Puzzle Reviews

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Rubik's Simpson's Homers Head Game

Made by Winning Moves

Amazon base price: $11.99

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Simpsons Woo Hoo!

As long as it's the simpsons I'll buy most toys that have anything to do with the simpsons is not only fun to play with but also to collect, and this toy is definently both. Woo Hoo!

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Greate Gift

The toy is a lot of fun and makes a great gift especially for people who like puzzles and "Simpsons" :-). It's a bit hard to turn sometimes, but it's OK once you get used to it. And if you stuck, there is a help instruction provided with the toy.

Frustrating Fun!

This toy is great if you've got a knack for solving a rubik's cube. But for those of us who have never done that, don't expect to solve this one.... EVER. I've had it for months and I'm still not close. However, it is fun to try, and it has great detail and color on Homer's face. The only bad thing is that the pieces are often very hard (if not impossible) to move. I recommend it to those who have extreme patience :)

USA Map Capitals and States Puzzle

Made by Melissa & Doug

Age Group: 5 - 8 years

Amazon base price: $14.99

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Kid-approved "sneaky education"

This puzzle is my 2 1/2 year old son's absolute favorite. He does it on his own, and is starting to know the state names. He will do it over and over and over again, and thinks it's great fun. I think it's a great way to help him learn! It's kind of nice when a learning tool has to be pried out of my child's hands....

If I had one complaint, it would be that Alaska is on the bottom left corner of the puzzle; it would have been nice if they'd made the puzzle larger so they could stick Alaska in roughly the right place. Not a big deal, though.

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A GREAT educational toy!

My 3 year old son spotted this puzzle while we went browsing in the store. He wanted it SO badly even though it was rated for older children. Within 3 days of playing with this puzzle, he quickly mastered all 50 states, knew exactly where they all go at a moment's notice. Then in a few days, he is able to clearly identify and pronounce each state accurately. He can read a little bit, and I had to show him North and South so he could place the Dakotas in their places. We had moved to Arizona from California a few months earlier, so he understood that his "small house" was in CA and that we now live in AZ. Two weeks after playing this puzzle, we went to California to visit our old friends and favorite places. Upon returning home, he demonstrated he really understood the map even more and even knows Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean and several cities. Because he has 2 other USA maps, he has said several times that "Michigan is a mistake! They forgot to cut out Upper Peninsula (Upper Michigann)"!!!! I was originally from Michigan and know that Michigan has 2 parts. What I'd like to see in this puzzle is 50 individual pieces, even though they may be small and that their cutouts reflect more accurate shapes (maybe make the states a bit bigger!). My parents still have the wooden puzzle from late 1960's with all 50 pieces. Now, where can I find wooden maps of other places: Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia, showing pictures of the countries, along with capital cities and other information? My son is already learning a few countries in Europe and is so eager and so ready to absorb more information in geography! We play the USA map puzzle practically every evening before he goes to bed! He's already map-literate far ahead of his peers and even amazed his summer camp teacher! Who says a 3 year old can't learn geography?! ;-)

Sparks interest in geography

I bought this for my daughter two years ago, when she turned 5-years-old. Within a week, she knew her states and capitols. What a great learning tool. She was the only student in her Kindergarten class who knew her capitols - not because we drilled her with them, but because she couldn't get enough of this puzzle! She is the oldest of my 3 children, and her siblings, ages 5 and 3, are both learning states, too. It is a good, solid, learning piece, that doesn't rely on a bunch of bells and whistles to keep kids interested. Best of all, it may be the only puzzle my kids have loved enough to make sure they never lose a piece!!! It's probably the best toy I've ever bought my children, and has withstood the test of time. I highly recommend it.

Chu Chu Rocket

Made by Sega of America, Inc.

Age Group: 5 years and up

Amazon base price: $9.98
List price: $29.99 (that's 67% off!)
Used price: $2.25
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EyeToy is best enjoyed by groups

Online gaming has arrived on the Dreamcast! Chu Chu Rocket is the first \ game to fully utilize the Internet connectivity of the Dreamcast. This simple (but very addic\ tive) puzzle game is strongly reminiscent of the traditional "cat-and-mouse" game. Your goal is to herd some \ intergalactic rats (the strangely-named Chu Chus) into a rocket, while avoiding some whacked-out space \ cats (a.k.a. Kapu Kapus) that are in fast pursuit.

