Genius [Old Version]

3.4 3.4 out of 5 stars | 15 ratings

Price: 9.99

Last update: 11-02-2024


About this item

Complex strategy game based on real people and discoveries
Take a start-up company to a massive multi-national conglomerate
Over 40 types of buildings; stunning real-time 3-D graphics
Solve and apply 100+ challenging physics puzzles
5 locations around the globe; excellent replay value

Top reviews from the United States

Spencer
5.0 out of 5 stars Great game; I love it 100%
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2016
Great game; I love it 100%! And the product was well packaged, with no marks or scuffs not mentioned in the description. Great seller!
Pratik
1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't work properly! Don't buy!
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2017
The screen freezes when I click on the building with the light bulb on it. I tried running in compatibility mode but still faced the same problem. The game can't be played without this basic functionality.
Diane
3.0 out of 5 stars Great but only for a real genius
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2007
We purchased this product for our (advanced) 5th grade son. We did so, since this came up under a search for childrens' software. We did not see any age range anywhere. Well...he loves the concepts, but the physics that needs to be done is not only above his head, but mine as well! The first few problems we had no difficulty with, then we hit a wall.
Great game, just be aware this is for those in High School and up!
Pat the Man
4.0 out of 5 stars Hard but driving
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2007
What drives people? Challenge and this game has plenty. Translated from German to English some parts are still in German. The beginning parts are easy enough, 2 times 600N is 1200 Newtons, but keep going and you have to answer questions on Einstein's relativity theory. Some questions have the wrong numbers, if you calculate using them it won't work. For instance find the diameter of a molecule, if you use 1/40000 like they say it's 10. WRONG you must use 1/4000 and it's 14. They diluted the oil fleck wrong. Other little errors make this game somewhat frustrating. Right now I am stuck trying to fill in the words from John Bardeens paper on semi-conductors. I even printscreend the proper answer (after they so graciously told me after I tried 3 wrong answers) and printed it out to get the exact words to type in but it still will not accept the answer, and I'm an electrical engineer! Same with the cathode ray tube, I know I'm typing in the correct words, it just won't accept them. I suspect something was lost in the translation. All in all this game got my brain working and I do feel like a rocket science genius afterward, I just wish I could finish it. I was able to calculate the first 2 stages of rocket speed correctly but the third is always in error. I couldn't find any patch for it, but the German Cornelsen website looks like it has a patch for the German version. I tried installing it but didn't work.

ADDED:Just to be fair I should add that I DID get tech support and they helped me finish. THANKS!
Terry Gunn
5.0 out of 5 stars genuis
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2008
it is one of the best games you learn a lot more in this game than any game in the world. I would buy it for anybody in your home.
J. C. Dixon
1.0 out of 5 stars Does not work on all PS's
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2008
I would be wary of buying this item. It would not run on a Vista machine that I have, but ran ok on a XP box. This is a little to complicated for young children (under 10)
William David
1.0 out of 5 stars Unable to install
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2008
Unable to install this program on vista laptop or xp desktop. German documentation offered little recourse other than return CD which I did.
Trish L.
5.0 out of 5 stars I have never seen a game like this ever before. It's so intelligent!!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2005
First of all, I want to make the point that this is a strategy based tycoon game and a sim game. It is really well done using superb graphics and animations. You get to apply new discoveries in your factories so you can make a better product and out sell them to your competitors. It all seems to be based on real history so you get information from real sources like the Wright brothers, Edison and even Einstein. And you also have to worry about the people that work in your factories, your scientists, and accountants and even worry about industrial espionage. If you like business, engines, buildings, science and physics, you'll be getting hours and hours of play out of this game. You also get to play in a bunch of different cities in the world. Each one has different challenges. It's fresh every time you play since you can do things differently and see how the results vary.

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