Concentration

by Mumbo Jumbo

Product Features

• Colorful, whimsical graphics
• Hours of fun with over 100 rebus puzzles to solve
• Challenge your family and friends in 2 player mode
• Suitable for everyone with 3 levels of difficulty
• Great game show host

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00161IYDC
• Item Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: April 1, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,486 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Based on the hit TV game show, Concentration is two games in one: matching and puzzling. Match the scrambled prizes behind the numbered panels to win. Each combination turns over two panels to reveal a portion of the hidden rebus (picture puzzle). Earn a chance at solving the puzzle underneath after each match. But watch out! Your opponent is trying to solve it too. If you guess correctly, you could be on to the bonus round where you have a chance to win a new car!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Fun, just wish it had an option for higher difficulty, December 25, 2011

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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Concentration (Video Game)

I play mostly adventure/puzzle combination games, but there are some classic games which are a ton of fun, and "Concentration" by Mumbo Jumbo is one of them. This is a classic match game, and follows the TV show format.

Once the game is loaded, you do not need to insert the disc to play. You can choose two-player mode, and play against somebody, or one player mode, where you play against the computer, aka Professor Rebus. The highlight of each game is the rebus puzzles to solve when you've uncovered enough squares. There's 100 of them in this "Concentration" computer game. If, like me, you can't get enough of them, I can recommend a book called "Great Rebus Puzzles" by Steve Ryan.
Great Rebus Puzzles

In addition to chosing which mode in which you play, you also get to choose which of three difficulty levels you want. For most adults, you'll probably want the hardest level, and even that will be too easy once you've got the hang of it. That's because the hardest level grid is only 5 x 5. I would love to see this game reissued with a higher difficulty level, maybe 7 x 7 or up.

In the meantime, I use ways to make it more of a challenge. First off, each game has one really big prize, like a trip to Bora Bora. At the beginning of the game, they show you where one of the Bora Bora squares is. All I do is close my eyes or look away during the 5 seconds or so it shows the big prize location, so I don't have that advantage while playing the game.

Another way to make it more difficult for myself is to make it a rule that I cannot solve the rebus unless all matches are cleared off the board. If I mess up towards the end of the game, when there's only three or four matches left, Professor Rebus will make a match and solve the rebus to win. That is, just like if you were playing against another person, Professor Rebus does not wait for the board to be totally cleared before solving the puzzle and winning. So with my little rule, I have to be especially careful not to give the Professor that chance.

Though I wish it had a more difficult option available, this is still a great game for exercising the brain and having fun.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars concentration, March 27, 2011

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Jean A. Lukas "PURPLE CAT LADY" (CLEARWATER, FLA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Concentration (Video Game)

this is as much fun as the tv game show was. i love it! i think video game manufacturers should think about putting out more fun games like this instead of war, fighting, stupid sports and blood and guts crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
not everyone likes that junk. and the kids that do should NOT be playing those kind of games. just because you put on it no one under the age if eighteen does NOT mean that the stupid parents don't buy it for their underage kids. you need to put out MORE of the type of GAME games like this one. this game makes you use memory and makes you think and figure out the puzzles underneath. this is the type of game for ALL ages. i'm almost 62. this type of game is the only games i play. all i can say is MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great "Game Show" Game!, January 26, 2011

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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Concentration (Video Game)

The Stars next to fun supposed to be 5 Stars but it will not show correctly. This is one of my Top 5 Favorite Games . . . EVER! It is so much like the game show! If you enjoyed this game on TV you will love it when you get it home!