There are other minor changes that correct bugs from the earlier versions. The retired name will still turn red, but the player can still sign in and play in an extended mode. This time, winning the game will return the player outside Ms. The "INFO" tombstones have been updated: they not only display a fact, but include additional flavor text to link it to the Haunted Island setting.įinally, in the original version, winning the game would cause the game to end, and the player's name would turn red on the sign-in sheet because that player would be "retired" and would be told not to return to the island. Enemy ships are now red instead of white. The Pirate Ship has increased the point value for each treasure chest, so you only have to find four treasures instead of five.
You should earn the last key around the same time as you're saving the last kid.įlap's opening monologue for the Mutant Swamp has been changed to better explain exactly how to play it, seedlings can be planted all at once instead of one at a time, and the water and light features are now clearly labeled.
You won't see the set of poems for the second-of-three parts, but the game length is much shorter and more manageable. Flap's opening monologue has been altered to reflect this.Ĭard challenges now only require two games to complete. 2 It was replaced by JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade in TBA. The working title for the game was 'JumpStart Adventures 2nd Grade'. As its name suggests, it was made to teach second grade students. Now, if you manage to walk to where you need to go without using the map, you get a satisfying "ding!" and 50 bonus points each time. JumpStart 2nd Grade (known as Jump Ahead Year 2 in the United Kingdom) is a personal computer game released on 26 March 2024 by Knowledge Adventure. The Map will show you the layout and take you where you want to go. It introduces and reinforces lesson related to the Kindergarten curriculum and parents are able to check their children's progress report via a comprehensive Progress Report.This download is the "updated" version of this game, which has a number of changes from the original edition.įirst, the toolbar at the bottom has added the Witch's Hat icon for level changes (in the original, players had to press Ctrl-L to change levels) and the Map icon.
In the re-release, different areas of the classroom and the nearby areas outside containing activities may be explored and as a new addition playing activities earns the player stars.ĭuring computer learning, the game teaches children basic pre-reading, vocabulary and math, plus songs five for entertainment. In the early version, all of the activities are accessible from a single screen inside the classroom. The specifics of the game vary from the two versions, but in both the user may access educational activities and simple games by clicking on objects. The game is hosted by the teacher, an anthropomorphic gray bunny named Mr. The game takes place in a kindergarten schoolhouse. Eventually it was replaced in 2002 by JumpStart Advanced Kindergarten. That same year it was updated with additional content in a 2-CD Deluxe version in 2000 (v2.6), that included JumpStart Around the World. In 2000, the game was specially designed on VHS. It was updated with a new version on 24 November 1997 (v2.0). It was ported to the Windows and Macintosh systems in 1995 (v1.2).
According to the Knowledge Adventure founder Bill Gross, it is the first educational software program that covers the entire kindergarten curriculum.
It was the first product released in the JumpStart series and, as its name suggests, it is intended to teach kindergarten students. JumpStart Kindergarten (known as Jump Ahead Classic Kindergarten in the UK) is an educational personal computer game developed by Fanfare Software and released by Knowledge Adventure on the MS-DOS platform in 1994 (v1.0).