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Way to easy --- gets boring quick!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My son is 3 and adores the rescue heroes. I thought he'd love to have this game. He quickly went through all of the levels and games and became so bored he doesn't play it anymore (after about 1 week) There are only 4 different areas to play and 3 levels for each area (all easy) if you beat all the areas you can print up a coloring page with your childs name on the top. Unless you can find it really cheap on sale - don't waste your money.

meteor happiness

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My 3 year old son got this for a christmas present and he loves it. It doesn't take long to learn how to play, which is sometimes rare to find. The different levels of play come in handy when you notice that your child has almost mastered the game. This is one of his favorite things to play.

Very Frustrating

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My three year old son was very excited to get this but after two attempts at playing it hasn't been touched since. You are not able to use the mouse through any of the games except for the "power-up segments" instead you are using the up-down arrows on the keyboard - too hard for him and not much fun. Very disapointed with this game and wish I could return it.

Very Disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

We got this for our 6-year-old and 3-year-old sons, both love Rescue Heroes and both love CD-ROM games. I agree with the other reviews that state things are very hard to steer and click on effectively. My sons have ample experience with our PC, yet couldn't click on things the way a normal game works--very frustrating for them!
Then, when they finally were able to master it and complete the three levels, they realized that was it. It is a one-time game, with no randomization for repeat play and no educational skills to make repitition valuable. They played it once for the challenge, twice just for the sake of playing it again and then they were done with it. For this price, I would have expected more of this game.
Stick with the toys. FP gets top marks from me for those.

Yeah Pirate Raider!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My 7-year-old LOVES this game. He'd play from sun up to sun down if I let him. I hear him cheering and clapping in the other room and he's having so much fun!
I'm VERY anti-violence, so when he got this game I was concerned. I was pleased to discover that although the ships sometimes fire on each other, no people are ever involved. This makes it so much more abstract and less about killing. When you capture forts, you fire on canons only and never see people. When you capture other ships, your knife is used only to chop up fruit that's thrown at you by skeletons. Once you capture their gold, you're on your way to fulfill another mission.
Frankly, this game is so much fun I have to admit to playing it myself!

mediocre software for avid Rescue Heroes fans only

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: July 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Meteors have hit the planet, resulting in a series of widely scattered emergencies that require the Rescue Heroes to intervene -- and they need your help!!

The graphics are good, the intro is exciting .... but after that the game is totally mediocre. Four activities have three levels of difficulty, but they are quite tedious no matter what level you play. (1) Move around a water maze to rescue people in a flooded movie studio, and shoot a life preserver over a moving line of floating objects. (2) Navigate a maze on a rock face as you rescue stranded climbers while avoiding vicious eagles and snakes. (3) Aim a hose at brush fires so you can find and rescue animals on an African preserve. (4) Snowboard down a ski slope without hitting the shrubbery so you can dig people out from under an avalanche.

The hype is here, but the games are very boring. Your child has little flexibility or independence when performing tasks, and those tasks probably use only 2% of your child's brain power. For example, in order to dig people out of the avalanche, you click on the snow cave over and over, it doesn't matter where, until the person trapped within tells you how great you are -- and every time it's the same person in the snow cave. Each game is rather mindless in this way. There is little reasoning required and no skills acquired.

This is lame software that has neither educational value nor excitement. When there are so many worthwhile children's software titles out there, don't waste your money or your child's time on this lazy stuff. It may be worthwhile for the truly avid Rescue Heroes fan, but even that is doubtful. This was our first Rescue Heroes title. It is also our last.

Son can complete at 3 and 1/2 years old

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: November 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My son has been playing Meteor Madness and Tremor Trouble for over a month. He can complete almost ALL the levels by himself as long as I sit with him and show him how to do them the first time.
This software is one of the things I can give my son to do where I can have a 1/2 hour or more to cook or complete paperwork and he is entertained.
I highly recommend the software with the caveat to remember you'll probably need to guide your kid(s) through it the first time. After that, they have no trouble. Funny thing is my son can now type his name on the computer and can't yet write it!

Poor customer support from Fisher Price ~ RESCUE HEREOS game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Poor customer support from Fisher Price ~ RESCUE HEREOS METEOR MADNESS ~
I have a brand new 1.3 Gig computer with Windows Me. The videos in the game only display 1/4 of the picture on the top of the screen. I have set the picture resulution to the correct setting and reinstalled the Quicktime 5 that came with the game. I have tried calling customer support at Fisher Price. After being on hold for about 10 minutes waiting for a support person to pick up the phone it then kicks into a recording where you can enter your name, phone number and why you are calling. I have left 2 messages and not once did any one there return my call. I have also tried calling multiple times but after being on hold the same recording clicks in. I am through wasting my time and will be returning this game back to Amazon.com

Lava Landslide

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: July 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I gave this game to my son as an early birthday present. He's almost four and loves the Rescue Heroes. The reviews I read were mixed so I decided to buy it anyway. I'm really glad I did. Sure it's challenging, but it's a good excuse for the parents to get involved. First I did the hard parts for him, to show him what needed to be done. Then I guided him through them and finally he ended up doing it all by himself. He was so proud when he accomplished the hard tasks that he couldn't do at first!

Unlike most computer games this one requires the use of the arrow keys instead of the mouse. Well, it's always nice to learn new skills.
I can't wait to give my son the two other RH games I baught for his birthday. I have no doubt he'll love them too.

enjoyable

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My almost four year old loves this game. It can be challenging but that's what makes it worth playing I guess. Worth buying if your child likes Rescue Heroes or even just likes rescue equipment.(We've never seen the show)

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