Basic InformationGame Title:Company:Author(s):DesignersEngine ProgrammerLead ProgrammerProgrammersType of game:Price:Minimum stated Hardware Requirements:Actual Hardware Requirements:Game SummaryOverviewStory line & Player’s RoleInstallationUser InterfaceGame PlayScoring and GoalsArtwork, Sound, and MusicSpecial FeaturesManualBugsGame ReviewWhat is good about the game?What is bad about the game?Comparison to Similar GamesAudienceSummaryAssignment #1Game Review of“JumpStart 3rd Grade Adventures: MysteryMountain”Denise GeorgeCIS 587September 24, 2001Basic Information..................................................................1Game Title:................................................................................................... 1Company:...................................................................................................... 1Author(s):...................................................................................................... 1Type of game:............................................................................................... 1Price:............................................................................................................. 1Minimum stated Hardware Requirements:....................................................1Actual Hardware Requirements:....................................................................2Game Summary....................................................................2Overview....................................................................................................... 2Story line & Player’s Role..............................................................................2Installation.................................................................................................... 2User Interface............................................................................................... 2Game Play..................................................................................................... 3Scoring and Goals......................................................................................... 4Artwork, Sound, and Music............................................................................4Special Features............................................................................................4Manual.......................................................................................................... 4Bugs.............................................................................................................. 4Game Review........................................................................4What is good about the game?.....................................................................4What is bad about the game?.......................................................................5Comparison to Similar Games.......................................................................5Audience....................................................................................................... 5Summary.............................................................................. 6Page 1 of 6Basic InformationGame Title:JumpStart Adventures 3 rd Grade: Mystery MountainCompany:Knowledge Adventure, Inc.Author(s):DesignersDavid Fratto, Bernadette GonzalezBarton Listick, Rob WrubelEngine ProgrammerKen ColemanLead ProgrammerMiguel CanalesProgrammersOliver Capio, Thomas M. Fiola, Henna SihotaAdditional ProgrammingMark Dinan, Fernando EcheverriaType of game:Children’s Educational Adventure GamePrice:In the range of: $24.99Minimum stated Hardware Requirements:The requirements were given as follows:To use JumpStart Adventures Mystery Mountain with Windows 95® or Windows® 3.1 or 3.11 you will need:· An IBM® or compatible computer with a 486DX33 MHz or higher processor.· A double-speed CD-ROM drive.· At least eight megabytes (8 MB) of RAM.· A hard drive with at least nine megabytes (9 MB) of disk space available.· An SVGA 256-color graphics adapter.· An MPC-compatible sound card.· A mouse.Page 2 of 6Actual Hardware Requirements:All the computers available to me have well above the required hardware standards as stated. So, I am unsure if the game would run adequately on a computer with only the stated requirements. As far as hard drive space goes, the installation stored 7.51MB of data on the hard drive. Game SummaryOverviewJumpStart 3rd Grade is an educational adventure game. It was designed as a fun way for children to learn. Children must use lessons from school to solve riddles and play games in a world of robots and unusual inventions. Questions are from many areas of education including language arts, math, history, science, art and music. Questions must beanswered correctly to move on and complete the game.Story line & Player’s RoleProfessor Sparks is a world famous inventor. He and his daughter, Polly, live in the mysterious Mountain Mansion. While Professor Sparks is away, he has left one of his robots, Botley, in charge of watching over Polly. Polly wants to change history so that her ridiculous answers on a pop-quiz can be correct. So, Polly has taken over her father’s laboratoryand programmed 25 robots to go back in time using her father’s time machine. The player’s goal is to stop Polly from changing the world as we know it. Along with Botley’s help, the player must capture each robot before history is changed. For each question on the pop-quiz, Polly has sent a robot back in time. There are 25 robots and therefore, 25 missions the player must complete. There are 5 quiz disks and each contains 5 questions. The player must first locate a quiz disk. For each question on the disk there are 4 mission clues to be found. To find and get each mission clue, the player must solve puzzles, play games and surpass other challenges within the rooms of the mansion. Once the player has found all 4 mission clues, he must figure out when and where in history Polly has sent the robot using the clues. Then, using the time machine at the top of the mountain mansion, he must bring the robots back. Along the way, as the player plays games, he can also collect mission points which he will need to complete each mission.InstallationInstallation of the game is simple and similar to many other Windows based programs. The CD has auto run. So, to install the game the CD can simply be inserted into the CD-ROM drive. Then, by
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