... and beat it too! 
 
Greetings Researchers & Readers: 
 
Today's MyAdventureGame.com assignment is rather easy. All you need to
do is play a choose-your-own-adventure-game ... and beat it!  Here's
the details:
 
* The game to play is Jurassic Fairview Park (
http://www.myadventuregame.com/preview.asp?G=21 )
* You must actually beat the game and leave a comment on the website
(to show you were able to complete it)
* Tell me what you think of the game here in your Answer
 
That's it! Please make sure to do all three of these things when
answering this question.
 
Just to let you know, I'm not the author of the game.  I was, however,
able to beat it myself.  And, just to warn you, there are a few dead
ends.  Just use the BACK button on your browser.  I'm curious what
others think of this game.
 
***Please, answer this question ONLY if you are able to beat the
game***
 
As always, comments are GREATLY appreciated!   
 
Thanks! 
Alex P 
alexp@halogenstudios.com

Hi Alex,
I played a total of four games out of which I won in 3 and in the
other one I was scoring and scoring and scoring,  with no end to the
game.
I first played the - how old are you quiz - game. It it a cool quiz.
It took me no time to beat this game. Here is my comment posted for
this game. It is under the name netcrazy-ga.
[ http://www.myadventuregame.com/preview.asp?S=0&105=1&g=92 ]

Second game I played was - mail box bomb May 4 2002 -. This game was
slightly confusing as there was no rules defined and no help. But as I
proceeded, it appeared to be interesting. Here is my comment for this
game under the name netcrazy-ga.
[ http://www.myadventuregame.com/preview.asp?S=0&105=1&g=162 ]

Third game played was -Math-. It is an interesting game for those who
want to brush up their mathematical skills. A cool game. Here is my
comments for this game.
[ http://www.myadventuregame.com/preview.asp?S=0&105=1&g=202 ]

Now comes the fourth one and the confusing game. This one is :Jurrasic
Fairview Park.
In this game, I was able to score more than 80306, and still there was
no way of coming out of the game. I finally stopped playing it as
there is no mention of how many points are required to win this. There
is no help and guidelines to play this game.

I hope that this is what you were looking for. Let me know if you want
me to finish this game by telling me the exact rule.
Feel free to ask for any clarifications.

Regards
netcrazy

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Request for Answer Clarification by halogenstudios-ga on 12 Jun 2002 12:41 PDT

Hello netcrazy:

Thank you for attempting to answer this question!  Unfortunately, that
really wasn't what I was looking for ("Please, answer this qusetion
ONLY if you are able to beat the game").  Thanks for checking out the
other games --- but the only thing I wanted was some one to beat
Jurassic Fairview Park.

I do concede that I should have been more clear in the answer - in
order to beat Jurassic Fairview Park, you need to defeat the dinosaurs
and go to the "you win" page (like the other three games).  Score does
not matter.  (Actually, the score is used as money in this game, so
the higher score you have the more things you can buy)

I will be first to admit that this adventure/puzzle game is
*EXTREMELY* challenging.  But it IS winnable.  There are two people
that beat this game and left comments on it.  I'm one of them.

All I want for my $7 is to see some one else solve this puzzle game. 
If you weren't up for the challenge, you should not have taken the
question.

I am willing to give clues, too.  Here's one:
*Check out gaming section at the book store in the mall.  They might
have a strategy guide that can help ...

***

Netcrazy, please let me know if you will not be up for this.  That way
I can post the question again.

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Clarification of Answer by netcrazy-ga on 12 Jun 2002 12:58 PDT

Hi,
Thanks for letting me know. I'm working on it. Will let you know ASAP
whether this can be done or not.
Thanks for being patient.
netcrazy

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Request for Answer Clarification by halogenstudios-ga on 13 Jun 2002 07:49 PDT

Hello Netcrazy,

I'm sorry to hassle you like this, but I feel that reasonable time has
passed since you posted your clarification saying you would let me
know whether or not you can complete the question.

I can only assume that you are unable to answer the question.  I will
have no choice but to request a refund if I don't here from you by the
end of the day (4:00 PM EDT).

Thanks,
Alex Papadimoulis

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Clarification of Answer by netcrazy-ga on 13 Jun 2002 13:09 PDT

Hello Alex,
Thanks for being so patient. 
Now some good news. I finally won the game. Believe me, it's a real
tough game to play. It took me couple of hours to finally get hold of
the final screen. The game is really cool.
Your clue helped me a lot in get going and those strategy guides in
the middle of the game were cool.

I hope this satisfies your request.
Thanks
netcrazy

Thank you netcrazy and every one else who attempted and beat this game!

i think im close to beating the game (Jurassic Park Fairview)

oops...anyway, the game isn't about getting point, there's an
objective (multiple ways to achieve it)

Thanks for playing jdog!  You are right, the game is not about points
(although you will need the points to buy things). There is a goal --
stop the dinosaurs -- and there are multiple ways to do it.

did it...if you want to repost the question I'll answer it

I'm probably not your target audience, which I infer from the style
and tone of the "game" to be a pre-teen male from the U.S. (or at
least someone's conception of a pre-teen male from the U.S.), so you
can take my comments with as many grains of salt as you like. I
generally found it distasteful, the copy often bordering on the
offensive ... enough so that I stopped playing several screens in.

Having said that, and recognizing that you did note on the site that
the copy hadn't been spell checked, I'd strongly recommend that your
team hire a copy editor for this and your other games.

Sorry I can't be more positive, but you did ask for comments.

rico-ga

actually, he specifically said he didn't author the game. and this
seems more like a one person effort than team project

I have to agree with Rico, but I'm not your target audience either --
at least I hope not.  I found the game stupid and juvenile, and that's
the best I can say about it.

I also beat the game, and posted a comment on the site as "irwriter."

I'm afraid I agree with Rico too - the game is fairly incomprehensible
to those of us who do not have the good fortune to live in the
American Midwest, and it also didn't seem to be complete. There were
often buttons with "link to come" or some such thing. Is this a beta
version?