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Summary: learning without trying
Review: For a patient child, my eight year old stayed on this game for several hours. It teaches math and logic skills without the child feeling like they are being taught. The game offers rewards along the way for acheiving partial steps and allows creative play for each adventure. It also allows for partnering during the game as we played together to solve the puzzles. Not a heavy handed teaching program.
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Summary: Uses 24-bit Color ONLY
Review: Do NOT buy this product unless your PC specifically supports 24-bit color! This software would not run on any of my three PC's. If your PC has 32-bit color I don't think this software will work on your PC unless it also supports 24-bit color. Unfortunately, all of my PC's have the better color but do NOT support 24-bit color. This is not industry standard. Standard would allow use of the higher color albeit with a minor hit on performance. Not sure if your PC supports 24-bit color? Right click on the empty desktop. Left click on properties. Left click on the settings tab. Under colors, see if (24 bit) color is listed. If it's not, you may be in trouble. This is the only software out of dozen's and dozen's I have purchased that I cannot get to run on any of my PC's. My recommendation to anyone would be to borrow a copy and try it before you purchase. I am extremely disappointed in this software!!!
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Summary: Totally Awsome Game
Review: This game is really, really cool! I've played this before at my old elementary school.It is really cool.You get to make your own kind of weird people and send them on a mission. If you read this I hope it makes you want to buy it.This game is sooooooooo much fun!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: zoombinis mountain rescue
Review: My children loved Zoombinis 1, and were delighted to find Mountain Rescue in their Christmas Stocking. What a disappointment. After three weeks of trying we have only been able to get as far as the title page when the program crashes and we have to press the "reset" button and restart the computer. Communication with Broderbund/Learning Co has proved unhelpful as so far they have only come up with the standard advice of update drivers, delete temporary files, close down unnecessary programs etc. Three weeks after Christmas Day my children have still been unable to play with their present. A big thumbs-down so far, I'm afraid. I would be interested to hear if anyone else has had the same problem - particularly is they have managed to resolve it! Update - it's now April - nearly four months after Christmas - and we have got no further with playing this. Other friends have tried it on their PC's with the same results. Borrow it first, before spending your money! Nearly the end of August now - and still trying. Keep visiting support to see if any patches come out (they haven't) and updating drivers to see if that makes any difference (it hasn't).
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Summary: IT'S THE BEST!!!
Review: MY DAUGHTER PLAYED THE 2 ZOOMBINIS SOFTWARE GAMES AND THOUGHT IT WAS EXCELLENT! MY DAUGHTER(10 YEAR OLD) PLAYED IT EVERY TIME THE COMPUTER WAS ON. THIS GAME CONTROLS THE MIND AND IS EXCELLENT FOR THE AGES OF 7-12!!!!THIS SOFTWARE GAME IS GREAT FOR BIRTHDAYS, GIFTS, AND EVEN HOLIDAY PRESENTS. THAT IS WHY I RATE THIS 5 STARS.
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Summary: Excellent game!
Review: Zoombinins Mountain Rescue may not be quite as good as the original title, only because it is a bit more challenging, but it is still an excellent game..far, far better than most games out there! We own the original game, and sure, it is easy to get attached to it. The truth is, this new game is enormously educational and worth every penny. The graphics are better, but that's not as important as the fact that the logic puzzles are just as outstanding if not better than the original. This game is better for kids about 9 and up, while the original one could be played by kids a bit younger.
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Summary: Think BEFORE you buy
Review: Our family has eagerly anticipated the new Zoombinis Mountain Rescue because we loved the original Zoombinis so much. Mountain Rescue has been a big disappointment. Some of the games are difficult to understand based on the instructions given. Even the very easy levels are hard for my children. This was not the case with the last Zoombinis. There seems to be alot of hesitation on the computer both during and after completing some games. Even the voice of the narrator sounds as if he is bored. The graphics are good, but everything else that made the first one wonderful is missing. I would stick with the first one if you haven't already gotten this one.
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Summary: ZOOMBINIS!
Review: Zoombinis is the greatest game in the whole universe! I used to play it sometimes in my class at school, and I was so addicted, my teacher was always scolding me for staying to long on the computer! With practically a million kinds of Zoombinis, and many ways the game gets different and more challenging, I'd give Zoombinis 4 thumbs up! (If I were a chimpanzee, that is-they have 4 thumbs) I think anyone getting Zoombinis has no idea what they are getting into.. >(o.o)<
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Summary: Repetitive but Unique
Review: This game is an interesting way to teach critical thinking, but it gets very repetitive very quickly since it is pretty short, and once you finish one skill level, the next level is the same old thing with just a bit more difficulty each time. I got tired of doing the same puzzles over and over, it would have been nice if each skill level had a new set of puzzles. One good thing about this game is it works on both Windows machines and Macs, although the second Zoombini game, Mountain Rescue, does not work on Macs. All in all, a cute game, but likely to be tired of quickly.
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Summary: This lost a star for the difficulty of the higher levels.
Review: My younger sisters and I have been homeschooled for years, and our math teacher makes a point of bringing math computer programs for us to play durig the week. She brought us "Logical Journey of the Zoombinis" a few years ago, and we all became hooked. Even my older sister gave it a try. Once we figured out how to solve the puzzles, we had so much fun. Then we lost the CD and couldn't find it anywhere. A few months ago, we saw this on amazon.com and were delighted! Of course we ordered another copy. Being older (14 1/2, 12, and 10 1/2) we had learned more math and were able to get to the higher levels. That's where we started having problems with it. The levels go from extremely easy to ridiculously difficult in so little time. It would be better if they spent more time on each level and worked your way up gradually, or if they didn't even get to levels that are so difficult. Not one of us (including my oldest sister, now 17) has won Zoombinis. This isn't even because we haven't figured out how to solve the highest levels, because we have. It's because of another problem with the game. You have to get way too many Zoombinis to Zoombiniville (over 500, I think). Each trip, which can take about forty-five minutes, transports only sixteen Zoombinis. After maybe ten max trips, you're on the highest level. That's pretty hard, and you get bored with doing the same things over and over. As it is, none of us have gotten very many past 200 to Zoombiniville. We simply get bored. Plus, it says that the age range is 8 and up. Don't let this fool you. A very intelligent 8-year-old would probably be able to figure out the level-one and level-two puzzles, but not many puzzles on higher levels. My final verdict is: Great game, lots of fun, but gets too hard too easily and would take too long to actually win.
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