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Zurg has kidnapped the aliens! Play as Woody, Jessie or Buzz to restore the aliens to their rightful home in three supercharged adventures that boost your child’s command of screen navigation and mathematics skills. Appropriate for ages 3 years to 6 years.
Toy Story: To 100 and Beyond taps players’ mathematical skills to rescue the aliens from “The Claw.” Players guide Woody, Jessie and Buzz through supercharged rescue adventures. Gam Read more…
Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars
Perhaps it’s that the rest of us–dad, mom, and fourteen-year-old brother–have had years of playing video games with better complexity and far better graphics, but I’m not wowed by any of the Clickstart games. Yes, I know, they’re for young children, but even the web-based games for toddlers have better graphics and are sometimes more user-friendly. That said, my three-year-old does like the Clickstart, and is able to navigate it without help. The Toy Story game isn’t all that impressive, for the money, but that’s a complaint I have about Clickstart cartridges in general. She enjoys being able to manipulate the familiar characters, and is building some directional skills. Except for the opening sequence with Zurg, however, the characters bring little of the flavor of the movie to the play of the game, and they could easily be any other sprite.
Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars
My 3yo loves her clickstart computer and this is one of her favorite games. When you enter the game’s menu you have the choice between 3 characters. Then you have to choose between 3 locations: Andy’s house, the street, or the pizza place. All the locations are the same thing with different scenery. A number will be displayed at the top of the screen and, using arrow keys, the player will have to touch that number…which will release “aliens”. Then the player has to “collect” those aliens. If the player runs into a wrong number then the game will say something like “that is the number 7, you are looking for the number 5″ (this is in level 1). So the player learns numbers. This game is great because the player can jump on furniture and use special tools (paperclip, bouncy box, etc) to get launched into the air. Plus it teaches numbers and collecting the aliens is fun. It is a disappointment because all the other game cartridges offer 3 different games…this one offers the same game with choice of 3 characters and 3 different scenes. Should you buy it…yes. For the simple fact that kids love it and it is educational. But could the writers have done a better job with the game selection…absolutely.