Thx friend for this informative post. As a gamer I enjoyed reading this.

This is a great project... I am seeing periodic crashes during game paly. there are no error messages when the aborts occurr. when the game works it is really great... I give it a 3 out of four.

Hi Joy,

Try searching for TopChef as opposed to Top Chef (there's no space in the executable); hopefully that will solve your dilemma.

Christina, try cleaning out your internet cache. (Sorry it's so late in the day)

regards

Whiterabbit

This is the first game that I have downloaded. Everything went very well. I am pleased, Thank You! Extra nice to have something to play on a now cold, snowy, more like "winter" spring evening. Don't forget your clocks, spring forward!

I have tried to download a number of times, and when try to open the zip file (whether from the original link or the mirror link), I get the message "The Compressed (zipped) Folder is invalid or corrupted." Anyone have any ideas?

This game is kind of fun but it does make me hungry. I already have Fashion Solitaire by them.

Downloaded fine but did not install in C:\Games as requested. Search found it in C drive but nothing elsewhere except a shortcut on desktop. Tried to send it to external hard drive from there but would only install the shortcut. Shuts down when opening "Windows has blocked some files for your computers safety" and now not sure whether I should delete from "add\remove programmes" unless it takes other files from whatever folder it is in. How can i find if it is a shared folder, anyone?

Deadly boring game - oh, I just remembered, I hate cooking. Maybe, just maybe, it would be mildly interesting to people who like to cook.

Love this game..I have Windows Vista and it went in great. Thanks!!

To Nutszmum, yes it is free standing so you can play it from a flash drive if you wish.

Top Chef, comment #38, try updating your computers drivers, clean out your cache (right click on internet icon and select internet properties. also clean out the windows cache, then do a defrag of your drive. This may cure the problems you are having (hopefully

regards

Whiterabbit

I downloaded and installed the game twice. Each time I click on the exe to play the game, an error message pops up and tells me that the game encountered a problem and needs to shutdown. Bummed.

Does anyone know if you can download these games to a flash drive and keep them portable between computers that way??? Thanks.

Hi Mat,

Have you downloaded the latest graphics drivers and or DX9.0? You may find the graphical glitches will disappear if you update them.

Do you get any glitches with other programs, especially graphic intensive games? If so, it could be your graphics card overheating and even the possibility that its on its way out.

Hope te above helps.

It's good to see so many positive comments about this game. Such a shame I didn't have the time to write a full review.

Regards

Whiterabbit


p.s. :mad:

........someone keeps writing comments using my name and often repeating exactly what I say. Just a message to whoever that person is, don't bother as they will just be deleted.......

As to whether the staff read these comments; I'm sure they do. :lol:


p.p.s

There's no need to apologise midori. I'd not actually checked the top of the page when I posted my comments so had not seen the World of Goo image. It would be easy to think that this developer was the developer of World of Goo because of it. I only saw it later after you'd made your comment and when I decided I was going to download the game. (It's not really my cup of tea, but my daughter thought it was great)

Nows the time to get World of Goo as its 75% off at team. Now that really is a fantastic bargain. PIty I paid full price for it. (though I got a DRM free one because I was one of the Beta Testers)

>23 Hi, Stepen... whoops! just assumed they were the developer. I know how unique World of Goo and Crayon Physics are... nothing like time management, and anyone can distribute a game. Sorry for the mix-up. I stand corrected! Still please w/ this game, tho... ;)

DOES THE GGOTD STAFF READ THIS COMMENTS?

A good game for fans of the tv show, it certainly captures some of the flavor of the challenges. However, the game is marred by some technical troubles that crop up in lengthier gaming sessions (e.g. "unhandled exceptions bad allocation" , some sprites just showing a white box -note this only happens when playing for more than 30 minutes)

A huge thank you to Brighter Minds Media and GGAOTD for offering a 'current' game that is not a re-peat. I love the show so now I can play the game! The dsl download and setup took just a moment on my Windows XP system - game plays great and I love the theme-music, too. The 'bubble-hints' do help on collecting points. THANK YOU !!!

This is a really fun game. First off it is not a repeat. That is nice. I'm not a chef so I didn't do that well. But I love the chance to try. Thank you GGAOTD team for giving us something different. Thank you to the publisher, Brighter Minds Media. I hope we see more of your offerings here.

In response to #26 -

If you take time to watch the scenes prior to the challenge, you will see in the thought bubbles of the main character which items pair well together. The game always tells you some possible combinations that will work for the game for higher scores. You may not think they go together, but will score high.

If you like the show on Bravo it is a cute game.

Thanks for offering this one, I played it as a trial over a year ago and remembered it was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, the game developers aren't making TM style games much anymore, since HOGs seem to be a lot easier to make requiring less labor intensive graphics and programming.

Does not work on my Vista 32. Uninstalled

I was very pleasantly surprised to find this game being offered today. Thanks, GAOTD team! I've played this game before, and really enjoyed it, although I did find the music and comments annoying after awhile. Still, I liked the game, and will download it today so that I can fiddle around with it again at my leisure. For anyone who enjoys these kind of games, I highly recommend this one.

Well, to be honest World of Goo was the only reason I bothered with this.

I would relate this to playing Tetris, but ultimately having you score based on the color co-ordination of your pieces. however, you are not told what the standard is to score by.

