Jewels II: The Ultimate Challenge

Posted by Bradford Roberts.
First posted on 25 May 1998. Last updated on 25 February 2006.
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It takes only a few moments of playing Jewels II: The Ultimate Challenge, Courtland Shakespeare’s 1997 sequel to his 1995 Jewels of the Oracle, to realize that this game is not so much a sequel as it is a remake. The basic premise is identical. You wander from room to room, discover how to operate ancient machines, and collect a gem for each puzzle solved. Solve all 24 puzzles and you have the…

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Very Good

I love both Jewels and Jewels 2.  The only problem I’m now having is I cannot get Jewels 2 to install on Windows XP or Vista.  Anyone have any suggestions or ideas on how to do it?  Interestingly enough, Jewels installs without any problems on XP (sadly though, not on Vista) which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me given that it is an older game! 

Thanks in advance for any help!

United States By Cathy • On 16 July 2008 • From Nashville, USA

Excellent

I played Jewels 2 several years ago on a computer with Windows 98. I replayed it a couple of years ago on an iMac booted to OS9. It’s unfortunate that the game doesn’t seem to work on Windows 2000 or XP—at least not without using an emulator, like VirtualPC.

United States By JW • On 26 June 2008 • From USA

Very Good

please send me details how to install it in winxp

Great Britain (UK) By robin rock • On 14 February 2008 • From sydney

How do you get this game to run on Windows XP????

Canada By Alicia • On 05 August 2007 • From Canada

does anyone out there have or know of a patch that enables one to play the 95 gems of darkness on xp
please as i have tried to and failed to run this game in the windows xp 95\98 compatiblity mode
many thanks

Australia By lawrence • On 23 June 2007 • From Australia

Will jewels 2 play on XP, please

France By genevi • On 04 December 2006 • From France

Excellent

I PLAY IT FOR HOURS BUTI JUST LOVE

United States By GEORGE WHEELER • On 21 August 2006 • From BALTIMORE MARYLAND

where can i buy jewels 2 the ultimate challenge an will it play on xp thanks clay

United States By clay nichols • On 11 August 2006 • From birmingham ala usa

Excellent

Bonjour,
Celà fait 8 ans que je recherche ce jeu, car j’ai très apprécié Jewels of the Oracle I.
En France, ce jeu est introuvable ? Dommage, car les puzzles sont très réussis.
Où puis-je trouver ce jeu ? ( même version US ).
Merci de votre réponse.
Cordialement

United States By Laurent • On 22 June 2006 • From FRANCE - Concarneau

I have played Jewels of the Oracle & would like to buy a copy of Jewels ll: The Ultimate Challenge but cannot find it anywhere. Can anyone help me as to where I may buy it?

Australia By Christene Spearman • On 12 December 2003 • From Melbourne Australia