JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade
Encyclopedia
JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade is a personal computer game
created by Knowledge Adventure
. It replaced the previous JumpStart 2nd Grade released in 1996. As its name suggests, it was made to teach second grade
students. From 2003-2008, it was distributed as the "Fundamentals" disc in a 3- or 4-disc package of the same name, though recently a factory error in some packages caused the Fundamentals disc to be replaced by JumpStart 3D Virtual World: The Quest for the Color Meister
going by the same name.
Like the original version, this game prominently features the frog
C.J. and his sidekick Edison the Firefly
, but also includes characters from other JumpStart
games, such as the rabbit
Mr. Hopsalot (referred to as Hopsalot or Hops in this game), who originally appeared in JumpStart Kindergarten
, as well as Frankie the dog
who first appeared in JumpStart 1st Grade.
Additionally, the plot is more complex than the original and involves an anthropomorphic snail
called Dr. O doing evil deeds, such as vandalizing
"Mount Jumpmore
" by painting moustaches on all the faces. The JumpStart characters (in the form of the "JumpStart Intelligence Agency", or J.I.A.) must fix up the damage Dr. O causes. Hopsalot makes plans for a machine
he calls the "Soapy Shooter" which will clean up the graffiti. However, he lacks the parts he requires to build it. Thus, C.J., Edison, and the player of the game travel to different continents, playing games to earn "gadget pieces". After the player plays another game in order to make the machine work, Dr. O causes another problem, requiring the user to go on another quest for gadget pieces to make Hopsalot's machines work; there are six different missions total, including inflating the island on which C.J.'s house rests (as Dr. O deflated it), ridding a schoolhouse of worms which infest it thanks to Dr. O, and thawing out a river after Dr. O turns the water into ice cubes.
Frankie: As stated above, Frankie is a dog who first appeared in JumpStart 1st Grade. In this product, he is the head of the JumpStart Intelligence Agency and is prominent on the box art, but despite these points, he does not play as big a part as other characters, such as C.J. Frog, and seems to be more of a mascot than a main character. In this game, he is a semi-light brown
in color and wears a white suit (though his outfit on the box art is much different). In most other games released around the time, such as other JumpStart Advanced titles, he wore a red sweater with yellow lining and a blue dog collar. Though the box art seems to suggest Frankie going on daredevil missions, he never does so in the game; he simply stays at headquarters while C.J. does the adventuring. Frankie's taking on of leadership roles is common in recent games.
Hopsalot: Referred to as "Mr. Hopsalot" in some other products and nicknamed "Hops", Hopsalot is a rabbit who first appeared in JumpStart Kindergarten. In this game, as in other games in the JumpStart Advanced series, he seems to be naturally bright and is talented at creating new inventions. In this product, he appears to be the scientist for the J.I.A., is light brown in color, and wears goggles with a white suit. His "normal outfit" at the time of the original JumpStart Advanced was simply a teal T-shirt.
C.J.: A frog and one of the main characters, C.J. first appeared in the original JumpStart 2nd Grade game. As in his original appearance, he is adventurous. His looks are different from his original looks, however; he is more thinner and taller, making him look somewhat more like a human, is bright green, and wears sunglasses
, a light coat, and, like his original incarnation, a hat. His normal outfit at the time contained a tan shirt, pants, a brown vest, and lacked sunglasses (though the hat is the same). He is occasionally referred to as "Pond" by Frankie and Dr. O, a possible James Bond
reference.
Edison: C.J.'s firefly sidekick who also debuts in the original 2nd Grade. In this game, he seems to dislike adventuring (onceexpressing that he wishes the gadget pieces were hidden in "quiet places" like golf courses and petting zoos) and, as in most games made after 2nd Grade where he appears, sports an Irish-sounding accent
. His looks are much different than they were originally; he is blue-green in color with a different hat and outfit.
Lucy: A female frog resembling C.J. in some ways, but with a darker color and red lipstick. She appears in the different continents that C.J. and Edison visits as an "agent in the field", though she always says her name is some sort of variant of Lucy; for example, she calls herself "Dr. Lucicle" in Antarctica and "Lucianova" in Russia (Europe). She wears sunglasses like C.J. and her eyes are never seen (C.J.'s eyes are, however, shown in the beginning cutscene).
