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Pinball Science

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It doesn't run on windows xp. I tried it on windows 98 and it wouldn't run because my processor was too slow on that laptop. Be sure to look at requirements and make sure it matches up or you'll be wasting your money.

Randy T.

As a 6th and 7th grade teacher of science, this is a wonderful program to slide Force, Energy and Motion concepts past my students. They are positively exuberant everytime they get to play Pinball science. They must know the answers to the questions to build all items needed to escape a village and then an island and then a place in space. If they are weak on concepts there is a section to research the answer to any question. Friction, force, momentum etc. . . are all covered. We got our PTA and some teachers to help us buy 15 copies. We pair the students in class to play. Students have never loved science so much. They think "Learning is cool!".

My kids loved this game. It was amazing to hear my 6 year old making comments about topics such as potential vs kinetic energy. These were not just buzz words, he really seemed to understand the concepts. He learned a lot at an early age and had lots of fun. In the game, you go thru an entertaining tutorial on a topic, then answer a few questions. For each correct answer, you get a part for the pinball machine. The parts do funny things that make the kids laugh. Once you have enough parts, you build the pinball game onscreen by placing the pieces. Then you get to play pinball. Lots of fun. Unfortunately, it will not run on any other version of Windows, just Windows 98. I tried Windows 98 compatability mode on Windows XP, but no luck. I even built a Windows 98 virtual machine (using VMware), but it would fail to recognize some of the required hardware (CD or sound card, I forget which).