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Here they need to save the poor skinny professor. Now, you would think that a professor could solve his own number problems, but no, the kids are sorely needed to get him out of a fix. First they need to hop across to the island. But make sure you only hop on the right shapes. You might get through the gates by solving the shape patterns, but then you'll be confronted by the Big Bully and his team of ferocious guards.

The only way to grab the key is to solve a bunch of number patterns. Patterns, patterns and more patterns. That's the theme of this program. Patterns in maths, music, art and land use. Even places where we may think no pattern exists.

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Then Greedy might gobble up one of our not so natural disasters. There are even patterns in art. Zaark introduces the kids to Van Gogh, but Stephen was still waiting to find" the chocolate robots. They certainly weren't in the art gallery (although some kids had been there). The paintings looked as though the kids had added a touch here and there to "improve" the artwork.

The artist explains what belongs where and the kids can develop the idea of more complex patterns, even in art. If it all gets too tough, especially in level three, you can bail out for a mm''1; a --'-VrTf 5 I FREE PCMCIA CD-ROM OFFER" not gorgeous graphics, but appealing enough. mull STOCKS Childlike workout in the gym. Do some pattern exercises with the mandatory basketball kid and get fit for the real game. The characters in Zaark are all pretty kooky with silly antics and even sillier faces.

The drawings are kind of childlike, so they are not gorgeous graphics but appealing enough. Movement is fairly clunky and the action at times is mighty slow. Often there was too much waiting and not enough doing for my bunch of kids. They really found the intro a bore. A few got up and walked away before the show even started.

Kids aren't interested in the credits, so why bother, just get on with it, please! This is a significant departure for Maxis. The program is a neat idea and I do like the way it integrates so many different areas. The kids felt as though it was a game, but they were doing some solid work. Players from six to nine will be thinking, making decisions, reading and working on mathematical concepts and more. Yet, I don't think this one is in the same class as the Sims.

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