Dr. O: A snail and the game's main villain, Dr. O is a snail with yellow-orange body, a large brown shell, a spectacle, and a brown shirt with a red tie. He does various evil-doings, especially vandalism, which must be fixed using machines Hopsalot creates. Not surprisingly, he dislikes CJ, and to some extent, they seem to have a rivalry.
Despite appearing in other JumpStart Advanced games, Casey Cat
, Pierre Polar Bear
, Eleanor Elephant
, and Kisha Koala
are absent from JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade, not including the All-Star feature and the cameo made by Kisha, Eleanor and Casey as faces on Mount Jumpmore. Interestingly, a few of the comments made by these characters in the All-Star feature (and the fact that they all are wearing shades) seems to indicate that they are intelligence agents themselves, even though they do not appear in the main game.
Africa
C.J. and Edison must "uncover the secret of the cave drawings" via the user playing a game that teaches reading comprehension
. The user must read a short story. Some pictures must be placed on a background to explain what the story says. For example, if the story says that a bird is in a tree, the user must place a picture of a bird onto the tree in the background. Sometimes, players may have to place blocks of text onto a blank background rather than images on illustrated backgrounds.
in counting order, or pictures of an animal or plant's life cycle
in the order they happen.
Australia
In order to obtain some mail for Lucy (as a mail carrier) to deliver, C.J. must drive a car to the mail bag, collecting gas cans to make sure the car does not run out of fuel. The arrow keys are used to maneuver the car and the space bar is used to shoot a type of laser that can be used to destroy obstacles. The gas cans will have text next to them. C.J. will say what kind of text must be next to the gas can in order for the gas to be beneficial for the fuel tank. For example, C.J. will sometimes ask that gas with odd numbers be collected or gas with even numbers be collected, meaning that this game sometimes teaches mathematics
. He will sometimes also ask things related to language arts
/reading
, such as asking the player to collect gas with words that have a blend in them or words with a digraph in them. If a fuel can is shot, C.J. will read the text near it out loud.
France
This country actually has 2 games. One is a painting game that gives you no gadget piece upon completion. The other game features an art gallery
that is missing some artwork. In each round, there is a room with 3 pieces of artwork in it and an empty frame. C.J. will explain that the room has a certain type of artwork in it. (For example, artwork with a monochromatic, polychromatic
, or black-and-white color scheme, portraits, landscapes, etc.) The task is to find a picture of the same type in the basement of the museum (which must be accessed by clicking an arrow). In the basement, C.J. will hold a broom and must be guided around using the arrow keys. The whole basement is dirty, but whenever C.J. moves around, the space he is on is cleaned off. The space bar is used to look at the picture inside a crate. If the crate has the right type of art inside, C.J. must push it out through the door. There must be a clean, dirt-free path to the door, however. Additionally, C.J. has three brooms (lives) to begin with. If C.J. touches an enemy dirt devil, he will lose a broom and go back to his starting position. Also, if a dust devil touches a space C.J. has cleaned off, it will become dirty again. The process repeats until the final round in which the player goes to the painting game to fill in the final space.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In this game (which teaches music
), there is a missing section in a piece of music. You must choose the correct note(s) to put into the missing space. There is an additional mode in which you can create your own music.
Russia
(Note: This game does not mention how Russia is also partially in Asia
, so it's presumable that you are visiting the European side of Russia while playing this game.) This game resembles some form of board game
featuring red and black checkers
-styled spaces and snowman game pieces. The game pieces hold signs of different colors, each with a word on it. The goal is to get one of your (C.J.'s) pieces to the other side of the board before Lucianova (Lucy/the computer) gets hers to the other side of the board. You can block Lucy's pieces if they are holding the same color sign as the piece you are blocking with. There's also a plank at the bottom of the screen stating an additional way to block your opponent's pieces, i.e. block your opponents pieces with antonyms (referring to the word on the sign).
