Ease of Use:  

5Star Game Copy is simple, intuitively designed, allowing you to maneuver from one section of the program to another quickly. Due to the complex nature of game copying, a help manual is an important tool. 5Star is more difficult for game copying novices to learn because the manufacturer doesn't offer a user manual.

Ease of Setup:  

We had no complications while installing 5Star Game Copy.

Feature Set:  

5Star Game Copy provides many unique bonus features, including a built-in scanner that allows you to detect which protections a game has without using third-party freeware. Another cool feature in 5Star is a label maker, which allows you to create unique labels of your backed-up game copies. The software also includes a hide ATIP feature, which allows you to run a game from your CD/DVD ROM burner.

Quality of Copy:  

All the game copies we made with 5Star worked without problems; we couldn't detect any differences between the original and the backup copy during game play.

Protection Removal:  

5Star Game Copy made flawless, successful copies when older protections were in place, but had difficulty with some newer versions, including Safe Disk 4 and Securom 5.

While 5Star is not as popular as our top three products, there are still many Third Party Applications available to help overcome more difficult copy protections.

(Note: You must modify XBox and PS2 consoles before copied games can be played on them and XBox games also require a DVD Burner and additional software to make a working copy).

Help/Documentation:  

The lack of support Engelmann GmbH provides is 5Star's biggest liability. We were highly disappointed that no tutorials or manual were included with the software and there are also no links available to point you towards helpful forums.

The manufacturer offers online FAQs, fax and telephone numbers and an online form where you can submit questions from the company's homepage. There is also a discussion board link on the site, but it didn't work.

Although Engelmann Media GmbH's latest version of 5Star Game Copy is chock-full of features and can create excellent game copies, its help support is weak. Unless you're an expert at game copying, you will probably have problems figuring out how to use 5Star Game copy.