Riding Academy: Jump & Ride

by Viva Media

Product Features

• Experience realistic horseback racing; choose from 6 different horses
• 12 beautiful action-packed steeplechase courses to ride and race
• Varied terrain with seasonal weather conditions
• Suits all players with beginner, intermediate, and expert levels
• Split-screen gaming for 3 ways to play: single player, championship, and LAN

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000B676FA
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 24, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,781 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Experience realistic horseback racing in this great software title, Riding Academy: Jump & Ride. Choose from six different horses and race through 12 action-packed steeplechase courses. Gallop with your horse over water, brush fences, and timber rails, as you race to the winner's circle.

Features:

• 12 beautiful action-packed steeplechase courses to ride and race
• Varied terrain with seasonal weather conditions
• Beginner, intermediate, and expert levels
• Three ways to play: single player, championship, and LAN
• Play with your friends--split-screen game lets you practice alone or ride with your friends

Product Description

Enjoy ultra realistic horseback riding! Race through 12 action packed steeplechase courses for jumping fun! Gallop with your horse over water, brush fences, and timber rails, as you race to the winner's circle.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If Horse Back Riding is your thing..., November 5, 2005

By 

PA Mom (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Riding Academy: Jump & Ride (CD-ROM)

then, this is the game for you. You can ride in all different locations around the world - which is fun. For example, in Holland you go past windmills, and in Switzerland you ride past mountain top huts.

Since the controls are uncomplicated, you can enjoy the game right away. In order to win races, you need to be strategic with the horse you choose for the track and conditions. Also, my daughter and I race against each other, which is why I have to practice.

I am having fun with this and I am the grown up in the family! Even better, she's only 8 and she's doing just fine with it. She's even better at it than me!

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Jump and ride a little behind the times., February 21, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Riding Academy: Jump & Ride (CD-ROM)

Let's face it. Jump and Ride will never be on the same level as other equestrian games such as Equestriad or Let's Ride Rosemond Hill. I don't mean to say it's a bad choice. Five years ago there were no equestrian games save barbie (and this game has an eerie resemblence to the races in barbie). In the 21st century this game is slightly overmatched. The game's addictive but lacks some of the factors found in games in the Let's ride collection. For starters,there are only six horses which differ slightly in characteristics. Play is easy until you move to the normal level. here you have to hit "/" rhythmically (whatever that means) until your arms fall off. in hard you hit "/" and ".", and in pro you hit four keys which is impossible if you've ever tried it. In case you are mistaken, "/" does not make the horse go, it only controls speed. since the computer is perfect then you will most likely lose. Racing against friends is better since you are evenly matched. This is fun for people who value having competition instead of just competing. This gets two stars because I thought I was buying an actual steeplechase, like the Grand National, with a twenty horse field. I also don't like how the horses look and how you can't give them names or change their colors. The graphics are nothing to shake a stick at either. By the way, why are there no unlockable features?

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Total Disappointment, August 4, 2006

By 

Stefanie A. Strosky "Voracious Reader" (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Riding Academy: Jump & Ride (CD-ROM)

Do not buy this game. For ages 7 and younger it is simple and easy to use and would be fine to start off a youngster with horsey computer games, but overall it is repetitive and boring. If you really want a good horse game buy Saddle Up Time to Ride, Saddle Up with Pippa Funnell, All the Let's Ride! games are great, though I thought that the Let's Ride! Corral Club was more childish than the others. A good deal is the Let's Ride! Champions Collection which has 3 horse games. 2 of them being really good: Mary King's Riding Star, and Equestriad 2001.