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Typing with Timon & Pumbaa

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: January 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for classroom work for kids from 5yrs to 12yrs. I was VERY pleased with the combination of practice and fun games. What impressed me most about it, particularly after trying out other typing software, is how well it adjusts the games to the child's level. Yes, supervision is always required to ensure they're not looking at their hands or just bashing keys, and I've heard my share of groans when another page of text comes on instead of the game, but that's to be expected. Excellent game which I intend to purchase for my own child!

Terrible waste of money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 18
Date: January 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this software for my kids for Christmas 2000. I have a boy 3 and a girl 8. They were totally bored with this in about 20 minutes. There are very few things to actually do in this program. You can adopt a dog from the adoption center, use the art center for typical things, feed and play with your dog in different parks. Once you pick your dog from the dog adoption center you can NEVER change the dog you have. The only way is to create a new signon name when starting the game. Also there is many famous landmarks for London and Paris shown. But once you click on the landmark a picture of the landmark and a brief description is given. Way to boring for any child I know of (even adults for that matter).

Save your money and buy something else. I wish I did.

Great game, tons of fun!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: September 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game includes four fun-filled levels. It's great for kids of all ages. But I am sorry that it is SO difficult to find in stores. I recomend this item to anyone who is looking for a very, very fun learn to type game for children.

Doesn't work for XP, but nice program

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: January 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I couldn't get it to run at all in XP, but I have Windows 95 installed within Windows XP, and this game ran well in Windows 95. Beautiful graphics. The typing bores my 5 year old very quickly, but I encourage him to work on it with the promise of a reward. So far he is only in the beginning, and there is only one game to play (besides the standard drill). I think there will be more games available as he progresses. If you can't downgrade easily, however, this game is probably not worth buying.

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Disney's Reading Quest with Aladdin

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: June 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Excellent entertainment and education. My son started on it when he was 4 - he'll soon be 6 and it's still one of his favorites. Excellent complement to Disney's Math Quest with Alladin. Great for both boys and girls - and parents too. Good audio-visuals and humour make parent-child sessions more interesting.

Too bad it can't be rated 0 stars

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: February 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Typical Disney software - it should take a developer an afternoon to put this together. Disney should be ashamed for charging money for such a weak, boring, uninspired product. There's better free games for my kids.

Buy this and your kids will be bored with it in 30 minutes and you'll feel stupid for giving Disney your money.

Boring! Boring! Boring!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: August 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

While this program appears to be cute and engaging at the onset, it quickly becomes very boring. My daughter likes the ONE game, but can't get past the first row of typing because it's so monotanous. There is nothing to challenge her to keep going and improving - no incentive. Just more boring repetition like we had to do in high-school.

Good, but only up to Win98

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: October 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got this for my children and it seemed great. Very shortly thereafter I retired the old PC they were using and upgraded (to a PIII 500) so I could safely give them limeted Internet access. Part of that upgrade was to use Win2K Pro for web security. None of their Disney CDs are compatible above Win98. Good software but incompatible in the new millenium. "Disney... surely you can do better than this." (And please do.)

Warning! Read this first before you buy this software!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: July 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Don't buy this software if you have telephony software or multiple sound drivers installed on your computer!

The product will not operate without selecting the "game" sound driver thereby disabling your software!

My nine year old could make this change each time she wants to play but what's the fun in that?

The software is flawed and now we another rather expensive "toy" cd to play with, including the 2nd day air!

This error is generated when the program queries the system for the sound card (primary sound device) but finds another sound device driver (Voice Modem, Intel Virtual Wave Device, KA Virtual Wave) instead. The program requires a sound card that supports Stereo (2 channels) at 22,050 Hz 16 bit. These incompatible device drivers cause the conflict because the program finds that the device driver on the voice modem or other device does not support the 22,050 Hz 16 bit required by the program, resulting in the error message. The error can be eliminated by changing the preferred sound device or by disabling the driver that is causing the conflict. Refer to the procedures below so the program can be run properly without displaying the error. Some of the most common drivers that experience this issue follow:

Voice Modem Serial Wave Driver TAM Audio Driver KA Virtual Sound Driver

A. Change the preferred device to "Game Compatible"

B. Disable the Voice Modem Serial Wave Driver

C. Disable the KA Virtual Sound Driver

D. Disable the 'Intel Virtual Wave Device' driver

This is the best...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: July 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is the best typing program ever!! I loved that they used Timon and Pumbaa. It was so fun and entertaining for us kids, well still teaching us. I learned to type in a week or two because I could not stop playing it, it was so fun!!

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