Binding: CD-ROM Brand: The Learning Company EAN: 0798936820037 Format: CD Label: Learning Company Manufacturer: Learning Company Publisher: Learning Company Studio: Learning Company
Features:
Develops an Understanding of Physical Science Principles [Ages 7 - 12]
Solve puzzles to collect all the parts to build the best auto, air, and alternative energy vehicles.
Over 260 puzzles and simulations help you understand the physical science principles
Develops understanding of force, magnetism, electricity, gears, balance, energy sources and more
Encourages hands-on experimentation. [Windows 95/98, Mac OS 7/8/9]
Rating: - Fun and educational, but won't work on XP computers
My son loved all of the Super Solvers software titles when he was little (4-8 years old). I now have a daughter who would love to play them, but Gizmos & Gadgets, Outnumbered and Midnight Rescue won't work on XP computers. I've tried HP, Dell & Gateway computers and no luck on any of them. Each one gives me an error message about a MIDI Driver and kicks out of the program. However, If you have an older computer at home, I highly recommend these games for your children.
Rating: - very hard
out of all the supersolver games i played when i was little, this one was the hardest and the most frustrating. the plot is not intriguing at all and why would a little kid care about building robots?
Rating: - Great building game!
I used to play this game, and I used to imagine playing this game looking for pieces to build model rockets rather than race cars. Helps teach about how vehicles work. If you reach the rank of Head Scientist, there is a Wile E. Coyote/Sylvester-ish plot-the Master of Mischief tries to steal the Super Solver's trophy with a hook, but the hook pops the blimp.
Rating: - Gizmos and Gadgets
I got this game shortly after I got my first computer, and I spent hours playing it... the graphics don't meet today's standards, but the science still applies. I remember that I beat the thing once, but that was only without the monkeys.
The game has a sort of plot line, the plot being that Morty's taken over a place called the Shady Glen Technology Center along with his Cyber Chimps. He's challenged you to a sort of science-contest to see who can build the best vehicles... and, believe me, it takes a LONG time to beat this game.
You have to build fifteen vehicles, using the parts available in warehouses at the Shady Glen center. You have a lot of doors per room, and you have to complete science puzzles to open the doors. Some doors have parts behind them, and some don't. And the parts that you get aren't always the best ones. On any account, there are chimps running around everywhere that bump into you and take your parts. Very complicated... but you can turn the chimp feature off.
When you win (if you win), you get a 'surprise'. If you want to know what it is, it's a printable certificate. Yeah...
But this is a great way to learn science- I loved it, anyway. And there are still some puzzles that I have trouble figuring out, especially the ones with the cogs. And be warned- I don't think that this game works with Windows XP.
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"[D]uring its time of evaluation, Honeycrisp, being a beautiful but partially-colored apple, effectively waited in the wings until the big stage was set. I'm not saying the University would not have introduced Honeycrisp against the tide of Red and Golden. I don't know that. It just takes years to get to the point of taking the leap, and maybe 1991 would have been the leaping point regardless of the current. But there's no doubt Honeycrisp jumped into a very favorable current, one that had been started with Granny Smith and had gained irreversible momentum with Gala and Fuji. Its time had come.
But even when your time has come, if you're an apple, it'll still be a while. There are millions of Honeycrisp trees in the ground right now, but a production ranking is nowhere in sight. Like Gala, Honeycrisp will take a few more years before it climbs out of the "All Others" category.
So, if you're David Bedford, and you evaluated a variety for many years until 1991 and then released it, and it's been out now for well over a decade and it's still in "All Others," you've done a wonderful job. That's just the speed of this game. Honeycrisp is on a meteoric rise. This is a thing that's happening very fast, in apple terms."
- Fun and educational, but won't work on XP computers
- very hard
- Great building game!