Zoombinis Reviews

Similar to original PC game!

dld8611

I got this because I wanted to play the Zoombini game I’d had as a kid. This is very similar with only minor difference to sounds and animations from what I can remember. My only complaint so far is that you can’t adjust the difficulty level for the game, you can only adjust it for the practice level. I don’t remember how that aspect compares to the original but I wish I didn’t have to play the easy level 3 times in order to advance. Overall I am very pleased with it and my kids and I are having fun!!!

Crash Issue?

TranslatorBentz

I love this game with a passion; it’s something I grew up with and I do love trying to figure out the puzzles, especially with the hardest difficulty that the game raises itself up to. There’s really only one issue that I’ve been running into, which are crashes. They do get a bit frustrating, especially when they happen as soon as you finish a puzzle, but don’t hit the proceed button in time; making you need to redo the entire level. The crashes are pretty frequent as well, sometimes not even letting the app open several times.

Broken

kalmpact

Sound doesn’t work. No Zoombini’s music or muttering...am so sad. Cannot close Options screen.

Love

Crush Bum

I totally love this game and am in a race with my adult children to see who can be the first to save all the Zoombinis. So you can imagine my huge disappointment when the game froze. It will let me start a new game, but why would I want to do that when I already have about 150 Zoombinis saved and many others at the campsites. What a let down!

Challenging for adults too

anonymoose858

There is no way a 10 year old can solve the very very hard level puzzles. I am 32 years old with a physics degree and it takes every ounce of thinking power in my noggin to get all 16 homies to Zoombiniville. 10 year old me would not have the patience and discipline to solve these puzzles. He would have gave up and started playing Pokémon Blue on his game boy once he reached the very hard level (which is exactly what I did back then). I’m glad that 22 years later, I’m finally able to beat this game. I highly recommend this game. It is in my hall of fame along with Oregan Trail and Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego

Classic game, good remake, but a lot of rough edges.

dwx1618

I absolutely adored this game growing up, and spent many, many hours playing it as a kid. It was incredibly exciting when I heard TERC was going to update it and bring it to the App Store. They’ve done a good job bringing the game back—the game is even better with touch, the narrator and Arno are just as you remember them, the graphics are all pretty, the campsite easter eggs are there too! However, there are a lot of small things which make it hard to stay immersed. Some of the animations are choppy, the puzzle instructions are useless, the Zoombinis no longer make sounds when they walk, stuff like that. Recommended in the end, but would love to see more polish.

I got an iPad to play this game

mishmell17

Zoombinis was our family’s favorite game to play when I was a kid! My sister and I would argue over who got play on the computer first. When I heard they recreated the game into an app I was ECSTATIC! I looked up the app and saw the pictures. Everything is almost identical to the PC version. I begged my husband for an iPad for Christmas just to play this game and it has not disappointed. The nostalgia is overwhelming lol. It took me back to 8 year old me. I immediately started quoting the pizza trolls and the narrator; I was even shocked I remembered it all. I love that they used the same voices for the characters. I really REALLY hope that they recreate more of the Zoombini games!! This game is worth buying an iPad to play! The only thing I did not like is the much much lower number of Zoombinis to get to Zoombiniville. The app has 400 while I remember the computer game having over 1000.

Same, but....

Tlight01

Same game I played many years ago. Same characters, funny quotes, and narration. My only complaint is you can reuse the same type of Zoombinis over and over so long as the group of 16 has no duplicates. This is a departure from the old version and to me this seems like a flaw since you can keep creating parties of nearly identical Zoombinis and flying through the puzzles. The idea behind the old version was you had to save every Zoombini (one of every unique combination). At first you could make nearly identical parties but eventually this would dry up and you had to start taking more diverse and challenging groups. Hopefully the devs can bring this element back to this version because without it, the game is lacking and can become repetitive.

Teacher Recommended!!!

IrishPirQueen

On a hunch, I did a search in the App Store for the Zoombinis and was stunned to see that it was there in its original form. I just couldn’t wait to play! This is my favorite piece of software ever! As a teacher, I use to play with my third graders and I played it at home as did my friends. The kids utterly loved the adorable blue creatures on their escapades to reach the home of the Zoombinis. They literally begged to play and I acquiesced. The logic skills they picked up! If I had to pick one piece of software for primary school students, I’d select the Zoombinis. In the beginning, each Zoombini receives cute little attributes for their hair, eyes, noses, and feet which they are most often grouped by in the endearing puzzles. I’m at the beginning level right now and I’m running into problems with the Tatooted Toads. I’m just going to have to keep it at it. Also something as minor as how do I move the lever to get the cart to go in at junction in Mirror Machine? As a teacher and as a former kid, I give the Zoombinis the highest recommendation possible. It is true to the 1980‘s form of the game with authentic music, graphics and gameplay. I want to see MORE of the Zoombini games, please!! As it is, I will recommend it to every kid, parent and grandparent I come across. I think I’ll do that right now!

Ahhh... Suuurrree!

kkluvsmusic

This is a family favorite game since we won it on cd-rom in a raffle in 2006. The challenges are a blast, and those funny little blue people never get old. You've got Zoombini fans here!

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