While the bare-boned graphics won't win any design awards, Chu Chu Rocket does offer an impressive online gaming experience. In addition to the solo mode, the game let\ s you connect with gamers from around the world for true multiplayer madness. Whether you compete against\ others or tag-team to solve the puzzles, Chu Chu Rocket provides an exciting entry point into \ the emerging world of networked gaming. (Note: Online features require players to have an existing IS\ P connection, sold separately.)

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Good DC Game -

This is a fun, clever puzzler game. It's cheap, it's on Dreamcast--if you are lucky enough to find it. I would not advise spending more than 10 dollars for it. There's a fair amount of 1P puzzles to keep you busy, they become more challenging, I think there should've been more still. 2-4Player is a nice brand of chaos, it doubles as one of the top Party Games. Thankfully, you can turn down the speed to quite slow, but you cannot remove '?' Mice for mode-changing in a game, you can only choose Normal or Many, but you soon realize the question marked mice are the name of the game. You'll have fun for awhile, but the modes are awkward and unvarying. There are no good graphics and ONLY ONE cinema scene, which appears shortly when a game ends. There should have at least been a start-up scene with mice scurrying into a rocket in 3d. Strangely enough, the back of the game GD shows the game in the most pathetic jpeg ever, can't SEGA get a decent shot of their own game for the GD case? Worth buying, at least rent, it's not for everyone, but it's a lot like Worms World Party. There isn't a random level generator, either. Only the colors really change. If you like having to work frantically fast at something difficult, this is for you, but I don't care for the main attraction as much as I did the 1P puzzles. This was given away for free in other places, and I think that's how it should have been distributed, it's good fun, but comes off as just a glorified mini-game, they could've fit it into Sonic Adv. 2. Compared to Mario Party 4 which has 50 mini-games, Chu Chu is just one. It's not quite Chess or Tetris, but it's worth picking up.

pretty darn fun

this game is pretty cool, dispite the name, but it's still overated. i honestly thought this was a game for a five year old the first time i saw it but it proved me wrong. the multiplayer mode is much better than the individual mode. a very annoying thing is the mice. they just go around and around in circles, which i guess is the point, but it can get really annoying sometimes but if you want a fun multiplayer game go ahead and buy this game! it's not that expensive and it's pretty darn fun on top of that!

Wow..That was random..

This came out of nowhere..I picked it up to bring over to a friend's house, and we got into it REAL fast. We had a ball with this one. It's one of the best puzzle/stradegy games i've ever played.
The game involves leading mice into your spicific rocket, while competeing with the other players that are trying to direct the mice into *their* rocket. Multiplayer wise, this game leads to a lot of vocal confrontations, and blows can be exchanged. It's one of the best multiplayer games i've ever toutched.
My only regret is while this is Sega's "First Online Game!", the network for it isint exactly "Top of the line Hardware"..Lag is frequent, and depressing. But this is the ultimate party game. You seriously cannot be without this if you're doing multiplayer gaming on a dreamcast, it's just that fun.

Bust-A-Move 4

Made by Acclaim

Age Group: 5 years and up

Amazon base price: $9.90
List price: $29.99 (that's 67% off!)
Used price: $12.00

Bust-A-Move 4 proves that Dreamcast games don't necessarily need flashy graphics to be fun. This puzzle game has been around in one form or another for years, and still offers enough charm and gameplay to deserve a spot on the shelf of any fan of the genre. This incarnation adds a mixed bag of new features and enough play modes to keep you busy for a few weeks.
Gameplay is simple. The play area contains balls of various colors, and players control a cannon at the bottom of the screen that shoots one colored ball at a time. The cannon is immobile, but can be aimed left or right, and launched balls stick to those that are already on the playing field. If three or more balls of the same color are touching, they are cleared from the board. These simple rules offer more strategic possibilities than you'd think, and the fact that perfect aim is required to place the cannon shots where they're needed adds to the frantic action that ensues each time a game is started.
Bust-A-Move 4 incorporates a new combo system that makes spectacular board-clearing shots possible, but also decreases the difficulty of the game significantly because the combos happen far too often. The game is still fun in two-player mode, but the developers oddly left out the superior four-player abilities for which this game is famous. Still, with hundreds of puzzles to solve, arcade-perfect graphics (which isn't saying much), and a decent two-player mode, Bust-A-Move 4 serves up plenty of entertainment value. --T. Byrl Baker
Pros:

