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Botley The Robot
''JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade: Mystery Mountain'' is a personal computer game in Knowledge Adventure's ''JumpStart'' series of educational software. As the title suggests, the game is intended to teach a third grade curriculum. This is the only version of this game created and, unusually for Knowledge Adventure, was still being sold over fifteen years after its initial release on December 2, 1996. On June 6, 2003, it was included as the "Fundamentals" disc of ''JumpStart Advanced 3rd Grade''. Plot Set in a retro-futuristic universe, the game concerns Polly Spark, the bratty daughter of a wealthy inventor, and her attempt to alter history so that her inane answers to a history quiz she failed will be correct. To do this, she sends 25 reprogrammed robots back in time and, with her father conveniently away on a business trip, she takes over Mystery Mountain, the literal "mountain mansion" where she and her father live. The goal of the game is to help Botley, the robot a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knowledge Adventure
JumpStart Games, Inc., formerly Knowledge Adventure, Inc., is an American edutainment video game company based in Torrance, California. Founded in 1991, it owns the ''Neopets'' virtual pet website, and is itself owned by Chinese holding company NetDragon Websoft. History Until 1994, Knowledge Adventure had created DOS games, including ''Knowledge Adventure The Game'', ''Isaac Asimov's Science Adventure'', ''Space Adventure'', ''Mario Teaches Typing'', ''Mario Is Missing!'', ''San Diego Zoo Presents: The Animals!'', ''Dinosaur Adventure'', ''The Tale of Peter Rabbit'', ''Mario's Time Machine'', ''Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters'', ''Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers'', ''Imax's Speed (1984 film), Speed'', ''Undersea Adventure'', ''3D Dinosaur Adventure'', ''Isaac Asimov's Science Adventure II'', ''Kid's Zoo: A Baby Animal Adventure'', ''3D Body Adventure'', ''Space Adventure II'', ''Aviation Adventure'', ''America Adventure'', ''Bug Adventure'', ''The Discoverers (vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |