Cheap Magic School Bus Explores In The Age Of Dinosaurs (Software) (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT) Price

In The Magic School Bus Explores in the Age of Dinosaurs, players use clues in the Friz's emptied photo album to figure out in which period the missing dinosaur belongs. Homing in on the Jurassic, Triassic, or Cretaceous periods is only part of the challenge, though; you must also learn where on earth the dinosaur lived! And once you've arrived in the correct place and time, you must still determine which dinosaur you're looking for before you can get a new copy of the photograph for Ms. Frizzle.

With clear instructions, appealing animation, and loads of information on dinosaurs and other prehistoric life, this CD-ROM achieves a near-perfect mix of educational content and entertainment. Each locale that players visit comes with its own minigame. In one, players put together jigsaw puzzles to reveal different types of dinosaur footprints; in another, they must help a dinosaur race up an erupting volcano before it drowns, starves, or is burned by falling meteors. A third allows players to morph the Magic School Bus kids into different varieties of dinosaur.

This combination of games broadens the game's appeal, ensuring that every child will find something to enjoy. It also means that players will have plenty of reason to return to the Age of Dinosaurs, discovering new games and dinosaur facts every time they play. (Ages 6-10) --Alyx Dellamonica