Curious George Downtown Adventure

by Knowledge Adventure

Product Features

• Help Curious George get out of predicaments by solving puzzles
• Over 60 different puzzle games for kids to solve again and again
• Curiosity Meter rewards kids with banana points
• Four unique locations allow for greater enjoyment and exploration
• Includes bonus Curious George book set

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000639VR
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 20, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,973 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Problem solving is at the fore of Curious George Downtown Adventure, a game that pits the inquisitive monkey against his own clumsiness! George has caused a series of minor accidents while shopping downtown with the Man in the Yellow Hat. Among other faux pas, he has trapped a window washer halfway up a building and lost someone's fan in a dumpster. In order to put everything right, George will have to travel all over the city, putting together the gadgets he needs to get the job done!

There are about 60 puzzles in this game, each structured as a challenge of mechanics. George must put together a group of simple devices like trampolines, ladders, and conveyer belts to move him to his current goal. Heavy objects can be dropped onto crates in need of shattering, while ramps and trampolines can get the monkey up to the otherwise inaccessible levels of the puzzle. Completion of some tasks will earn the player more "curiosity tools"--gizmos designed to help with the harder challenges. Be warned, though--sometimes finishing a puzzle just causes George to have another mishap!

Mechanically based puzzle games are nothing new, teaching basic physical concepts like gravity and momentum to children while giving their creativity a workout. In fact, some of these other games are vastly more complex, inventive, and rigorously devoted to the chain of cause and effect than Curious George Downtown Adventure. Even so, this package is competently designed and makes an excellent choice for kids who are newer to this form of gameplay. Its graphic design and interface are appealing, while its challenges increase in difficulty at a gentle pace. The game also offers plenty of help and encouragement for players who get stuck, and most of its puzzles have more than one solution, giving children an opportunity to try out new strategies as George tries to rescue balloons, elephants, and electric fans by the score. --Alyx Dellamonica

Product Description

Watch as your own downtown adventure comes to life right before your eyes! You will spend the day with Curious George as you solve puzzles and build clever contraptions using balloons, trapdoors, trampolines, bowling balls and more. Solve as many puzzles as you can to help George restore order to the mixed up town and save the day.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple but not simplistic fun for a 4 year old, July 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Curious George Downtown Adventure (CD-ROM)

My 4 year old daughter was getting a bit bored with her computer games until we bought this one. I had to help her solve the first 5 or so puzzles, but after that, she got VERY excited and started to solve them without me in the room.

This is a visual logic puzzle game: How can George get to the top of the building, using just the short ladder, the trampoline and the bowling ball? Put the ladder in front of the mailbox, and George will climb the ladder, jump down to the trampoline and bounce up... you get the idea. It's "The Incredible Machine" meets "Putt-Putt" and it works.

The look on her face when she solves just one of the 50 puzzles was worth the cost of the game.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Only one complaint, November 26, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Curious George Downtown Adventure (CD-ROM)

My 5-year-old son loves this program. However, he is frustrated that he cannot enter one area because we don't have the "booster code." How do you get a booster code? You have to buy another product from the same company. It upsets me that the company cannot rely on the fine quality of their products to sell more, but have to resort to ambushing parents with a marketing gimmick that a 5-year-old is too young to understand.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great problem solving game!, March 14, 2003

By 

Candace Mack "cmmack" (Mauldin, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Curious George Downtown Adventure (CD-ROM)

I really like this game for my four year old, because it is different. It doesn't teach phonics, math or music, but the more abstract problem solving skills. And, he loves it because it's fun! He has to put together a sequence of events to get to the desired object. Very well designed!