Arthur's Adventures with D.W. (Jewel Case)

by The Learning Company

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005IB4T
• Item model number: 381002
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 1, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,029 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #67 in Software > Children's Software > Interactive Books
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This program aims to start kids off on the path to creative learning and problem solving. Lovable characters Arthur and D.W. are on a family picnic, and they need kids' help setting a nutritious meal on the table. Other fun learning activities include hosing down gophers, decorating a house, and matching words with pictures.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Pity it doesn't run on any modern OS, January 15, 2002

By 

David Kafrissen - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arthur's Adventures with D.W. (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

Just don't make the same mistake I did - only 2 of these Arthur games actually support NT/2000/XP. So unless you have the archaic 95/98 OS, fuhgedaboutit. Pity, because our son loves to play these at our local library.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A bit of fun and learning with a hitch....., January 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Arthur's Adventures with D.W. (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

The kids seem to love this learning software.

My child keeps saying DW is silly or naughty for not eating properly, so I suggest the message does reach the mark.

Yes there is a bit of squirting pesky gophers with water from a hose (note neither the hose or any other object is used to strike or injure the pests) so don't panic violence is not the theme and with proper parental guidance this software is certainly not a negative role model.

You could certainly do worse.

Re it doesn't work on a modern OS, well the 32 bit DW_32.exe certainly wouldn't run for me on XP (generates a Media Player crash), however if you run the DW_16.exe it runs fine....

I'm sure TLC/BroderBund could fix this so have logged a fault call. Usually successful.

Play with your child whilst they use this software and watch and enjoy as they learn and play.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Piece of Junk!, April 6, 2005

By 

P. Veit (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arthur's Adventures with D.W. (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

My son was dying to play this game. I can't install it on ANY of my operating systems and I have them all! I keep getting an error. What's worse is it installed it's Brodcast dssagent on my computers and it won't let me delete the file or folder. Every time I log off, I get an error that the program isn't responding.

Saying that it is Windows compatible is very misleading. What a waste of time. Don't get this CD!