6 July, 2008 |

Mary King’s Riding Star

Title: Mary King's Riding Star
Alternate Title: Riding Star
My copy was bundled with Equestraid 2001as part as the Let's Ride: Championship Collection (jewel case). I think the box version was also bundled with Three Day Eventing from Relish Works.
PC Requirements: P100 (166 rec), 16 MB RAM (32 rec), W 95/98, 150 MB hard drive space, 2 MB SVGA video card supporting "Direct Draw" with 16 bit resolution, Direct X 6.0, sound card, Windows 98/2000/ME/XP (not sure about Vista)

The Game
Discipline: Eventing
Horse Care: Yes - brushing, oiling hooves, cleaning stalls, filling water buckets
Difficulty: Fairly easy
Customization: Very little - choice of 8 (I think) preset horse/rider combos
Levels/Modes: 3 levels I think. 10 events/3 modes of play (3 day event/individual event or discipline/multiplayer to 4)
Thrills & Spills: horse bulks, riders does fall forward only!
Graphics: 2D, 4 very clear gaits (no variation),quite simple, not the most realistic (e.g. no posting etc), overhead view only, no inclines

Overview/Review

Riding Star is my first PC horse game and it is one of the easiest. It is a slight step up from that online show jumping game. If you're horse crazy, you will be entertained with it although if you're any good at video games, this will be done in no time. Being older, it works great on old computers and doesn't require any thing new. The rider does fall off if you forget to jump which is quite entertaining...and the dressage is fairly easy. It's cute. The game also features an annoying British announcer.

Free Demo
http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/pc/ridingstar.html

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