Zoombinis Mini 2 Pack

by The Learning Company

Product Features

• Rules are as simple as its solution is complex. On a board of nine-by-nine squares, most of them empty, players must fill in each square with a number so that each row (left to right), column (top to bottom) and block (in bold lines) contains 1 to 9
• Enjoy completing hundreds of Suoku games with this software for PC

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008OE50
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: April 22, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,717 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #56 in Software > Children's Software > Math
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Go on an epic adventure of math and logic with the Zoombinis Logical Journey and Zoombinis Mountain Rescue educational software titles. Embark on a dangerous quest to a new Zoombini homeland and learn critical logic and mathematical thinking skills. Trek across treacherous terrain strewn with perilous mind-bending puzzles. Learn important life skills such as deductive reasoning, pattern recognition, hypothesis testing, and more, while leading the Zoombinis to freedom. These entertaining adventures are a journey into the math of the information age. Develop the cognitive mathematical thinking skills used in writing computer programs, organizing spreadsheet data, and searching for information on computer networks.

Product Description

For Macintosh, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for challenging your child's brain!, January 19, 2007

By 

Robin M. Elder (Magnolia, Kentucky) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Zoombinis Mini 2 Pack (CD-ROM)

I used this as part of my home-school curriculum for my 1st and 2nd graders. It is great for teaching children critical and logical thinking skills. For example, in order to get the Zoombinis from one side of the river to the next you have to arrange them in a certain order according to certain characteristics. Usually, the player is given a clue as to what are the acceptable characteristics. The goal is to get all of the Zoombinis to the destination.

My girls LOVE this game and play it frequently for long periods of time. Sometimes, I have to read the clues given and explain them to the girls before they can proceed, but more often than not they are able to figure it out on their own.

IF you are looking for a fast action, thrilling, whiz-bang, cool graphics game, this is NOT what you're looking for. This is more of a game of strategy and thinking than run around and kill the aliens kind of game. Your child or student will have to be fairly independent to play this game and be able to do a lot of problem solving and thinking on their own. Also, if you're child/student has a low tolerance for frustration, you might not want to purchase this game. Frequently, it takes several tries to get the strategy or riddle figured out before the player is successful. There are several difficulty settings, but even at the lowest setting your child/student probably needs to be at least 5 or 6 years old to play on his or her own.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great BUT DOESN'T WORK ON WINDOWS VISTA, June 15, 2009

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Amazon T "shopper extraordinaire" (Cali) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Zoombinis Mini 2 Pack (CD-ROM)

We had Zoombini Logical Journey on our old computer and our 6 year just loves the game.
But when we got the new computer with Windows Vista we bought this two-pak (thinking it would be updated for Vista) and it doesn't work.
We had to boot up the old computer with XP in the Den so the kids could play zoombini on that system. Only the original Zoombini logical game disk works on XP operating system. The Zoombini Mountain Rescue game that comes in this two-pak does not work on either of our computers XP or Vista, so it was a waste of money. Hope they make a compatible disk soon.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As good as it comes for under 11's, September 7, 2005

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Prof John F. Roddick - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zoombinis Mini 2 Pack (CD-ROM)

It's difficult to get under 8's to think for long periods of time. My 4yo son spends hours on these logical games.