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Dragon Tales: Learn & Fly With Dragons

Dragon Tales: Learn & Fly With Dragons

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From: Topics Entertainment
Category: Video Games

List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $2.50
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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 5 reviews
Sales Rank: 12753

Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows Xp, Mac Os X, Windows
Genre: Fantasy Action Games
ESRB: Early Childhood
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 3 - 17 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.4

MPN: 356534
Model: 356534
UPC: 078073565344
EAN: 0078073565344
ASIN: B00009VRG2

Release Date: June 23, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Teaches essentials skills like arithmetic and logic
  • 11 engaging activities and 3 unique adventures
  • 3 levels of play automatically adjust to child s progress
  • Starring popular characters and voices from hit TV show
  • Automatic help allows for independent play; for ages 3 and up

Accessories:

  • PC Gamer (1-year)
  • Pimpjuice Premium Energy Drink, Extra Strength Formula, 8-Ounce Cans (Pack of 24)

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Dragon Tales: Learn & Fly With Dragons lets young children visit Dragon Land and discover great activities and minigames. Cassie's brothers and sisters will earn to fly, as they play with your children. The games and lessons will develop independent learning skills.


Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Dragon Tales: Learn & Fly with Dragons   May 7, 2007
Mary Davis (Dove Creek, Colorado)
A good program. Needs to be updated to OS X


4 out of 5 stars Good beginner game   January 2, 2006
W. Chen (Reno, NV United States)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful

My son has been playing this since 2 1/2 year old. He can play it by himself, although he does use some trial and error, especially the pattern game and the what's missing game. My 5 year old daughter who loves Dragontales shows, is not interested in this game, which suggests that the game is too easy for her. I like that the program automatically advances levels, unlike many of the other software we have.


2 out of 5 stars Better for the younger set   May 13, 2005
R. D. Carlson (Georgia)
47 out of 48 found this review helpful

This game markets itself as appropriate for 4-6 year olds. I bought this for my 5 year old and she beat it in less than 30 minutes. The game itself is extremely short - only 6 activities. This may be better for 3 and 4 year olds just learning to count and learn shapes. But for those already competent or even familiar with them, its a waste of money.


5 out of 5 stars Fun and Educational   November 22, 2004
Beabea (Chicago, Illinois USA)
39 out of 39 found this review helpful

My four year old enjoys this. The look and sound of the software is the same as the PBS show. Some of the activities my four year old can do by himself while others require some help from mom or dad. The software gives directions for your child to follow. There are activites such as counting and shape sorting and other activities that require an understanding of bigger/smaller, up/down, etc. We have about four computer games. In order of preference our son likes Dragon Tales followed by Little People Farm/Airport, then Clifford Thinking Adventure and then Finding Nemo. Overall, Dragon Tales Learn to Fly is a good value that runs well on my older Windows 98 system.




1 out of 5 stars doesn't work, and poorly supported   September 22, 2004
J. Strout (Downers Grove, IL United States)
This game does not work on a Powerbook that can't change its resolution to 640x480. That includes most of the older Powerbooks on which you'd be likely to be running children's software. In addition, the error message you get is just plain wrong: it complains that the color depth is wrong, even when it is not. So I looked in the manual, which was incorrectly formatted for the Mac (contained gremlin characters at the start of every line), and this issue was not even mentioned in the trouble-shooting section, nor was the requirement of a 640x480 monitor mentioned anywhere. So I called Scholastic, and went around twice with their automated product-selection menu, which insisted that it has no products for the Mac starting with "DRA" or "LEA". Finally I got a human, who put me on hold for a while and then explained that the software doesn't work unless it can change the resolution. (And this, by the way, is a silly requirement - all my other educational titles work just fine drawing their 640x480 graphics in the middle of a larger screen.)

On the whole it was a thoroughly disappointing waste of time. Clearly the folks at Scholastic did not test their software on a variety of machines, and despite the simultaneous Mac/Win release, are not serious about supporting their Mac customers.


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