South America
A Frogger
-like game where the player makes C.J. walk and hop on logs, turtles, and alligators by using the arrow keys. A question will be displayed at the bottom of the screen which Edison will read out loud. C.J. must reach the island containing the correct answer to the question. This game can teach a variety of subjects, including coins of the United States, mathematics
, and language arts
. If C.J. is guided to jump into the water, C.J. will swim back to shore, despite the fact that it would be quicker to swim to a floating object.
.
Personal computer game
A PC game, also known as a computer game, is a video game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine...
created by Knowledge Adventure
Knowledge Adventure
Knowledge Adventure, Inc. is a maker of educational software including the Adiboo and JumpStart series of grade-based and subject-based titles, such as My First Encyclopedia. It was established in the late 1980s in Los Angeles, then later merged with another large education software firm, Davidson...
. It replaced the previous JumpStart 2nd Grade released in 1996. As its name suggests, it was made to teach second grade
Second grade
In the United States, second grade is a year of primary education. Second grade is the second school year after kindergarten. Students are traditionally 7–8 years old, depending on when their birthday occurs....
students. From 2003-2008, it was distributed as the "Fundamentals" disc in a 3- or 4-disc package of the same name, though recently a factory error in some packages caused the Fundamentals disc to be replaced by JumpStart 3D Virtual World: The Quest for the Color Meister
JumpStart 3D Virtual World
JumpStart 3D Virtual World is a sub-series of the larger JumpStart series of educational games. It was originally titled JumpStart World.The series contains 4 games:...
going by the same name.
Like the original version, this game prominently features the frog
Frog
Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura , formerly referred to as Salientia . Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits , protruding eyes and the absence of a tail...
C.J. and his sidekick Edison the Firefly
Firefly
Lampyridae is a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera. They are winged beetles, and commonly called fireflies or lightning bugs for their conspicuous crepuscular use of bioluminescence to attract mates or prey. Fireflies produce a "cold light", with no infrared or ultraviolet frequencies...
, but also includes characters from other JumpStart
JumpStart
JumpStart is an educational media franchise for children, consisting mostly of educational games, produced by Knowledge Adventure. The series is distributed as Jump Ahead in the United Kingdom...
games, such as the rabbit
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
Mr. Hopsalot (referred to as Hopsalot or Hops in this game), who originally appeared in JumpStart Kindergarten
JumpStart Kindergarten
JumpStart Kindergarten is an educational personal computer game released by Knowledge Adventure in 1994. It was the first product released in the JumpStart series and, as its name suggests, it is intended to teach Kindergarten students...
, as well as Frankie the dog
Dog
The domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in...
who first appeared in JumpStart 1st Grade.
Additionally, the plot is more complex than the original and involves an anthropomorphic snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
called Dr. O doing evil deeds, such as vandalizing
Vandalism
Vandalism is the behaviour attributed originally to the Vandals, by the Romans, in respect of culture: ruthless destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or venerable...
"Mount Jumpmore
Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States...
" by painting moustaches on all the faces. The JumpStart characters (in the form of the "JumpStart Intelligence Agency", or J.I.A.) must fix up the damage Dr. O causes. Hopsalot makes plans for a machine
Machine
A machine manages power to accomplish a task, examples include, a mechanical system, a computing system, an electronic system, and a molecular machine. In common usage, the meaning is that of a device having parts that perform or assist in performing any type of work...
he calls the "Soapy Shooter" which will clean up the graffiti. However, he lacks the parts he requires to build it. Thus, C.J., Edison, and the player of the game travel to different continents, playing games to earn "gadget pieces". After the player plays another game in order to make the machine work, Dr. O causes another problem, requiring the user to go on another quest for gadget pieces to make Hopsalot's machines work; there are six different missions total, including inflating the island on which C.J.'s house rests (as Dr. O deflated it), ridding a schoolhouse of worms which infest it thanks to Dr. O, and thawing out a river after Dr. O turns the water into ice cubes.
