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Hoyle Official Book of Games: Volume 3

Six board games are transformed to the computer screen in the third Hoyle's release. Snakes & Ladders, Backgammon, Yacht / Yahtzee, Checkers, Dominoes and Pachisi / Parcheesi all feature, with animated…

1 February 1991

Hoyle Official Book of Games: Volume 3 is a card & board game developed by Sierra, released 1 February 1991 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Hoyle Official Book of Games: Volume 3 is

Hoyle Official Book of Games: Volume 3 is a card & board game game developed by Sierra and released in 1991. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Six board games are transformed to the computer screen in the third Hoyle's release. Snakes & Ladders, Backgammon, Yacht / Yahtzee, Checkers, Dominoes and Pachisi / Parcheesi all feature, with animated graphics and sound effects. As there is no time-sensitive action, and the game rules are familiar, these packs were designed to appeal to a wider range of people than most computer games. At least one human player is required - other players can be human or computer. The 18 computer opponents from the first Hoyle's game return, many of them modeled on other Sierra characters such as Larry Laffer, and again some play 'good' and some play 'evil'.
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What it launched against

Hoyle Official Book of Games: Volume 3 launched on 1 February 1991, within three weeks of Lemmings, Sengoku and Wings of Wor.

Released around the same time: Lemmings, Sengoku, Wings of Wor.

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When did Hoyle Official Book of Games: Volume 3 come out?
Hoyle Official Book of Games: Volume 3 was released on 1 February 1991 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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