In Time For The Olympics, A Vancouver-based Hidden Objects Game – Big City Adventure Vancouver
Big City Adventure™ Vancouver
Announcement/Availability Date: Jan. 28, 2010
Price: $19.95 (Collector’s Edition); $6.99 (Standard Edition)
Web Site: www.bigfishgames.com
(http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/7162/big-city-adventure-vancouver-collectors-edition/index.html)
Product Overview:
New from Jolly Bear Games and available exclusively at Big Fish Games, the Collector’s Edition of Big City Adventure Vancouver invites you to head to Canada – just in time for the Olympic spotlight to shine on this beautiful city! Choose a character and explore Vancouver as you search for thousands of cleverly hidden items and uncover fascinating facts about the city and its history. Plus, earn mementos from the 46 Vancouver-area scenes you’ll visit, including Stanley Park, False Creek, Gastown, West End, and Whistler. Big City Adventure Vancouver features more than 130 rounds of hidden objects and mini-games, promising hours of fun.
Key Features:
• Exclusive to the Collector’s Edition:
o Concept art, desktop wallpapers, screensaver, music files, winter sports venue tour
o Context-sensitive walkthrough
o Achievements (e.g. completion of a scene without clicking on the wrong object)
o Bonus adventure game that starts in Rome and takes you around Europe
• Discover fascinating and obscure facts about Vancouver as you earn mementos and 69 different postcards.
• Thousands of hidden objects – Ever-changing lists of objects to find means you can replay the game and have a brand new experience each time.
• 137 rounds of fun:
o 69 rounds of treasure hunting
o Additional 68 rounds of mini-games that guide you to your next destination
• Bobsled Run;
• Load the Sleigh
• Match-2
• Word Search
• Event Planner
• Totems
• Jigsaw Puzzles
• Beautiful art design and sound, including an overhead view of Vancouver and the surrounding mountains.
• High score lists let you challenge your friends and family to beat your score. Or even play again and try to beat your own score; the hidden objects will be different every time you play.
• Two play modes: timed mode or relaxed mode if you don’t feel like being rushed.
• Hints: If you get stuck, there are six types of Bonus Coins to help you uncover the hidden items (hint, fast forward, two types of time bonus and two types of score bonus).
• Skip: Earn Skip Coins as you play to skip any mini-games you find too challenging.
Specifications:
Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
Processor speed: 500 MHz
RAM: 256 MB
Graphics Card: Any (32+ MB recommended)
Sound Card: Any DirectX-compatible sound card
DirectX: 3 or better (DirectX 7+ recommended)
Hard Drive (uncompressed): 50 MB
An interview with the developers is available to read on the Big Fish blog – http://www.bigfishgames.com/blog/big-city-adventure-offers-virtual-tour-of-vancouver-bc/.