Character details
All of the characters below are anthropomorphic animals. Also, most of the characters are not wearing their "normal" outfit in JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade; that is, the outfits they wear in this game are not the same ones they wore in other games released around the same time.Frankie: As stated above, Frankie is a dog who first appeared in JumpStart 1st Grade. In this product, he is the head of the JumpStart Intelligence Agency and is prominent on the box art, but despite these points, he does not play as big a part as other characters, such as C.J. Frog, and seems to be more of a mascot than a main character. In this game, he is a semi-light brown
Brown
Brown is a color term, denoting a range of composite colors produced by a mixture of orange, red, rose, or yellow with black or gray. The term is from Old English brún, in origin for any dusky or dark shade of color....
in color and wears a white suit (though his outfit on the box art is much different). In most other games released around the time, such as other JumpStart Advanced titles, he wore a red sweater with yellow lining and a blue dog collar. Though the box art seems to suggest Frankie going on daredevil missions, he never does so in the game; he simply stays at headquarters while C.J. does the adventuring. Frankie's taking on of leadership roles is common in recent games.
Hopsalot: Referred to as "Mr. Hopsalot" in some other products and nicknamed "Hops", Hopsalot is a rabbit who first appeared in JumpStart Kindergarten. In this game, as in other games in the JumpStart Advanced series, he seems to be naturally bright and is talented at creating new inventions. In this product, he appears to be the scientist for the J.I.A., is light brown in color, and wears goggles with a white suit. His "normal outfit" at the time of the original JumpStart Advanced was simply a teal T-shirt.
C.J.: A frog and one of the main characters, C.J. first appeared in the original JumpStart 2nd Grade game. As in his original appearance, he is adventurous. His looks are different from his original looks, however; he is more thinner and taller, making him look somewhat more like a human, is bright green, and wears sunglasses
Sunglasses
Sunglasses or sun glasses are a form of protective eyewear designed primarily to prevent bright sunlight and high-energy visible light from damaging or discomforting the eyes. They can sometimes also function as a visual aid, as variously termed spectacles or glasses exist, featuring lenses that...
, a light coat, and, like his original incarnation, a hat. His normal outfit at the time contained a tan shirt, pants, a brown vest, and lacked sunglasses (though the hat is the same). He is occasionally referred to as "Pond" by Frankie and Dr. O, a possible James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
reference.
Edison: C.J.'s firefly sidekick who also debuts in the original 2nd Grade. In this game, he seems to dislike adventuring (onceexpressing that he wishes the gadget pieces were hidden in "quiet places" like golf courses and petting zoos) and, as in most games made after 2nd Grade where he appears, sports an Irish-sounding accent
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
. His looks are much different than they were originally; he is blue-green in color with a different hat and outfit.
Lucy: A female frog resembling C.J. in some ways, but with a darker color and red lipstick. She appears in the different continents that C.J. and Edison visits as an "agent in the field", though she always says her name is some sort of variant of Lucy; for example, she calls herself "Dr. Lucicle" in Antarctica and "Lucianova" in Russia (Europe). She wears sunglasses like C.J. and her eyes are never seen (C.J.'s eyes are, however, shown in the beginning cutscene).
Dr. O: A snail and the game's main villain, Dr. O is a snail with yellow-orange body, a large brown shell, a spectacle, and a brown shirt with a red tie. He does various evil-doings, especially vandalism, which must be fixed using machines Hopsalot creates. Not surprisingly, he dislikes CJ, and to some extent, they seem to have a rivalry.
Despite appearing in other JumpStart Advanced games, Casey Cat
Cat
The cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...
, Pierre Polar Bear
Polar Bear
The polar bear is a bear native largely within the Arctic Circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the world's largest land carnivore and also the largest bear, together with the omnivorous Kodiak Bear, which is approximately the same size...
, Eleanor Elephant
Elephant
Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct...
, and Kisha Koala
Koala
The koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae....
are absent from JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade, not including the All-Star feature and the cameo made by Kisha, Eleanor and Casey as faces on Mount Jumpmore. Interestingly, a few of the comments made by these characters in the All-Star feature (and the fact that they all are wearing shades) seems to indicate that they are intelligence agents themselves, even though they do not appear in the main game.
