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Zoombinis Logical Journey |  | From: The Learning Company
Category: Software
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $2.89
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Seller: Super Liquidator
Rating:  144 reviews
Sales Rank: 79
Platforms: Mac, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows
Color: Zoombinis Logical Journey
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.2
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: ZOOMBINISLOGJR
Model: 380933
UPC: 772040809331
EAN: 0772040809331
ASIN: B00005LBVU
Release Date: October 16, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Travel to a remarkable new world and treat your brain to an outlandishly fun and challenging adventure. Embark on a dangerous trek strewn with mind-bending puzzles. Learn important life skills and more as you lead the Zoombinis to freedom in Zoombinis Logical Journey!
Amazon.com Review
"Not too long ago, Zoombinis enjoyed the good life. Though they all looked slightly different--different eyes, noses, hair, feet--such differences meant nothing to the Zoombinis. And so they lived happily on Zoombini Isle, making small, useful products, which were prized the world over." So begins an unsuspectingly addictive CD-ROM, featuring uncommonly fun reasoning games that require serious problem solving and math-thinking work. Yet the perils that face this cheerful society are not as fearsome as the amount of time you'll potentially spend on this pursuit. Beware the chubby, chattering Zoombinis if you don't want to get hooked to your computer for at least 90 minutes a session! Adored by educators and parents alike, Zoombinis Logical Journey challenges children to employ such basic fundamentals of mathematical thinking as organizing information, reasoning of evidence, finding and making patterns, and systematic testing of hypotheses. The journey follows four puzzle-filled trails, each exploring related mathematical ideas. The fundamental data and variables for all this work are the variations in the Zoombinis' features. Their "feet," for example, can be shoes, skates, whirligigs, or coiled springs (the sound effects for these items are particularly great), while their "eyes" may be heavily lidded, enhanced by eyeglasses, blocked by dark shades, or limited to just a single eyeball. Sorting and arranging these variables in order to solve puzzles requires concentrated effort from the players, and the game rewards them well with inventive scenarios that evolve in fabulously curious ways as skills are gained. This may not sound like much, but when Arno the Pizza-Eating Tree Troll, who has been yammering for the perfectly topped pizza his entire lifetime, suddenly demands a perfectly topped ice cream sundae, too, it is a staggering, giddy surprise. The product is full of so many little joys, it's hard to demand improvements. Still, it'd be a great thing if version 2 would feature something other than the monotonous, ping-ping-ping soundtrack that's featured here. But that's minor. In the end, the creators' promise that this CD-ROM will "encourage kids to develop a lifetime habit of associating fun with learning" is dead-on. (Ages 9 and older) --Jean Lenihan
Amazon.com Product Description
Go on an epic adventure of math and logic. Embark on a dangerous quest to a new Zoombini homeland and learn critical logic and mathematical thinking skills. Trek across treacherous terrain strewn with perilous mind-bending puzzles. Learn important life skills such as deductive reasoning, pattern recognition, hypothesis testing, and more, while leading the Zoombinis to freedom. This entertaining adventure is a journey into the math of the information age. Develop the cognitive mathematical thinking skills used in writing computer programs, organizing spreadsheet data, and searching for information on computer networks.
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lots of fun! but finicky March 7, 2010
S. Morris (Denver, CO USA)
This is a great computer game, with lots of puzzles to solve, in increasing difficulties. Unfortunately, it only works on my friend's computer and not on mine, even though we are both running Windows XP.
 Can work with Win XP, just requires workarounds January 16, 2010
J A Cook
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have succeeded in getting this game to run. It requires doing a few things yourself instead of letting the various programs do it automatically.
First, you need to install DirectX directly from the CD. Browse the CD's contents for the DX folder, and use the setup/install program there to install the version of DirectX the program wants. Shouldn't take more than a few seconds.
Then you install the program WITHOUT the Compatibility Wizard.
THEN you open the Compatibility Wizard, point it to the run/play .exe file on the CD (which is necessary to run the program anyway) and set it to Win 98 and No Visual Themes (256 colors shouldn't be necessary).
I also changed the normal visual settings on my desktop to 16-bit colors, but I don't know if that was necessary. Experiment if you like.
Point is, doing the above gets DirectX installed, gets the program installed, and sets it to use the specific compatibility settings necessary without disturbing the permanent settings of your computer.
 Will Not Display Correctly On Monitor January 12, 2010
Sheila L Schmitz (Lincolnton, Georgia, US)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bought this originally for my PC so that my grandchildren would have something to play when they visited. Even though the requirements state the game is for Windows XP and I have Vista, I was hoping that by using the Compatible Wizard I would be able to make it work on my computer. The game installed without a problem and played the beginning of the game where is showed how the Zoomblinis were made into slaves and how they escaped. But then when the game itself started,(the first level) the game crashed. I tried several times of uninstalling and reinstalling but the game just crashed each time it got to the first level. The graphics were beautiful and the story line was great, if only the game would have worked.
So I finally uninstalled the game and decided to give it to my 4 year old great grandson since he had access to a computer with Windows XP. No problem with installing or running the game on the computer with Windows XP. But I noticed 2 things about the game after is was installed. First of all, it did not show the first part of the game where you saw and heard the reason that led to the Zoombinis having to escape their slavery. But that was OK because my great grandson was more interested in playing the game than he was interested in the reason for the escape. The second defect I noticed about the game was that part of the game did not show--the part that had the menu icons. Since you could only see the edge of the icons, down in the bottom of the right hand corner, you had to guess which icon to click on to get what you wanted. My 4 year old grandson had a hard time remembering which icon to push to get to the next level because you could only see part of the icon--many times we kept going to the map instead of the next level.
My grandson loves this game, especially the level where you make pizzas. We never got very far into the game because of the problems with the icons--just took too long to get to the next level after continuously pushing the wrong icon.
My daughter in-law's monitor is not a wide screen monitor, which is common very common now, so maybe this is part of the problem with the display not showing the whole screen for this game. I am not real computer literate when it comes to hardware of a computer and maybe there is a way to shrink the screen on her monitor so that it will show the whole screens of the game. If anyone would care to comment on a solution on how to make this game display correctly on her monitor, I would appreciate the suggestion because my grandson really loves this game.
I only gave this game 3 stars because of how it is displayed on my daughter in-law's monitor, but for anyone who does not have this problem I highly recommend the game because it seems to be a fun game, especially for children.
 Doesn't work for me either!!! Windows XP January 3, 2010
Susan D. Wilcox
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I should have listened to the others. This was very frustrating and a real waste of time.
Excellent Game. This is the Epitome of Learning and Fun! December 12, 2009
A. L. (Chicago, IL USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2RR1EI6WBAO3T The introduction speaks for itself - timeless. The art, the quality of music, and story are all top-notch. The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis has not only aged well in terms of audio-visual quality. The core game mechanics are addicting for people of all ages and it's teaching methods are highly accessible while still aligned with modern expectations. Please do your children a favor and get this game! It can be purchased a very low price and will leave a positive impression for the rest of their lives.
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