Crisp, clear graphics
Hundreds of puzzles to play through
Cons:

No four-player mode
New supercombos are lame

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Bust-A-Move series still going strong

Cutesy and shrill, some players may initially be turned off by what Bust-A-Move 4 has to offer. However, those players will be missing some mind-boggling single player fun, not to mention head-to-head action that heats up really quickly.
Graphically, Bust-A-Move has never been really splashy. Simple character drawings and animations are complemented by mono-color orbs. As the orbs are broken and fall, the characters run, jump, and yell in Japanese accents.
Sometimes this is a bit annoying, however, as some of them are so loud they distract from the game itself. One robot character even lets out a giant laser beam which causes a cascade of loud explosions to ripple across the bottom of the screen. It's kinda annoying when it happens over and over again.
The tutorial mode seems to have been translated from Japanese by three chimps. The English explanations are choppy and odd. But it won't matter much, since the game is fairly easy to pick up and play right off the bat. The variety of modes, difficulty levels, and puzzle combinations will make this a welcome addition to any enthusiast's Dreamcast collection.

Another Great Chapter in the Series.

I love Bust a Move. I always have and I always will. This installment has awesome, crisp graphics and goofy, super-deformed type characters. It also has a long quest mode which lets you travel through levels named after tarot cards (there is a confusing story which describes why you are doing this.) No 3-D stuff or cinemas though; they kept the 2-d, framey Neo-Geoesque "animation" in place. But who cares, the game is still awesome. The chain reactions and the ability to bounce off the ceiling are awesome additions. The stupid pulley balancing boards are annoying, the physics make no sense (ie. you add a ball to one side and sometime it goes up? ) and they aren't fun. But fortunately only a few boards are like that. It is still the best puzzle game around (though Tetris is very close). Buy this game, it's cheap and worth every penny.

Lovely and fun puzzle game

With its several variations, and its charming Pokemon-like creatures, this puzzle game will bring hours and hours of entertainment. Think of it as an upside-down Tetris, but with many more ingredients to it: you have to burst bubbles above you by shooting more bubbles of the same color, until you reach three bubbles of the same color side-by-side. If you're good enough, you can rip out entire blocks of bubbles with a few moves. It's already very fun to play solo, but even more fun to bring in friends and do a two-player challenge. I have to say this game and Bomber Man are starting to make me a bit of an addict to puzzle games.

Hexcite

Made by UBI Soft

Age Group: 5 years and up

Amazon base price: $16.98
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The Best Strategy Game On The Market!

I was looking for a game that would be better than Tetris, and boy did I find it. This is the most excellent game I have gotten my hands across. And you can get it here on Amazon.com for a good price. It's a very addictive game that I can't put down. And everyone at my job is addicted to it. Not, only you play against the computer which has an intelligent AI, you can also play a good challenging game against your friends with one machine(gameboy). If you miss out on this game you're missing out on a good strategy game. Untill, this day I am so glad that I bought it. Hexcite comes with a tutorial, to show you how to play it. People I garauntee you this is an awesome game. So check it out. You won't be sorry. This is more for an adult to play but young kids can also learn to enjoy this game. It's more like a game of perfection with a twist to it.

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challenging

This is a fun but mind stimulating game that makes you think about how you can outwit your opponent even if its the computer!! My children and I like to take it with us everywhere.

Best strategy game ever

I got this as a present last Christmas, it's a game I'd never heard of. I was instantly addicted. I especially enjoy the Level Game play, where it records your progress and gradually makes the game harder. You can customize your play - how many rounds per game, whether you want to use the timer, etc. The only thing that is aggravating is that when playing against the computer sometimes the computer takes a long time to decide on a move if you don't use the timer. Anyone who likes strategy games such as tetris has to try this one. I enjoy tetris too, but this is even better.

Farm Fuzzy Puzzle

Made by Melissa & Doug

Age Group: 12 months - 3 years

Amazon base price: $9.99

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Love Melissa & Doug puzzles!!

I have not been dissappointed with ANY of Melissa & Doug puzzle...we have 7 now. This is the first for our youngest and I look forward to playing with the fuzzy farm pieces with him. A durable, safe edged puzzle that is colorful but not scary for little ones. My hat is off to Melissa & Doug once again.

