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There are no ARITHMETIC problems in this software.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 27 / 54
Date: November 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game based mostly on the great reviews here. My dissatisfaction with this software is my own fault for not paying more attention to the description of the game which says the software deals with the "basic fundamentals of mathematical thinking as organizing information, reasoning of evidence, finding and making patterns, and systematic testing of hypotheses." Look at that description again. No where does anything say this software is about adding, subtracting, multiplying or division problems. Even the title, LOGICAL Journey implies deductive reasoning. So please don't take my harsh review as being critical of the software itself. It's a good game for doing what it was designed to do which is to teach logical reasoning and deduction. However, if you are like me and looking for math PROBLEMS like add this number to this other number you won't find any of that here. Let me say it again in case it isn't clear yet. I could not find one single arithmetic problem in this whole game.

Does it work on Macs?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: April 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Although Zoombinis Mountain Rescue works fine on MacOS X (Panther), neither of the other two Zoombini adventures (Island Odyssey and Maths Journey) work on either my iMac or my eMac - they either crash after the opening video or don't run at all. Island Odyssey claims to be X compatible. Maths Journey ought to run under Classic. The Reader Rabbit CDs work fine under Classic.

Tech support don't bother to reply or say they don't support it any more.

Horrible - Confusing instructions, Dry gameplay

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 22
Date: January 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

After reading all of these 5 star reviews, I decided to buy a copy of Zoombinis Logical Journey for my 8 year old boy. Once I successfully installed the game, I left the rest to my son. Two minutes later, he came up to me and said he didn't know what to do. I went back to the screen and all I saw was a little ship, some mountains and what looked like little comical body parts to build a character. There were absolutely NO instruction on the screen. The makers expected a little 8 year old kid to know that they should hit the pink hidden questionmark in the corner for instructions. Once clicked, it puts confusing instructions (confusing for little kids) using "big" words such as attributes and other words a little kid needs to ask mom define. Once I figured out that you needed to build 16 different Zoombinis, the little characters are taken to another screen where the player needs to put them in a certain order. If the player fails to do this, he/she loses all of the little Zoombinis except for 3 or 4 out of the original 16 that were created. And thats it...the game ends.

When a player does complete the task required, they don't get a "good job" or "Yay! you did it!" Instead the game exclaims, "And the zoombinis move on." Absolutely no motivation or reward to congratulate the player on a job well done.

On top of that, there is no "Save Game" button. Lucky for me, my older son knew that one needs to press Ctrl+S to save the game.

The "no numbers required -- all logic" motto caught my eye when I was looking for a game to purchase. THERE IS ONLY ONE CHALLENGE - The player needs to put the Zoombinis in a certain order where the an "attribute" of the next Zoombini is the same as a Zoombini previous to it. This idea is followed through the entire game except for a couple of mini games. The only difference between levels is the color or characters that need help in completing a task. For example, the Zoombinis need to cross a river. In order to do this, they have to hop on some turtles' shells to get the other side. Put the Zoombinis in a specific order (explained before). The next level would be a frog that will only row the boat if the Zoombinis put themselves in a certain order - except this time they need to put themselves in an order in such a manner that they form a rectangle. Very little variation.

Worst game ever created. I HIGHLY recommend that you buy a different game.

sadly disappointed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 21
Date: March 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this CD for my seven year old son with hopes that it would be a positive addition to his education. I was sadly disappointed to find that it was violent, dark, and depressing. I do not believe that teaching children to be violent and aggressive is in the best interests of anyone. We must learn to share the Earth with all living beings.

Problematic

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It is suppose to be a great game, but there was a hitch during installation & so far we have not been able to install it!

Wouldn't work

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 18
Date: February 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I couldn't get this to work on a brand new Dell with XP and mega memory.

Doesn't work!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: September 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I just purchased this software based on the reviews, but no matter what I did I could not get it to work on my computer. I did everything support websites advised, and nothing worked. I think this software is for six year old computers and systems, not updated ones.

Mac OSx+ Users: Skip This Title!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Although this product states it works with Mac OSx...it does not. Both of our macs spit the disk out promptly as it was incompatible and/or unreadable. It looks like a great game but, we'll never know. Hopefully the developers will address this issue.

"Mia's Math Caper" might be a great alternative to this title if you're a Mac user.

Zoombinis Logical Disaster

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Sad to say, that after playing "Email-Tag" with the vendor and continually trying everything advised to me, I still couldn't get this game to work. I also have XP and eventhough I set the compatibility mode to one of the younger windows versions, windows shut down on me and I wasn't able to get the disc out of the driver. To retrieve the disc I had to restart my computer. What a disaster! I am just glad I didn't pay major bucks.

Definitely not Windows XP compatible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am glad that I tried to set this game up before my grandson came for the weekend. It is definitely not XP compatible. I followed their instructions for converting the XP settings on my computer to a compatible setting. The game did start to work but was very choppy and incomplete. I also did not like the theme of the game. Creatures doing mean things to other creatures. I was very disappointed with Broderbund and The Learning Company. Customer service was also very poor.

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