Gameplay
The main menu of the game is the J.I.A. headquarters. A small world map is displayed and there are several red dots on the map to click on. Once a dot is clicked, C.J. and Edison will drive to the location it represents. Once they are at the location, Lucy will introduce herself (with a different name each time). The player can then click on different clickable things to hear facts about them. In order to earn the gadget piece, though, an educational game must be played by clicking a particular thing. Usually, the games are doing some sort of favor for Lucy. Once a game is completed, Lucy will give the user a gadget piece, and it will be added to the inventory. Once a minimum of 4 gadget pieces are obtained, the user must head back to H.Q. to play another game in Hopsalot's laboratory in order to activate Hopsalot's machine. After this, the user clicks around at certain areas to complete some sort of task. Afterwards, news will be reported that Dr. O has done another crime, Hopsalot will explain his invention that will fix it, and the process repeats. Once all the missions are done, the game essentially starts over from the beginning and the missions are re-done in order.Games
The games are referred to by the place they are played in. As is the case of several JumpStart games, there are three levels of difficulty to determine how challenging the problems are, and a separate gameplay level that determines the difficulty of the games themselves. Also note that many games must be played a certain number of rounds in order to be fully completed and for the player to receive a gadget piece.AfricaAfricaAfrica is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
C.J. and Edison must "uncover the secret of the cave drawings" via the user playing a game that teaches reading comprehensionReading comprehension
Reading comprehension is defined as the level of understanding of a text. This understanding comes from the interaction between the words that are written and how they trigger knowledge outside the text. ....
. The user must read a short story. Some pictures must be placed on a background to explain what the story says. For example, if the story says that a bird is in a tree, the user must place a picture of a bird onto the tree in the background. Sometimes, players may have to place blocks of text onto a blank background rather than images on illustrated backgrounds.
Antarctica
"Dr. Lucicle" (Lucy) must cure sick penguins. However, they are on the other side of a body of water. In order to make a bridge for the penguins to cross, the player must put ice flows with pictures or text on them in a particular order. For example, you sometimes put words in alphabetical order, roman numeralsRoman numerals
The numeral system of ancient Rome, or Roman numerals, uses combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet to signify values. The numbers 1 to 10 can be expressed in Roman numerals as:...
in counting order, or pictures of an animal or plant's life cycle
Biological life cycle
A life cycle is a period involving all different generations of a species succeeding each other through means of reproduction, whether through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction...
in the order they happen.
AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
In order to obtain some mail for Lucy (as a mail carrier) to deliver, C.J. must drive a car to the mail bag, collecting gas cans to make sure the car does not run out of fuel. The arrow keys are used to maneuver the car and the space bar is used to shoot a type of laser that can be used to destroy obstacles. The gas cans will have text next to them. C.J. will say what kind of text must be next to the gas can in order for the gas to be beneficial for the fuel tank. For example, C.J. will sometimes ask that gas with odd numbers be collected or gas with even numbers be collected, meaning that this game sometimes teaches mathematicsMathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
. He will sometimes also ask things related to language arts
Language arts
Traditionally, the primary divisions in the language arts are Literature and Language, where language in this case refers to both linguistics, and specific languages....
/reading
Reading (process)
Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols for the intention of constructing or deriving meaning . It is a means of language acquisition, of communication, and of sharing information and ideas...
, such as asking the player to collect gas with words that have a blend in them or words with a digraph in them. If a fuel can is shot, C.J. will read the text near it out loud.
FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
This country actually has 2 games. One is a painting game that gives you no gadget piece upon completion. The other game features an art galleryArt gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...
that is missing some artwork. In each round, there is a room with 3 pieces of artwork in it and an empty frame. C.J. will explain that the room has a certain type of artwork in it. (For example, artwork with a monochromatic, polychromatic
Polychromatic
The term polychromatic means having several colours.It is used to describe light that exhibits more than one color. In a technical respect, this can also mean that it contains radiation of more than one wavelength. The study of polychromatics is particularly useful in the production of diffraction...
