Handango Handheld Starter Pack

They give you a [promotional offer] for a reason - it isnt worth anything


Don't Bother!! Surf the web instead.   September 14, 2002
72 out of 73 found this review helpful

I wish I could give it -1 star, for the unnecessary aggravation this package causes. It is nothing but an ad campaign for Handango, packaged to imply you are getting an actual product. When you load the CD it starts up a "catalog" that allows you to browse Handango's list of products and add the non-free ones to a "Wish List", for which you must pay, and then can download. To get to the "free" stuff, you have to browse through the entire catalog, highlight the title you want and double-click. This takes you to a "more info" page which really doesn't have much more info. Then you can "download", then "install" - which for most titles amounts to unzipping the files to a directory on your local drive. If you don't want to use the default directory, you have to enter the path TWICE. Then, finally, you end up with the exact same files you could download for free from a myriad of websites, much faster and more easily than from this stupid CD. And, you still have to actually install the software (a few titles install from the "download/install" page, but most don't).

I guess that's why the rebate is for the total amount of the purchase price - becuase you're not actually getting anything. Oh, yeah, and they're nice enough to offer you one of several of their other titles in place of the rebate, if you want. How generous of them!

There isn't a single title on this CD that you can have "for free" because you paid the purchase price, that you can't have for free from somewhere else. Also, while some of it is pretty good, most of it is older, BETA, or otherwise not quite up to par. Basically, it's your average freeware, and I've seen virtually every one of these titles in numerous other places.

Just on principle, I will not now buy ANYTHING from this stupid catalog, and I will ask for my cash back, not another of their titles. This is just a underhanded way of making the customer go to the trouble of obtaining their advertising. They might as well just put the URL for their website here, charge you to go there, and then give you back your money when you land on their site.

Save yourself the trouble (and the price of the stamp for the rebate form envelope, not to mention the shipping from Amazon[.com], if you didn't qualify for free shipping) and go directly to Handango's website, or to any number of other sites, for the same exact thing.


not worth it   September 13, 2002
C. Cote
24 out of 24 found this review helpful

This product only contains demo software of products that handango wants you to buy. It is definitely not worth 20 dollars! Don't buy it!


sweetness   July 31, 2002
Melissa (brandon, Florida United States)
3 out of 19 found this review helpful

this is such a good game pack it makes your pda a gameboy advance i give it two thumbs up