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cute puzzle to learn with

Our son received this as a gift for Easter this past year. He isn't much on puzzles but this one really caught on. He likes the fuzzy animals I think the best, but he has become quite good at putting them in their proper places. It's also been a good tool to teach him the animals and to *nicely* pet the animals. His favorite is the little duck as it ends up in is crib quite often. Very cute puzzle with the extra added bonus of the peices being soft. Puzzle and pieces are made of wood (except the fuzzy coats) so it holds up well and the price is reasonable.

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Excellent First Puzzle

I got this for my daughter just before her first birthday, and she loved it--I think probably because the fuzzy pieces are as much like toys as anything else. They are among the first farm animals that children learn the names of, and she enjoyed repeating their names and making their sounds. The other puzzles she got were just puzzles, but it was as though this one had a personality that made it a toy as well. I don't think it's a good puzzle for an older toddler, but at one year most children's "shape-fitting" skills are pretty limited. I think a puzzle with a few, simple pieces that can double as toys is a great first puzzle for the 12-month old set.

62-Piece Fun Foam Numbers & Letters Mat Set

Made by D&S Marketing

Age Group: 36 months - 6 years

Good base for future reading skills

60-piece floor puzzle

Toddlers may need some guidance from adults when assembling

Comes with a clear vinyl storage case

Amazon base price: $39.99

One of the first steps in learning to read words and solve math problems is being able to recognize and label symbols. While your baby may not be naming the entire alphabet or managing multiplication by the time she's 1 year old, this interlocking set certainly offers a firm foundation for future reading and math learning. Each 12-by-12-inch puzzle piece contains an easy-to-grasp, pullout numeral or letter of the alphabet; there are 60 pieces in all. Parents may need to help young toddlers with assembling the mat, since it requires more detailed puzzle-fitting skills. But children as young as 1 year old might be able to fit the large letters and numbers into the slots by themselves. This also makes a comfortable tumbling mat or a nicely cushioned play area. The set comes in a clear vinyl storage case with a zip closure. --Hannah Reynolds

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Very soft and educational playmat

I got this for my children's room, a 3 year old boy and a 6 month old girl. We love sitting on it and playing since it makes a soft playmat on our hardwood floors as well as minimizing noise. It's very large so the family fits easily on it! My son loves to take all the letters out and put them back where they belong or jump between letters. He already knew all the letters when I got this mat but it has only emphasized his fascination with letters and added a new dimension to our word and letter play as well as other games. Cars and balls roll easily on it. The mat has numbers 0-9 which is good. The 6 month old has spit and drooled on it a bit and I have found it easy to clean under running water and wipe dry.

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Nice concept but our son too young for this toy

I liked the idea of this toy. I wanted a soft mat for our son to play on and I liked the puzzle factor. It just hasn't been a toy our son is interested in. Maybe when he is older he will put the pieces together, but it seems too difficult for him at this age. He just tears it all apart, and so it is useless as a mat. I end up piecing it all together, which is time consuming, and then he destroys it. I've put it away for when he is older, and I'll try it again then.

Good idea but if falls apart

We registered for this mat hoping that it would be great to use as cushioning in the play room and a fun learning tool as our baby grew. And it does cushion, when it's not falling apart. The edging and the centers to the letters and numbers, and the letters and numbers themselves, are always popping up as our baby crawls on them, catching her hand or foot the wrong way. It just doesn't stay together - we've tried everything. It's really more annoying than it's worth. Now we use it outside under our daughter's kiddie pool for a little cushioning - I don't care if it blows away at this point. What a waste of money. They sell larger squares w/o letters and numbers - I'll maybe try those instead.

Mary-Kate & Ashley: Get A Clue

Made by Acclaim

Age Group: 6 - 10 years

Amazon base price: $7.48
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not what I thought it would be AT ALL

I was expecting the game to be A LOT more fun than this. I love Mary-Kate and Ashely and all but this game just wasn't at all fun. I couldn't get past this thing on the 4th level when your getting all the puzzle pieces. It isnt very fun so far and the real voices you can't understand. I hope that this was use to you.

Pretty good if u like the olsen twins

I got the original MKA video game, and I liked it except for the sound. I tried this one and the game play is about the same (very unique and fun, but not all that hard), the graphics are the same (OK but not that much detail), and the sound is the same (cool music from TV series but lousy MKA voices). My sister like it even more than I do, and she hates the twins and is practically an expert video gamer. It is a lot of fun, teaches you about teamwork, and is overall great (except voices). It is a lot like other MKA game, and you can find cheats and tips on their website. Plus free poster included. If you are looking for a clean, different game, this is the one.