, or black-and-white color scheme, portraits, landscapes, etc.) The task is to find a picture of the same type in the basement of the museum (which must be accessed by clicking an arrow). In the basement, C.J. will hold a broom and must be guided around using the arrow keys. The whole basement is dirty, but whenever C.J. moves around, the space he is on is cleaned off. The space bar is used to look at the picture inside a crate. If the crate has the right type of art inside, C.J. must push it out through the door. There must be a clean, dirt-free path to the door, however. Additionally, C.J. has three brooms (lives) to begin with. If C.J. touches an enemy dirt devil, he will lose a broom and go back to his starting position. Also, if a dust devil touches a space C.J. has cleaned off, it will become dirty again. The process repeats until the final round in which the player goes to the painting game to fill in the final space.
New Orleans, LouisianaLouisianaLouisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, North AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
In this game (which teaches musicMusic
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
), there is a missing section in a piece of music. You must choose the correct note(s) to put into the missing space. There is an additional mode in which you can create your own music.
RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
(Note: This game does not mention how Russia is also partially in AsiaAsia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, so it's presumable that you are visiting the European side of Russia while playing this game.) This game resembles some form of board game
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
featuring red and black checkers
English draughts
English draughts or checkers , also called American checkers or straight checkers or in Israel damka, is a form of draughts board game. Unlike international draughts, it is played on an eight by eight squared board with twelve pieces on each side...
-styled spaces and snowman game pieces. The game pieces hold signs of different colors, each with a word on it. The goal is to get one of your (C.J.'s) pieces to the other side of the board before Lucianova (Lucy/the computer) gets hers to the other side of the board. You can block Lucy's pieces if they are holding the same color sign as the piece you are blocking with. There's also a plank at the bottom of the screen stating an additional way to block your opponent's pieces, i.e. block your opponents pieces with antonyms (referring to the word on the sign).
South AmericaSouth AmericaSouth America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
A FroggerFrogger
Frogger is an arcade game introduced in 1981. It was developed by Konami, and licensed for worldwide distribution by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes one by one. To do this, each frog must avoid cars while crossing a busy road and navigate a river full of...
-like game where the player makes C.J. walk and hop on logs, turtles, and alligators by using the arrow keys. A question will be displayed at the bottom of the screen which Edison will read out loud. C.J. must reach the island containing the correct answer to the question. This game can teach a variety of subjects, including coins of the United States, mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, and language arts
Language arts
Traditionally, the primary divisions in the language arts are Literature and Language, where language in this case refers to both linguistics, and specific languages....
. If C.J. is guided to jump into the water, C.J. will swim back to shore, despite the fact that it would be quicker to swim to a floating object.
Hopsalot's Laboratory
This game does not earn the user gadget pieces; instead, it is something that must be accomplished after at least 4 gadget pieces are obtained. This game can be accessed two ways. One is to click the star above the world map at the headquarters which will only appear if the user has at least 4 gadget pieces. The other way is by clicking on a bookshelf (also at the headquarters). If you choose the star, you will use the gadget pieces you have earned from the games and the invention featured will be the one that Hopsalot is using to fix Dr. O's misdoings. Once Hopsalot's Laboratory is completed when accessed by the star, progress will be made in the game. However, if the bookshelf is clicked, gadget pieces will not be the ones the user has obtained, progress will not be made in the game, and the invention featured will not be one that is used to fix Dr. O's wrongs. In other words, the "bookshelf mode" can be viewed as a kind of practice mode to improve skills used in the "star mode", to have fun, and/or for educational value. Usually in the game, there will be a ball at one side of the screen and Hopsalot's invention on the other. The player must arrange different gadget pieces in different places to get the ball to touch the invention. The ball will bounce off some gadget pieces, will be propelled by some gadget pieces, and will have other reactions from other pieces. Sometimes, things are a bit different (i.e. sometimes a block is involved). This game is supposed to teach logicLogic
In philosophy, Logic is the formal systematic study of the principles of valid inference and correct reasoning. Logic is used in most intellectual activities, but is studied primarily in the disciplines of philosophy, mathematics, semantics, and computer science...
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