Disney Playhouse Stanley Tiger Tales Adventure

by Disney

Product Features

• Disney Interactive.
• CD-ROM / Windows 95/98 / ME and MacIntosh.
• For ages 3-6
• Windows, minimum requirements: 95 / 98 / ME, Pentium class processor, 32 MB RAM, 60 MB disc space, 8 x speed CD-ROM drive, sound card, 4 MB 16-bit color video card.
• MacIntosh: Mac OS 8.6-9.1, G 3 or better I Mac, 32 MB of RAM, 60 MB disc space, 4 x speed CD-ROM drive, color video display.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005Q5TF
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 15, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,802 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Playhouse Disney's Stanley Tiger Tales is a bright program that manages to emulate the magical seamlessness of a young child's thought process. One moment Stanley is jabbering with his goldfish, the next instant he's looking for his hat to take to the beach, then whammo!--a cardboard tube triggers a flight of fancy and Stanley briefly becomes an aardvark. The program begins with Stanley's mom asking him to round up his sunscreen, float toy, and some other items for a trip to the beach. It's a small thing, but most beleaguered parents will appreciate the good modeling here: Stanley's mom isn't frantically gathering this stuff up for her son. Instead, she assumes he's big enough to do a bit of problem solving. Amen.

Stanley solves this happy problem with your child's help, and there are plenty of safaris, mouse whiskers, and monkey dances along the way to keep it engaging. This program is designed to work with a wide range of early computer skills. Beginners will get a response from objects in a room if they sweep the cursor over them. Kids who have connected to clicking are richly rewarded: objects become games, change color, or reveal an animal factoid. Kids must find Stanley's beach gear and keep an eye out for stamps to paste into an informative tome called The Great Big Book of Everything.

There are five minigames in Stanley's bedroom, four more in his backyard, and the rest of the house has plenty of nooks and crannies to explore. The games all self-adjust to your child's skill level. We enjoyed one that involved Stanley, clad in tiger pajamas, stalking an antelope. Timing, forethought, and observation are required to move Stanley from hiding place to hiding place while avoiding the alert gaze of the antelope. Another good one was Stanley's monkey dance, where players "program" Stanley to mimic the moves a monkey makes. All of these games have a certain relentlessness that some parents will love, some will hate. They're timed, they're scored, and a wrong move wipes out the existing game, causing players to have to start all over. It all happens in a friendly manner, of course, but mistakes are penalized here. We didn't mind this approach to the games, since they're all brief enough a mistake doesn't erase hours of work. Finally, this nimble program also has a "Parents' Area" in case you want to check your child's antelope-stalking progress.

Stanley Tiger Tales is a well-executed delight that will appeal to any younger child, especially one who is fascinated by animals. (Ages 3 to 6) --Anne Erickson

Product Description

For ages 3-6. CD-ROM / Windows 95/98 / ME and MacIntosh. Disney Interactive. Here are Stanley Tiger Tales. Join Stanley, a little boy, on a jungle hunt who learns to solve problems and finds out skills and traits of his animal friends. He also learns life lessons, such as responsibility and cleanliness. Windows, minimum requirements: 95 / 98 / ME, Pentium class processor, 32 MB RAM, 60 MB disc space, 8 x speed CD-ROM drive, sound card, 4 MB 16-bit color video card. MacIntosh: Mac OS 8.6-9.1, G 3 or better I Mac, 32 MB of RAM, 60 MB disc space, 4 x speed CD-ROM drive, color video display.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learning about animals and having fun too!, January 12, 2002

By 

Kelly J. Jackapino (Holmdel, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Disney Playhouse Stanley Tiger Tales Adventure (CD-ROM)

My daughter is 3 and loves this game. It teaches facts on many types of animals plus, children learn colors, shapes, math, picture matching, memory skill and more.
Stanley has to find objects around the house and put them in his bag. After he plays all the games and finds all the stickers he sets out to find Theodore, his inflatable tiger.
It's just like an episode from the tv. They'll love it.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Software For Children, January 9, 2002

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"emilio2068" (Indiana USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Disney Playhouse Stanley Tiger Tales Adventure (CD-ROM)

My son received this software for Christmas and has enjoyed playing the software. Stanley is the main character, and guides children through different obstacles while teaching children about different types of animals along the way. The game increases in difficulty as your child successfully finishes a task. This is one of the best softwares I have seen for children in a long time.

4.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointed, May 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Disney Playhouse Stanley Tiger Tales Adventure (CD-ROM)

I bought this game for my 3 year old daughter because she loves playing the Stanley games...We were very disappointed with this game. It's too structured. She can't just go to the game she wants to play. She must complete them in a specific order. Also, if she makes a mistake on a game, instead of asking her to correct her mistake, it makes her start the game over -- very frustrating! The only thing she liked was printing coloring pictures from the Great Big Book of Everything and even that was disappointing as it did not provide pictures for every letter of the alphabet. I found the games very simplistic with no way to increase the skill level. Even if she liked it, she would have outgrown it very quickly. The games on the website are so much better and they are free!

However, Disney will give you a refund within 90 days if you are not satisfied and that is what I plan to do.