ONLY HALF OF THE GAMES WORK
579899
<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Encore-Software-Hoyle-Puzzle-Board-Games-2012-AMR/dp/B005BLAJRC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Encore Software Hoyle Puzzle Board Games 2012 AMR</a>&nbsp;THE BOARD GAMES WILL LOAD BUT NOT THE SOLITAIRE EVEN THOUGH AN ICON IS ON MY DESK TOP. WINDOWS SAYS IT IS NOT RESPONDING AND TRIES TO FIND A SOLUTION. APPARENTLY SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT WITH THE PROGRAM. NOT WORTH WHAT I PAID FOR IT
2769851
Don't work with My games. Build quality is good.
2667158
We were so excited to get our cubes today in time for a long holiday week.  But one of my kids played them and said "they didn't work".  So I (mom) played them and it mostly worked (1-2 words just wouldn't allow me to score).  But then the game had more and more flaws the longer we kept playing....The next time it wouldn't show my score...Then the next time all the cubes wouldn't restart a new game at the end.

So we did a hard reboot (off and restart each cube) and we again noticed that there is a pattern of words that do not "count".

When that game was over, the cubes held a weird design and the on-off switch wouldn't even turn them on or off at this point.

So, I have to rate this game a 1 even though it could potentially  be really fun if you have a set that works.  I guess this is the trade-off for purchasing a game that relies on technology.

Just trying to save some heart-ache if you are buying for a christmas game.  You might want to open the package and try them out before giving as a present!
1165174
Half of them don't work. I ordered a month and half ago to use for Christmas and just pulled them out to use to find out that only after having them on for a few minutes half are out.  It's too late to return.
1160118
This is a fairly cheap price, just over 10 bucks, for a number of games. The first 5 games I couldn't play on my windows 8 or updated windows 10. That said, 7 games were playable. Not exciting games but for less than $2 apiece, not bad.
3541462
Only about 25 out of the 100 worked. My kids were pretty disappointed when we had to go through each one by one and throw most of them away. I would not buy again.
4917292
Having a major problem with these DVDs, the first half of the pack worked great, now half way through, one in five DVDs works, I am VERY DISAPPOINTED...and of course it is past the time to return the pack...just keep tossing them out, as they do not work!
3802723
Haven't really gotten into it that much, however, the games I have played are nothing like playing them on a full screen computer.  The games will suddenly freeze up and then I have to wait for 5 to 10 minutes to continue.  Also, to combat this, I discovered that if I turn the device sideways it will work, but needless to say, doing that is rather inconvenient.
3075205
The games are fun but all of the discs don't work quite right, either the screen is black and you have to guess where to click next or it messes with my home screen when I try to end it with task manager.. I have Windows 7 and I'm sure anyone else who purchases it has 7 or later so I'm sure this will be a problem with most of the computers if it is a compatibility issue. I did have the little bear game before and it stated it was for Windows 98 and so that may be so. 98/XP are basically obsolete so purchase at your risk I guess. Worth trying if it's a good deal- as they are fun for my kids to play- my preschool and 1st grader would spend hours with them if I'd let them.
3961070
I received the game and it's missing pieces to play the game.
1222057
Lacking a great deal of things, still need at least another $150 in stuff just to be able to play a real game.
4321925
Sadly, most of your games won't recognize/detect this gamepad, which is a shame because it's a fine product. I have a little over 100 games on my Steam account and never got any of them to recognize this device.
1045090
I expected a fully working game... This one isn't working fully.
All of my other game cube games save on my memory card ive never had a problem with it... THIS one every time i save its corrupted and i have to restart everytime I put the disk in. No point in having a game you cant build up and get better at if you cant save your files. It also has frozen for a few seconds in game.

Hopefully I can get a replacement or something. As for now its wasted money.
1643785
Since the price is so good I buy these almost knowing that at least half of them with not work and this was the case. Still worth the price but frustrating.
3231169
Mortal Kombat 3 special moves do NOT work... weird!

I've tried a lot of games on an SD card and was surprised how many didn't load, even as NTSC games.

Although this is a REALLY fun device, I can't heartily recommend at this time.

The sound kills it... everything is playing sour notes/wrong key.
1458199
Purchased this game and 3 others.  Only 1 works, and I already have older games on my pc so it is the games I purchased.
3966995
I ordered  4 of these total, a few of them I have had issues with charging, and I had to send one back due to the screen being damaged. Once I got the replacement, that worked fine, but now it is not updating all of the games that we have purchased under my parent account.
Seems like a hit or miss for the refurbished ones.