Customer Reviews

Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo

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This is an incredible bargain. This was a state-of-the-art graphics/game package when we bought it for our kids in '94 or '95 -- and it's such a great game that our 5-year-old still plays it! Really a fun story -- great characters, lots of fun adventures, good music. Lots of games hidden within the adventure. Our kids have liked all of the Humongous titles (Fatty Bear, Putt Putt, Freddi Fish), and they are just incredible bargains when Humongous takes their price down after a couple of years. A can't-miss purchase.

This was the first childrens software I bought for mykids. They loved it! I must admit, I love it also. This is anexcellent interactive game. Now my 3 year old is addicted to all of Putt Putt and Freddi Fish games. He especially loves the songs that are everywhere in the game.

You must see this game to experience it. Children love the bright colors and great sounds. There are differences in the game each time it is played. My 5 and 6 year old occasionally play along with my 3 year old. I recommend this software to anyone with children. The price that Amazon is selling it for is Excellent. You will not regret it, and your children will thank you!

In this game Putt-Putt has to reunite the baby animals with their parents in the new Car Town zoo. It helps develop problem solving skills. It is also entertaining. I enjoyed playing it with my daughter. If fact, she had played alot of it on her own so she showed me how to play it. A children's game is well written when a 5 year old can start it, play it and then expain it to an adult without a problem. Hats off to Humongous Entertainment.

This game is a load of colorful, music filled fun! There are a million Freddi Fish and Fatty Bear cameos, and there is more than enough info about animals. Putt-Putt has to find all the baby animals so the zoo can open. Click on and try everything! There's so much to do! This game teaches logical problem solving skills, and some animal facts, too. I loved this game! If you liked this game, try other Putt-Putt games, and maybe Freddi Fish, Fatty Bear, Pajama Sam, and SPY Fox, too.

My kids love this game. It is challenging and fun. It encourages creative problem solving and gives the child a wonderful sense of accomplishment when he or she achieves each goal of saving lost baby animals at the zoo. Don't miss this one!

If your child has played beginning software like JumpStart and is ready to move on to more advanced gameplay, Humongous Entertainment's Putt-Putt series (and Freddi Fish and Pajama Sam, as well) are an excellent choice. These titles take the cognitive tasks up a notch as children must accumulate specific items, navigate a number of locations, and use their problem-solving skills to help their friends and achieve larger goals. Along the way, kind and gentle Putt-Putt and his dog Pep will meet a number of nice characters, visit a variety of interesting locations and play games as they complete the larger tasks.

In Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo, the overarching goal is to reuntie baby animals with their parents so that the zoo can open, but along the way he will perform a variety of smaller tasks. I would say that the best titles in this series are Putt-Putt Enters the Race and Putt-Putt Joins the Circus, but this one is very good too.

This is a fine game in a great series.

I'd like to rate this higher than a 5! In this game, you have to search around the zoo for 6 baby animals that have wandered out of their respective pens/habitats. So you also have to click on things to collect and play games along the way that will help you in your search. My son is 2-1/2 and the guidance says Ages 3-8 for this game, but I really enjoy playing it with him and teaching him to have fun "figuring things out". Although, I also enjoy watching him sit here at this computer (very recently) in his booster chair so he can reach the mouse comfortably and do all the moves and clicking and rescuing all by himself. Pausing at the parts he really enjoys (like eating cotton candy at the vending cart just inside the zoo entrance). Great Game - and also I highly recommend Putt Putt Travels Through Time. Enjoy your kids!!!

As a mother of 2 and 4 year olds and an adventure game lover myself, I only give this 3 stars because the game is less complex than Putt Putt Saves the Circus or Putt Putt Enters the Race. My 4 year old finished it in <2 hours, with a little assist. This is just right for my 2 year old, who doesn't mind playing it over and over. The animal narratives are beyond them, though.

My daughter is 4 years old and let me tell you - she cannot get enough of this game. I play along with her and we both just love it. It is very educational and promotes much cognitive thinking. A must have!

My son just borrowed Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo from a friend. The game sends the player on an adventure through about 20 locations divided into three sections of the zoo. In each section, the player locates baby animals who require items found in other locations in the zoo to rescue them. While it may seem that so many locations would be difficult and time consuming for a young child to navigate, the layout is straightforward and each location has a distinctive look.

My only complaint is that my 4.5 year old initally saved all of the animals with an hour. Unfortunately, the challenges do not change from game to game. You always find the same animal in the same location and use the same tools (found in the same locations) to rescue him/her. That said, my son still loves challenging himself to see how quickly he can get through it now and there are a few cute little hidden games within the game.