You pick ingredients from specified groups. For no reason you have to hold right click to chop the ingredients. Seriously, this step is for no good reason. You cannot spam click to make it go faster like a true time challenge, just hold for 5-10 seconds. Meats prepare faster. Why? No reason. No effect on game.

After you select the correct ingredients you are judged on the originality. Except that you have no idea what is or is not supposed to go together. Not even a helpful list of what does or does not go together. Wait, I have another thing to compare this to.

Solve the following;

4+7

The correct answer can possibly be achieved by calculating this using anywhere between Base 4 and Base 10 math. So randomly guess which formula to use and Email me your guess. If you are right I will tell you so, if not guess again.

Fail.

First time in a long time that I downloaded a game from here and had no problems. Works great on Vista 32-bit. Thanks GGAOTD

Great game! The secret microwave was cool and saved me a lot of time. Anybody find the tater tots? I hope in the sequel they will incorporate an automatic potato peeler. Oh, and a lazy susan would be great. Thanks, GAOTD!

Hi Midori, World of Goo was made by 2D-Boy, Brighter Minds Media are just the distributors of World of Goo, which ranks in my top 10 best arcade games of the past several years (It's been one of the number one downloads since it was released last Sept/Oct) Crayon Physics is another in my top 10. :lol:

Personally I could never equate such a good game with a time management game. :) though that's only my opinion. I find time mangement to fast for me. I like mellow games or a good arkanoid (which arn't :) )

I wasn't meaning to be funny though when I made the comment above.

>20 (Stephen) Maybe it (Goo) reminds him of food! :-D But I guess because it's by the same developer.

@#19: The lady with the scar on her arm is Padma Lakshmi, the host of the actual Top Chef show. The scar on her arm is from an accident she was in many years ago (nothing to do with cooking). Not sure why the creators of this game felt the need to be so "realistic".

Also, this game downloaded & installed fine on my system (WinXP HE) but kept going black when I clicked on certain parts of the screen. Not sure if it's buggy or what, since my computer is fine otherwise.

:!: What on earth does World of Goo have in common with this game Jim??? :lol:

Downloaded and played just fine. A different type of offering from GGAOTD... thanks, gang. Finished one level... pretty interesting; makes you think about the flavors. Luv how the woman judge has a big burn scar down her right arm. Lol! (not that it's funny to get burned, but... a tad of humor thrown into the drawings)

I love World of Goo. So I will give this a shot.

I was excited to play this, but it goes through the opening scenes and just as the game is about to start...... ERROR. Windows must close this program. It looked fun too. :(

I had already bought this game and love it. I think it's a great share GOTD!

Works fine for me on Vista Ultimate 32-bit. If you have problems, try installing to something other than Program Files (like the "Games" folder used by the Merscom games) or turn off User Account Control.

This game requires a Pentium 4 processor. I only have a Pentium 2. I want more really cool games with great graphics but can support only a Pentium 2. Today's game looks fun but I can't play it. What a bummer. :[

When downloaded click save like always it downloaded only 36.2 Kn in 1 sec. When you click open it says the compressed or zipped folder it invalid or corrupt.... What a shame I wanted to try this game.... when I retried said the same thing.

THANKS GGOTD YOU REALLY ROCKED THE HOUSE WITH THIS ONE! I HOPE MORE GAMES LIKE THIS COME IN THE NEAR FUTURE!

ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

I was really looking forward to trying this game. Download and install went fine. When I clicked to play, all I got was a black screen. Program not responding. Dang!

Sorry, programme.

When uninstalling, the proramma will empty the folder it is in.
So take care to install it to a folder of its' own and not to 'Program Files', or you will end up with a lot of empty space on your C-drive (!)

Good game, works fine on vista. I would love to get Miss Management from the same publisher :-)

Tried a few time but cannot keep download going.

To #3. I have 32bit Vista and it works great. I installed it in a directory different from "c:\program files" to avoid permission problems.

i like this game
thump up !!!!

the first game i downloaded since it seemed cool.............
and works fine too................

Game did not work on Vista 32bit. When I tried to create profile, game froze and shut off. Deleting. Disapointed.

installed perfectly on vista,decent graphics and easy to play,definateley a keeper until i finish all levels. Reminds me of janes hotel type of game

The game is a 30.7Mb download that installs to 37.7Mb. Installation was a breeze; activation is automatic on installation of the game.

Time management games were all the rage a few years ago; however, hidden object games seem to have taken over the roost recently. This one is slightly different to the run of the mill dinner dash clone so is probably worth downloading. The game is designed around an American TV program of the same name.

Unfortunately I left it a little late to write a full review this morning, so all you'll find below is a collection of links to several gameplay video's, images and a couple of decent reviews written by professional reviewers that are well worth reading.



Introduction

Whether you're a gourmet know-it-all or a culinary novice, you're invited into the Top Chef kitchen - and the competition is just heating up. Take on the role of a contestant in Top Chef the Game, compete against a line-up of tough and talented chefs, and have your dishes judged by the Host Padma Lakshmi and Head Judge Tom Colicchio.

Top Chef Season 5 in New York premiered November 12, 2008 at 10pm ET on Bravo. Enjoy the new season of Top Chef, then play Top Chef the Game and find out if you have what it takes to become the next Top Chef!

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