Mia's Science Adventure: Romaine's New Hat

by Kutoka US Software

Product Features

• Educational role-playing games that are both enriching and amusing
• Help Mia retrieve her mother's lost hat and find her way home
• Covers age-appropriate scientific concepts and scientific terminology
• Rich and captivating 3D world from a mouse's point of view
• Designed for kids ages 6 to 10

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000DBYKR
• Item model number: 31201
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 16, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,858 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #18 in Software > Children's Software > Science & Nature
  • #22 in Software > Education & Reference > Science
  • #27 in Software > Children's Software > Thinking & Problem Solving

Product Description

Mia's Science Adventure is an interactive animated story and a learning adventure that teaches science by exploring plants animals climate electricity the human body etc.KEY FEATURES:Three levels of difficulty that follow the classroom curriculumMarvelously rich 3D universeColorful and endearing characters2 CDs for hours of fun-filled entertainmentFUN SUBJECTS:Plants and AnimalsThe Solar SystemWeather and CloudsElectricity and MagnetismPlus much more...System Requirements:Windows CPU: Pentium 233 MMX; 64 MB RAM; Video: 640x480 (256 colors); Sound: 16-bit Sound-Blaster or 100% compatible; 6x CD-ROM; 40 MB of hard drive disk space Macintosh CPU: G3 233 MHz iMac; 64 MB RAM; Video: 640x480 (256 colors); Sound: Standard Macintosh; 6x CD-ROM; 40 MB of hard drive disk spaceFormat: WIN 9598ME2000XP/MAC 8.6-9.X (CLASSIC)X10.1 Genre: CHILDREN Age: 6 to 10 UPC: 632332031201 Manufacturer No: 31201

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

69 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Big video game, little educational value, December 20, 2005

By 

Able Devildog "jackjack5" (PACIFIC PALISADES, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mia's Science Adventure: Romaine's New Hat (CD-ROM)

If one is looking for an educational program to help a child learn there are much better programs on the market than Mia.

Unfortunately we bought this as a package of Mia and all suffer from the same issues. First, it takes 2 CDs and a game cannot be completed without switching to the 2d CD. That compounds the problem that Mia cannot be loaded on the hard drive so the game cannot be played unless the CD is loaded. Having programs that require the loading of CDs to play them is a pain in the neck because children do not handle CDs properly and an adult must change the CDs. Most programs have only one CD but this one requires two.

Mia programs are more like video games than educational software. They are comparable to video games like Spiderman and Sponge Bob which are puzzles to be solved. That is the problem with the Mia programs. The child spends an inordinate amount of time manuevering between the educational activities so that most of the time is spent manuevering and little time is spent on education. And it can be frustrating for the child, even a child that is very adept at video games. Yet because Mia is more of a video game than an educational resource, children who are video game geeks like Mia.

Mia's science is better than Mia's Math and Reading because at least a written scenario is provided which helps out. But like all the Mia programs, the program hangs at times so that the child cannot complete the game. Worse yet because the program is always active, the hibernation and suspend operations on the computer do not function so the program must be shut down should the child leave the computer.

Another problem that all the Mia programs suffer from is that the video only occupies a small part of the monitor screen so that the effects are dimished. Other educational software fill the full screen although to Mia's credit, when the user exits the program it restores the screen to its original resolution, something not all educational softwere does.

The Mia programs do have humor in them which is enertaining to children and what educational material there is, is somewhat useful.

The game is very lengthy. It takes hours to complete a mission. The oral instructions do not always match the written ones which are the correct ones, and are confusing to children. As the game progresses, lag time increases between segments.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FUN, FUN, FUN!!!, May 19, 2006

By 

Darla Arlington "Darla" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mia's Science Adventure: Romaine's New Hat (CD-ROM)

July 27, 2005
Why haven't I heard about the Mia characters before? I bought this for my god daughters 6th birthday without knowing anything about the game. We opened it together and I was BLOWN AWAY with the 3D animation-the same quality as Pixar. Everyone at the party was glued to the computer screen in this adventure land game. Best of all, its educational but because it was so entertaininng, my god-daughter has not stopped playing it. Well worth your money! I'm going to buy the rest of the Mia series.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good activities, but too much video!, January 15, 2007

By 

Andrea Ryan (Reading, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mia's Science Adventure: Romaine's New Hat (CD-ROM)

My 8 year old daughter likes the activities/games a lot. But neither of us like the extensive video sequences. She finds them incredibly annoying!

I have to imagine that this game is great for any kid who would otherwise be playing video games, but not so great for a kid who has never played them.

I am really disappointed. Spent much more than I usually would to get this and the math version of Mia. My daughter much prefers the "standard" math games on the old cd we picked up at a yard sale!! The graphics are not as fancy, but it is much more fun (and better for fun learning, too)