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Game Information
- Platform: Nintendo DS
- BBFC Rating:
Suitable for 12 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 12. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 12 years of age or over. - Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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Product Features
- Simple entry level and various degrees of difficulty
- 100 addictive and intuitive levels
- Unique combination of puzzle elements and resources management mechanic
- 20 historical sites from five eras to build
- Gather gold, building materials and food to construct the city of Rome
- Collect great bonus items reminiscent of ancient Roman mythology to use throughout the game
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Cradle of Rome perfectly marries puzzle elements and resource management mechanics in a highly addictive, easy to pick-up-and-play format for the Nintendo DS casual gamer.
The official Nintendo DS version of the best-selling casual game of 2007, Cradle of Rome perfectly combines addictive puzzle gameplay with an engaging resource management mechanic. Completing each game board provides access to new resources required to construct the city of Rome. The combination of these two elements offers an added layer of complexity which contributes to its continued success in the PC download market.
Product Description
Build the heart of the Ancient Roman Empire and become the Emperor! Welcome to the birth of the Roman Empire where players re-create the legendary city of old using a unique variation of the much-loved Match-3 puzzle mechanic. Gather resources (wood, tools, gold, etc) by matching rows of 3 or more and obtain as many as you can before the time runs out. The more you gather, the faster you can build the city. Start with a lowly saw mill and progress to gain access to historical monuments such as the Arch of Titus, the Temples of Venus and Saturn and eventually the mighty Coliseum. A vast array of bonus tools adds even more incentive to continue the game for as long as possible. Unlocking these tools not only makes clearing the board easier, but also increases the opportunity to gather more resources, gold, and treasure!
- 100 mind-bending levels
- 20 historical sites from five eras to build
- Combine secret bonus tools to achieve your goals faster
- Multiple gameplay modes for various degrees of difficulty
- Players set the pace of the game through building, unlocking and "Relax Mode"
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
A great game for making you sit still when you are ill. This is a simple to follow game that should appeal to people of all ages who like myself can't handle the frustration of platform type games. Match three games are more for me. I even found my 86 year old uncle playing it! You can put the game down for a couple of days and restart where you left off without having to repeat your last three of four levels which happens in many computer games. It becomes more difficult with each level and you can easily run out of time if you are not quick but I've played all levels twice now without getting bored. Very similar to Jewel quest which I love as well.
67 of 70 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Yes it's only jewel matching. Yes the "Rome building" aspect of this doesn't add anything to he experience. Yes you've played it for free on the internet...
but with 100 different puzzles it is still good value and very, very addictive in a "just one more round" sort of way.
One major complaint though, which has been picked up on various other review sites, is that the stylus control is sometimes a bit iffy which is incredibly frustrating towards the later levels when time is of the essence and you find "jewels" flying all around the screen in unintended directions (ooh err missus!)
but with 100 different puzzles it is still good value and very, very addictive in a "just one more round" sort of way.
One major complaint though, which has been picked up on various other review sites, is that the stylus control is sometimes a bit iffy which is incredibly frustrating towards the later levels when time is of the essence and you find "jewels" flying all around the screen in unintended directions (ooh err missus!)
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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I loved this game and couldn't put it down until i completed all 100 levels starts off dead easy but gets a bit harder towards the end. Have started from the beginning again....totally addictive!
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Cradle of Rome, highly addictive and frustratingly good
I am not your usual 'game player'. I bought myself a DS lite recently and had played professor layton on it and loved that. Read more
Published 3 months ago by C. Jenner
Keeps her occupied :o)
I bought this for my wife to compliment the Cradle of Egypt game she already had. Seeing as her nose is constantly buried into her DSi, I can only assume that all is well, and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by R. J. Ramsay
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If you like things like bejeweled, you will love Cradle of Rome. It's a match three game but with the incentive of each level bringing you closer to becoming Emperor of Rome! Read more
Published 8 months ago by M. Seedat
Great fun!
Totally addictive. Great when I'm on the exercise bike. Thought I'd only been pedalling for twenty minutes but it was actually over half an hour! Read more
Published 10 months ago by Sarah
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Have already got Cradle of Egypt and thought this would be as good, however when you click on one symbol it takes the one next to it away some of the time, and this can be so... Read more
Published 11 months ago by jo
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I have played this game on my laptop and enjoyed it , now i have it for my nintendo and also very good, music, graphics all good, you just want to keep playing.
Published 12 months ago by pam
addiction
this is addictive and my husband and myself are seeing who can complete it first. we spend hours playing it.a very easy game to play. it wiles away the hours. brilliant.
Published 13 months ago by meg
addicted
I borrowed this game from a friend and was so good i bought my own copy. Once you start playing it you become addicted and cant put it down. Read more
Published 13 months ago by skeddy
Just love the Jewel Quest games
Building up a good collection of these games. I was recommended to this game and can say I was not disappointed.
Published 14 months ago by Rydal
addictive
Just getting into DSi games so trying different formats. I would say this is one that keeps you playing as addictive in repeating same actions to pass levels. Read more
Published 14 months ago by gardener
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