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If I were a Caveman...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I purchased several of the I Spy series software for my daughter. We have both Mac and PCs in our household and the software will not work on Mac 10.4 or above. It will gladly use Mac 9, but one would have to be a caveman to be using that version.

As for Windows, it took us several attempts and a few patches to get the software to run on a 64bit system...

Top drawer medley of I Spy picture puzzles

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am so glad that I bought this computer game for my kids before reading the reviews on this site!

Look, we don't have a lot of computer games and we had just recently discovered the I Spy books about 1 year ago. We loved them so much that I do believe we'd read nearly all of them before I saw this game for sale. This excellent little collection of picture puzzles is not repeated from the books, so to us they're all new. It was like a breath of fresh air from a parent's point of view; games without that constant, annoying background music, the kids can play them quietly and actually learn something. The boys love it even more than I; they have been begging to play I Spy Mystery every day after their homework is done for the past week since they got it.

The game is simple. You select one of 13 folders, each is its own mini mystery with a theme (Mystery Meal, Locked Gate, Skeleton Key, etc). You have 3-5 "pictures" in each folder to find the hidden objects, and when you have solved all of the pictures, you are given clues to solve the final mystery. this involves a sharp eye, but also logic, good recall for details, and problem solving skills. Kids will also learn to employ multiple meanings for a word in their search, such as "bat".

I Spy Mystery, like all the books, is a fun and low pressure way to build the brain. I get caught up in it with them from time to time -- I've even added my name to the player file so I don't mess up their scores when I sneak a round. And now that we are intrigued by some of the folders, we will make an effort to find the other I Spy games. Thank God for Scholastic!
-Andrea, aka Merribelle

Highly Recommended

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My daughter has been playing all of the I Spy games since she was about 5 and she thinks they're terrific. She is now 7 and still enjoys them. We parents find them plenty clever and interesting, too. As a bonus, they work seamlessly on our Mac.

Totally reused old games.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: August 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

All the old games were simply regurgitated into this one. All the puzzles are the same. What a waste of money. I've already played this game in essence. Buy this one only or play all the other games and skip this one.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The kids really enjoyed playing this game. I was disappointed at first because they used so many parts of previous games, but the kids didn't mind at all.

I Spy Mystery

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Great game! My kid loved it! She didn't want to leave the computer until she found them all!

Why so much of the same?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is being enjoyed by our son, mainly because he just likes I Spy in general. Unfortunately the I Spy folks created this game "on the cheap" by using the same pages from their previous I Spy computer games. The riddles are new of course, but the pages are so familiar that it almost seems as if the player has done this before. Still fun of course, but I recommend that Scholasitc put a little more effort into being creative and spend a little more money on new pages next time around.

I Spy Mystery Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my 5 1/2 yr old daughter and myself to play together. We both enjoyed it a lot. I like the fact that it can read and re-read outloud the clues names as my daughter is just learning to read. I can leave her playing while I work on dinner and I don't hear "Mommy, I need you."

I Spy Mystery

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you like the I Spy games/books, you will love this one. It is a review of the other games with many of the same settings. Great potential for language growth and logic skills.

I Spy a Computer Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My six year old loves these books and computer games. The game allows you to solve several mysteries and would be good for a first grader.

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