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NOT For kids under 5! TOO HARD!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 98 / 110
Date: November 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My son is 3 and a half. He has mastered many games like Jumpstart Preschool, etc.. This game is way to difficult for him. There are numbers moving on the wall, so he not only has to identify the numbers but try to click on them as they move past. I would HIGHLY not recommend this game for younger kids under the age of 5.

Very poor

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 25 / 26
Date: September 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The children's show Dora the Explorer is ready made for computer games but unfortunately Infogrames has done a terrible job putting this together.

1.The game is full of glitches, I have run it on a MAC and a PC and have had problems with it on both platforms.

2. The game is VERY limited, my son loves Dora but was bored with this after a few plays.

3. My advice is save your money and buy some Dora books
instead.

My 3 year was bored after 3 plays the first day.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 21 / 21
Date: October 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I would have to agree with the other reviewers of this game. This game looks and sounds like it is 3 to 4 years old, Infogames must have been put on a quick deadline to get it done. Graphics are very poor, details are lacking, and there is very little a child can explore on their own. There is little incentive to play it again after completing it one time at each skill level. My daughter loves Dora, but has not wanted to play this game since the day we brought it home. My advice would be to wait until it appears in the bargain bin at the store.

Disappointing Dora

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 17 / 17
Date: November 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It's too bad that this title is nowhere near as good as the Nick Jr. TV show. It starts out nicely, but is short on content and gameplay and is very repetitive. The movies become dull, and children cannot click through them which caused alot of frustration.

I have to agree with others - too simple

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After playing with this for 20 minutes, my 3.5 year old had it figured out and was bored. Not worth the money.

Didn't work

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I could never get this game to work on my computer, or the other infogrames Dora game (Lost City). It crashes as soon as I launch the game. I have never had trouble with any other game, and my computer meets all of the requirements. The tech support people tried all kinds of things but could not help me. This is very frustrating as my daughter was so excited when I brought the game home she kissed it.

It does work on my work computer so sometimes I'll bring her there and let her play it. The game is OK, nothing really that isn't in the free nickjr.com online version.

BUGGS

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

We found this game would not play on my new dell computer and only played on my husband's new alienware system with choppy sound and graphics - and he bought this computer specifically for gaming. So I think the software must be defective. We have backpack and lost city also - they play well and my son (2.5) likes them both, but i found that with lost city all the games were about numbers - ignoring other concepts like colors, letters and shapes. Try this software at your own risk, maybe they will fix the bugs. I found tech support to be a frustrating, time consuming experience with an automated system that was confusing and annoying. Good luck.

MEMORY HOG

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: March 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I BOUGHT THIS FOR MY DAUGHTER WHO LOVES DORA BUT WHAT A MISTAKE! SHE HAS OUR OLD COMPUTER WHICH IS NOT A POWERHOUSE, BUT THIS GAME IS A TOTAL MEMORY HOG AND I HAD TO DELETE EVERY OTHER GAME IN THE COMPUTER TO INSTALL IT AND IT STILL WILL NOT WORK WELL, SO, UNLESS YOUR CHILD HAS A TOP OF THE LINE COMPUTER,,,NOT RECOMMENDED!

Dora the Explorer takes you a short and boring journey

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My 4 year-old daughter completed this game in less than a half-hour. The short-length of the game actually caused her too cry! I was shocked at the lack of depth in the game given that it weighed in at over 250MB for the install.

She's crying as I type this. "I don't like this game!"

Not fun, not worth the money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My daughter liked this game the first time she played it, but half way through the second time, she was bored. Each time you play, you go through the same set of games, in the same order, with the same outcome. Nothing is ever different from the time before, and it doesn't take very long. There is also not much educational value. This is not worth the money at all. If you want Dora games, there are plenty of them at Nickjr.com.

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