think Magical Album was a little different from the other 2. Album was geared more toward the younger set while the other 2 can be somewhat challenging even for some of us more "mature" adventurers.

happy trails,

Carolyn

Oh awesome. Looks like a winner. I'm definitel going to give it a shot. =) Thanx everyone. Once again, you never know what you'll find in stores these days. =)

Just a note--back in 2002 when I wrote that review, I didn't understand a lot about Windows XP. So, when I say that Magical Album wouldn't work for me in XP, that doesn't mean that it won't work for you! I haven't given it a try now that I know about compatibility features and audio and video acceleration, so it is possible that it works in XP and I just don't know it.

I recently found Uncle Albert's Fabulous Voyage and bought it immediately, and I've got it hoarded away in my "to play" pile (notice I didn't say my SON'S "to play" pile)! I love all of the games from this maker. I recently played Alice in Wonderland by Emme, and I was reminded again of the Uncle Albert games; however, I found Uncle Albert to be more difficult than the Alice game. They are similar in nature, though, with live acting and a lot of fun exploration.

Have fun playing your Uncle Albert game, rain2!!

I sure will. =) And yes, there are some problems in getting the game to work properly, but I've got it all solved. I made it run in Win95 compatibility, installed the Quicktime that came with it, and ran the game from the EXE file, not the shortcut; then it all works out fine. =) I had to ignore the "can't find sound card" and had to work around the "CD not in CD-ROM" from the shortcut. =P Took a bit, but it's all good now. =)

Oh yeah....don't run it in high resolution....it's so small, I couldn't see a thing! lol, so I had to run it 640 x 480. =P That was much better. =)

Thank you, Rain2! You ought to give that setup to Inferno! Well done!!

Hey rain2 and Bryansmom...

I have all three games in the series and played Mysterious Island with my nephew (Sandy Sleuth's little boy.) He and I enjoyed the game together, but I think I enjoyed it more than he did. He may have just been humoring me.

Anyway, I couldn't get the photos to show at all in XP...even trying the compatibility mode. Whenever I took the photos they would end up blank. Worked beautifully in 98 though!

So rain2, if you got the game to work in XP, maybe I'll try your setup and see if I can get the game to work.

Cheers...

JK

Hi Jk!
Ya, but he loved "I Spy" And Scooby DOO ALLOT!

Hi Sis!

Didn't we all!!!!

Those "I Spy" games are the best!

Sure wish they'd make more.

So what have you and the Joshster been playing all day?

:kiss:

Hi Jk!
Let's see, cards, Break the Safe, and Clue. He wanted to play the pc game of Clue, but it isn't working right.
I know, i wish they would comeup with more I Spy's, I enjoyed them as much as he does!!
Today though, we are off to the movies!
Ill let ya know how it was!
-Sandy