Zoombinis Mountain Rescue - PC/Mac

In order to overcome the Unable to Set Video Mode error I followed the directions in one of the other reviews here -- I did Start>Run typed in dxdiag, then clicked on the Display tab and disabled DirectDraw Acceleration (and then I rebooted just in case), but after that the game would open then crash when the actual game started. I got past that problem by right-clicking on the game's icon on my desktop and on the Compatibility tab I chose Windows 2000 (I first tried Win95 and Win98, but the sound didn't work right for those settings, I couldn't understand what food the furry eating-game guys (I forget their name)were saying they liked/disliked).The games appear to be fun (I haven't done all the levels yet), I particularly like the feature to keep track of the logic in the eating game using the board on the wall in the game, I wish they had that for all the games of all the series, saves scribbling on paper (which I had to do a lot of with the mudball game in the Island Odyssey).

The reasoning ability needed is said to develop in the ninth year, which we found accurate. Most children under 9.5 can enjoy it, but need a lot of help. Even then only the brightest will succeed without some initial assistance on the more difficult stages, but once they get the idea they can handle new problems on their own.One time the program hung up when we waited a long time on the pinball stage. The delays at the end of some stages are annoying; it is not clear whether it is done.Most important, though, is that the kids love it so far, and they are probably learning something of the listed skills. Ican't compare it with Logical Journey of the Zoombinis.

Dad's AMD version of Windows 10 (X64) it works just fine in the living room computer and funny thing is it's less powerful then mine. Ryzen 3 vs my I7. You'd think it would work better on mine which it used to last year before a major update bricked a lot of stuff as Intel has been in a lot of trouble lately.

Given sway

Unable to get it to play on Win10 even in compatibility mode

Very good product. Love the way it teaches logic to children. Felt it was easier to navigate after playing first Zoombini game.

My girls(7 and 4) love this game. Unlike previous versions it ran out of the box with windows 7. The only problem I've had is that the system can sometimes get confused coming back from hibernation or suspect, navigating through the windows fixes it though.

I just wish this set of games had a younger version. My 5 year old loves these - but then can only manage the first few levels before I have to help.