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HUGE disappointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 22 / 27
Date: November 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

As a teacher and a player of The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis, I expected the new game to be as good or better. I was extremely disappointed. The animation is not there - the humor is not there - the logic is not as good. Save your money.

Uses 24-bit Color ONLY

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 21 / 25
Date: January 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Do NOT buy this product unless your PC specifically supports 24-bit color! This software would not run on any of my three PC's. If your PC has 32-bit color I don't think this software will work on your PC unless it also supports 24-bit color. Unfortunately, all of my PC's have the better color but do NOT support 24-bit color. This is not industry standard. Standard would allow use of the higher color albeit with a minor hit on performance.

Not sure if your PC supports 24-bit color? Right click on the empty desktop. Left click on properties. Left click on the settings tab. Under colors, see if (24 bit) color is listed. If it's not, you may be in trouble.

This is the only software out of dozen's and dozen's I have purchased that I cannot get to run on any of my PC's. My recommendation to anyone would be to borrow a copy and try it before you purchase. I am extremely disappointed in this software!!!

Disappointed Mac Owner

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 21
Date: October 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Don't order this if you own a Mac. It's for Windows only! I was so disappointed because my daughters and I liked the first Zoombinis so well. We've had it for about 5 years, and we still get it out and play with it. I couldn't decided whether to give this new one 1 star or 5, because if it's as good as the first one, and as good as the box made it look, I'm sure it's excellent. Mac owners need to find a way to show software companies that we will provide them with enough business so they can afford to develop these good programs for us too!

Be Careful!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 12 / 17
Date: June 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

We have other Zoombini games and love them but can't even use this one. We purchased a brand new computer with a pretty advanced system yet we can't play this game and it was a waste of a purchase.

After 40 minutes on the phone with Dell and being assured we had the most up to date Video Card, Sound Card and Cd-Rom drive we are still unable to install this game. We have had no help from the company's tech support either. Unless you are an expert in Video Card Drivers and can get past the "UNABLE TO SET VIDEO MODE" error message that we got I'd be careful in purchasing this one.

zoombinis mountain rescue

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My children loved Zoombinis 1, and were delighted to find Mountain Rescue in their Christmas Stocking. What a disappointment. After three weeks of trying we have only been able to get as far as the title page when the program crashes and we have to press the "reset" button and restart the computer. Communication with Broderbund/Learning Co has proved unhelpful as so far they have only come up with the standard advice of update drivers, delete temporary files, close down unnecessary programs etc. Three weeks after Christmas Day my children have still been unable to play with their present. A big thumbs-down so far, I'm afraid. I would be interested to hear if anyone else has had the same problem - particularly is they have managed to resolve it!

Update - it's now April - nearly four months after Christmas - and we have got no further with playing this. Other friends have tried it on their PC's with the same results. Borrow it first, before spending your money!

Nearly the end of August now - and still trying. Keep visiting support to see if any patches come out (they haven't) and updating drivers to see if that makes any difference (it hasn't).

ZZZZZZZ What A Bore

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: June 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Zoombinis Mountain Rescue was really,really boring. I have played the first on and it took me like 2-3 years to work on it. (only because 1) I didn't play it all the time and 2) I always wanted my dad to help me) ok now we are at a new type of adventure. I had to admit it was sort of enteraning at first then it got just plain boring. I was able to finish it in maybe and hour to an hour and a half and the worst part is you don't have to use all 635 (or something like that Zoombinis) you just need about 180. So I would not recomend this for somebody who want a chanllege, but if you want something fairly easy stick with this. If you want a chanllege take the oringal Zoonbini Adventure.

Not on a Mac

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: August 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Despite being advertised as running on Mac the Cd supplied has only PC files on it. The company website states that support is no longer offered on this product. A pity as my kids loved the first Zoombinis.

Too much of a hassle to use

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game itself is great, however, at least on my pc (Windows XP with service pack 2, with an intel motherboard and intel on board video) Each time we want to use the game we have to go to start, run, type in dxdiag, go to the display tab and turn off direct draw. Then we can launch and play the game. That's a bit too much of a pain to use. It says it works on XP, but every machine I know of uses direct draw, so this is really more engineered for older versions of windows I think. This game should be updated so folks don't need to go through this hassle. Otherwise the game itself is great. If you don't mind going through these steps (and maybe if you are lucky you won't have to) buy it.

Disappointed--doesn't work well with my computer OS

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My fault. I should not have purchased software produced in 2001 for a computer system built in 2007. Too many incompatibility issues. I will give this to someone who has a more compatible system than mine.

Think BEFORE you buy

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 20 / 23
Date: December 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Our family has eagerly anticipated the new Zoombinis Mountain Rescue because we loved the original Zoombinis so much. Mountain Rescue has been a big disappointment. Some of the games are difficult to understand based on the instructions given. Even the very easy levels are hard for my children. This was not the case with the last Zoombinis. There seems to be alot of hesitation on the computer both during and after completing some games. Even the voice of the narrator sounds as if he is bored. The graphics are good, but everything else that made the first one wonderful is missing. I would stick with the first one if you haven't already gotten this one.

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