Virtual Skipper 3 | 
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| From: Enlight Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: $9.99
Buy New: $4.31
You Save: $5.68 (57%)
New (22) Used (1) from $4.30
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 3214
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
Genre: racing_and_flying_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.4
MPN: 10115
Model: 10115
UPC: 646662101152
EAN: 0646662101152
ASIN: B0002HDOAY
Release Date: August 30, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Race people from all over the world in online regattas, team or private races | | • | Several different boats and sails to choose from -- from the spinnaker to the Open 60, Genoa, and the fore staysail | | • | The water in the simulation is simply incredible - It's modeled for dynamic movement with eddies, motes, wakes, ripples and whitewash | | • | Become a true sailor, understanding the wind angle, polar speed, velocity made good, and efficiency | | • | Participate in races using approved International Racing Federation rules |
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Product Description
Virtual Skipper 3 gives you a taste of nautical competition. Enjoy the most meticulously created sailing game around as you recreate the feel of racing on the open water! Solo or multiplayer games with fleet racing for up to 8 vessels Advanced 3D engine portrays yachting more accurately than any other game Tropical Map Editor lets you design your own paradise and set sail
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Average March 27, 2007
Becky1861 (Bartlett, IL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Can be a fun game to play occassionally, but gets boring after an hour or so.
 My sailing fanatic son loves this game January 5, 2007
C. Wedge (Great Lakes)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this as a christmas gift for my son (10) who loves to sail. When I looked at it closely when it arrived, I worried that perhaps it would be too sophisticated for him. But he loves it, and says the graphics are really cool. My husband plays it too and they are both learning more about sailing as they play. My husband (almost no sailing experience), and says the game is helping him to understand racing more, and my son can try different strategies and see how the game reacts. We live in a cold area, so it's a great way to enjoy sailing while we wait for warm weather so we can get out on the lake!
I like the multi hull! January 4, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The graphics are incredible, and the wind... when it's behind you and you're in a multi hull, you can careen around and two hulls will be lifted out of the water, and the wake will look like you're in a motorboat.
There's all the strategy and the spinnaker and port and starboard and right of way, so it's like sailing a real boat.
I recommend this game and I really like playing it... my Dad does too!
Learn how to sail without going through much of the work! July 27, 2006
C. Schwartz (Houston, TX)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This game is a great on value and good otherwise. The graphics paint quickly and the realism of the experience - changing sails, direction, etc - really can teach you some of the basics of sailing without actually being out on the open water. Overall, a good game.
 I played it twice, then got board April 11, 2005
John
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
I bought this game because I loved virtual skipper 1. I have not taken anywhere near the enjoyment out of this game. I have a fast computer with a gig of ram and still have performance issues with the graphics.
The thing that makes me the angriest about this game is the disk copy protection. It starts up and goes into a disk protection check. This security feature means it takes the game 5 min+ to start up. By the time that it finally starts up I have normally found something more interesting to do with my time.
Finally, I question the rules they use and the very little feedback I have gotten from penalties. I have been involved in collisions when the starboard tack boat has gotten a penalty. I don't know what is up with that.
Anyhow, I don't play this game much. I still do play virtual skipper 1. I hope this helps someone else not to feel ripped off.
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