Become A World Explorer Software from Avanquest Software

Become A World Explorer

from Avanquest Software

Enlarge Image See More Details		Customer Rating: Availability: dispatched within 24 hours Release Date: 07/06/2000 Category: Software
		Children Store Price: £9.99

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

An Atlas for younger globetrotters A basic atlas which supports Key Stages 1 & 2 of the National Curriculum. Has over 50 destinations to discover and 500 multiple choice questions covering flags, capital cities and famous places. Win95/98,ME,2000,XP

Armchair adventurers relax. With the Become a World Explorer CD-ROM children can obey the call of the wild and see the world without leaving the comfort of their home. Once loaded, it's possible to whizz around the world in almost 80 ways with this fun and feature-packed CD-ROM learning adventure. As soon as you've filled in the virtual passport, you're off. The first stop on any interactive globe-trotting adventure is Sam's bedroom--it's perfect for click-happy kids with animations that come to life when you hit the objects scattered around.

For beginner backpackers, a talking train gives a guided tour of how to find your way around the world, and what a choice there is. You'll find video clips, an interactive index, a country finder with each nation's flag and a wide range of fun games that test skills such as general knowledge and compass directions. A ringing phone launches more adventurous travellers straight into the globetrotting game that displays the strongest aspects of the software. Clues based on geographical sights and sounds lead players on an interactive journey around the world. Along the way, the players' knowledge of capitals, continents and customs are tested in a totally involving way with three difficulty levels encouraging repeat visits.

The beautifully detailed animated maps with pop-up info boxes and sticker book links are an impressive feature, as are the virtual postcards. And although the amount of features may mean younger players require some initial help, this superb software combines learning with plenty of fun and will ensure numerous repeat visits. --Martin Oliver

RELATED CHILDREN CATEGORIES:

Education Stage Primary Education (5-11) KS1, KS2, Children's Fun & Learning, 9to11 DK,dk

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CUSTOMER REVIEWS

Customer rating stars Frustrated Mother of a 6 yr old...... Posted: 03 June 2005
Just bought this for my 6 yr old daughter. My initial worry was that the game worked with XP and read other reviews first. It loaded with a bit of difficulty, but you could enhance the game by having internet access when installing. Or this was the impression I got. Without a connection to my daughters computer, I figured we are missing out somewhere along the line.

Finally began a game, and my daughter started to work her way around the countries. But after 10 minutes it crashed. We started again and the same thing happened. She now doesn't want to play the game as it keeps happening. I'm sure if we had an internet connection, a patch or update would have been accessible when installing to prevent this. However, this isn't indicated in any material or on the box.

I intend to try to load it on my own computer to see if the game will work with connections - but that defeats the object of my 6 yr old having her own computer. Please beware if you have an XP version PC.

Customer rating stars Rather a let-down... Posted: 10 April 2005
Children who are already familiar with educational software will find the graphics in this game miserable. Although there are some movie clips which break up the monotony, the game is essential static. You move a rectangle around on a world map to arrive to a certain area, or click an airplane to travel to another static map of a new country. One feature allows you to navigate the map once a regional area is open, however, if you utilize this feature more than once (clicking "North" twice for example, the program aborts (at least on XP). Your money would be better spent elsewhere.