Another great Mary-Kate and Ashley Game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have the original version and loved it so I had to get this one. I liked even more than the first one. the color is way better. It is a lot like the first one though but even better. You ggot to get this one trust me. It teaches you about team work. It is another awesome Mary-Kate and Ashley game.

Scooby-Doo: Jinx at the Sphinx

Made by The Learning Company

Amazon base price: $9.99
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Join Scooby-Doo and the gang in Egypt as they visit Velma's Egyptologist cousin, Thelma. While visiting the pyramids in Giza, they find Thelma is missing and a mysterious mummy is frightening all the tourists away. It's up to the gang to find Thelma and wrap up the mummy for good. Kids help Scooby-Doo and his friends by telling them what to do and who to talk to. Along the way, they'll encounter ghosts, puzzles, and hair-raising adventure.
Kids must solve more than 10 different puzzles and activities to solve each mystery. The adventure is never the same. The mystery changes each time you play, with new clues and a different villain and outcome. Turn up the gameplay and the challenge with three levels of difficulty: Spooky! for ages 5 and 6; Spookier! for ages 7 and 8; and Spooktacular! for ages 9 and 10. The game builds thinking and problem-solving skills by utilizing research skills, deductive reasoning, and logical analysis.

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Thank goodness it was a gift!

I wouldn't buy this for my kids. Thankfully it was a gift for my 8-year old daughter. She tried to play it on her own at first and couldn't really figure out what to do, I guess she didn't read or listen to the instructions. The instruction file was enormous and complicated to follow for the specified age group. I played it on my own later to see what in fact this was all about. I solved the mystery and actually enjoyed myself, then my daughters(4&8) played it and the mystery was exactly the same for the next 3 times they used it. Maybe I haven't found how to change the level of difficulty, but I felt that everything was too obvious and not really a "mystery". I felt the kids were being humored and this game was really dumbed down. We haven't picked it up again since then, it has been a couple of weeks now. They'd much rather stick to "Clue Finders" and other such programs or the written word than play this game. They may give it another shot soon. Bottom line, this game just doesn't suit our tastes.

Not as good as I expected.

As crazy as my children are about Scooby Doo, I expected this game to be exceptional. Although my 7 year old has played it quite a bit [and I probably got my money's worth] he quickly leaves it to go back to other software games like: Train Simulator, Oregon Trail, Lionel's Trans Con, and Mission THINK. The game advances slowly and the graphics are flat like watching the cartoon. Guess I was expecting more educational basis to this software, but find it's really more like watching the show on TV.

Zoiks!

My kids ages 5 and 8 loved this game. It flows just like the cartoon show on TV, as we follow Scooby and the gang as they search for clues to solve the mystery. My kids had it completely solved in an hour or so, then played it a few more times to see the different clues and villains, and now they're done with it--not 24 hours since we brought it home! They want to play the next two Scooby games now. "If it hadn't been for those meddling kids..."

Boggle (Jewel Case)

Made by Atari

Amazon base price: $9.99
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Great, when it works

Love the computer version of Boggle. Unfortunately, it will not run on Windows 2000.

A great way to enjoy a favorite game!

As a fan of Boggle, I was overjoyed to find this computer version so I could play against the computer. I like being able to use the Master Boggle board (25 cubes) for an added challenge. You can set the level of difficulty by choosing the ability level of your opponent.
I have three criticisms about the program: 1. The list of allowable words has some words that no one in their right mind would know. The program provides definitions for most words, but not for these obscure words...and the words you need definitions for are the obscure ones! 2. Mr. Boggle (the computer expert) comes up with all the obscure words; and 3. If you make two computer opponents with the same skill level, they list all the same words and therefore cancel each other out. It's an easy way to win, but it seems like an oversight on the part of the manufacturer.
I don't enjoy the 4 variations quite as much as the original, but they are interesting to try.

Incredibly addictive puzzle game

This game is a terrific way to while away a few minutes. It installs on your hard drive so that the CD does not have to be in the drive to play the basic game--just click, and start hunting for words. See if you can find more than the computer opponents. I have no complaints about this computer implementation (though I've never tried to play against another person, and I mostly stick with the basic game (Master version) rather than the special variations that are included); it's easy to use and fun to play, and I've more than gotten my money's worth.

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