Customer Reviews

M&M's: The Lost Formulas

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I love this game! It's worked wonders for my daughter in speeding up basic math facts. Reccomended for Grade 2+
It IS fast, work with flash cards with your child or else they will be discouraged in not playing this game with the math. Make sure your Graphics/Video Card is UPDATED with drivers, max-out on your memory too really helped.
This game works great on Windows 98 - it does require some tweaking - PLEASE read the Read Me file for solving them.
Now the downside - my husband had to upgrade our system to Win 2000 for his software, and Simon & Schuster does not have any patches for this game.
I emailed them and this was their reply:
Thank you for contacting Simon and Schuster Interactive Technical Support

Unfortunately, this program is not supported on NT or Windows 2000 which is an NT platform. Because of the driver structure of NT, very few programs that use video compression programs such as this one are even rated on NT. I think you would find that the problems would be solved if you installed the program on a 95/98/ME system.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to e-mail us or call the technical support number listed in the documents that came with our product.

Sincerely,
D. L. Monson
S&SI Tech Support

This is a great math game for children with windows 98 (5 stars). My kids spent lots of time with the game every day for months until we "upgraded" with a new computer system. Be wary if you have ME and forget it with windows 2000. Who knows about XP. With ME, the keyboard arrows don't work correctly and youngsters can't advance in the math portion from atleast the 3rd level. Technical support indicated that there will be no fix for any problems experienced for systems with Windows ME, 2000, XP. A suggestion was made to purchase a gamepad controller to see if that helped. The children are quite disappointed and want to go back to windows 98.

I just got back from a holiday party and played this with my cousin. THis game is awesome not just because it promotes math in a fun matter, but it gives a fun adventure for kids to work with. The adventure includes the world famous m&m's (and minis) You should definitely buy this for kids 4-13. I am even hooked!!!! This is a blast of fun.

I think this game is great for kids 7-13 its a very fun game that builds math skills and helps you learn your addition subtraction and multiplication i recommend this for kids its great

This game is awesome. It is aimed for younger kids but I am 12 and am hooked! My 4 year old cousin has this game and she has already beat all the levels. I recomend this game for everyone. You have to try it!

As an Elementary Special Education Teacher I found this software to be invaluable for students with or without special needs. The kids love it! I use it both at school and at home with nieces and nephews. Also great for eye/hand coordination, reasoning,quick thinking and memory.

This is one of the best computer games I have ever played. It isn't easy - that's for sure - but it is so much fun. My 7 year old son is the only one in the family who has gotten through all of the levels - including the bonus levels - but we all enjoy the game. The driving in "Get Out of Town" is a blast!! Well worth the money. This game is a lot of fun. The whole family will enjoy playing it again and again.

This was the best game I've ever played. It's the bomb and it's and easier way for little kids to learn math problems. Adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and counting with numbers. It's great. I highly recommend it for boys and girls ages 7-14.

Finally, a NEW arcade style game! I bought this for my 4 year old son and he gets Yellow M&M to where he needs to go and this software reinforces his learning of numbers due to the math only levels! HINT: A game pad is the ticket to making the many jumps necessary in this game, but the arrow keys work just fine to zoom to and around the factory!

I bought this for my son's 4th birthday because he loves the M&M's characters. This is such a cool imaginative game. The graphics are excellent, it's challenging without being too tough, and the music is nicely put together with the different levels. Very entertaining. My son is now 4 1/2 and he has taught me a few things about the game that I even missed. The math levels are also a great thing to get kids to learn without knowing they are. Also, it's very refreshing from some other games that are too violent or serious that are marketed to children.