JumpStart Spy Masters: Max Strikes Back

by Vivendi Universal

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005KGTJ
• Item model number: 71240
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 15, 2001
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,191 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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This challenging adventure provides older children (3rd, 4th or 5th graders) practice with a variety of general school subjects- primarily math and reading. Children join the Spy Masters team in the fight against mischievous Max, an estranged ex-Spy Master. Kids design their character and then move him or her around a space-age environment, exploring the buildings that contain the activities and blasting bad-guy robots. There are a total of eight missions, each mixing the adventure game format with educational puzzles. In one adventure, dastardly Max has released a terrible green cloud into the air. In another, he has scrambled up animal body parts. Kids must solve the games and ultimately create antidotes to each predicament. The graphics are unusually good, and the robot blasting is fun. The program's biggest problem is the loose design of the sometimes-repetitive activities. In the most confusing game, kids shoot numbered balls (e.g. +20, -25) into a container. They have to keep shooting balls until they add up to a specific number. It took reviewers a very long time to figure this one out, and unfortunately, our testers never did. (The game wasn't hard but the instructions were terrible.) There are word puzzles to solve, many in which children sort words by type (noun, verb, adjective). Players will also sort objects by their categories. The more children play, the more spy gadgets they earn. The mission format is entertaining, and many nice features are included. There's a solid record-keeping system, for instance, and players can design their own characters. A multiplayer online option is available. Just be prepared to lend a hand the first time through the game.
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Stop Max and Save the World!Product InformationIt's up to YOU to thwart the tricky Max Masters and his army of robots! Assumean undercover alias then plunge into the fray earning spy gear with everymission you complete. Stopping this mastermind is going to take all of yourwits--after all the key to any intelligence operation is intelligence right?The key to this mission is knowing about: Science Logic Math Language ArtsProduct Features Create your own unique alias then use that "cover" across all Spy Masters games in the series! Use your cutting-edge gadgets to stop Max in his tracks--and his robotic minions too! Uncover awesome 3D worlds as you journey through an eerie pirate ship a submerged secret lab and beyond. Take your spy gear with you through every game in the series! Set your spy assignment level from 3rd to 4th to 5th grade and beyond! Claim Your Spy Gear! Hover Board Ultra Power Vest Aqua Suit Launcher Cyber Visor Robo Sensor Advanced Cloaking BeltWindows Requirements Windows 2000 XP Vista Pentium 266 MHz or higher processor 128 MB of RAM 100 MB free hard disk space 640x480 resolution 16-bit color Windows-compatible sound card and speakers 12X CD-ROM drive 

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