Dr. Seuss Kindergarten

List Price: $19.95 Discount Price: $4.83

Features:

• A whimsical journey to help Gerald McGrew find exotic aniamls for his new zoo.
• Play over 250 lessons to build a full year of essential kindergarten skills.
• From math to early reading, from memory-building to listening skills.
• The perfect pairing of learning activities and fun-filled adventure
• Mac System 7.5 or higher, Windows 95/98/Me/XP

Customer Reviews:

I'd Rate This ZERO Stars [Posted on 2008-01-16]
Like everyone else, I bought this for my XP machine. I've spent probably 2 hours trying to install, but to no avail. I am really upset that Amazon would allow vendors to sell this garbage. It sounds like The Learning Company is a sham and won't offer support or a refund.

weeks of fun for children [Posted on 2008-01-28]
wonderful software game. My child has played longer on this game than on any other including jumpstart. there are games in almost every category of verbal and math that are very delightful.For every category that your child completes they get to bring a new animal for their zoo which is very rewarding to them. I have an older computer and I have no problem with the software.

This title DOES work on XP, don't stress! [Posted on 2008-02-11]
The educational benefits have been pointed out by others, I just wanted to put people's mind at ease that this title WILL work on XP.
You may need to use the Program Compatibility Wizard or you may need to get offline and close your anti-virus, anti-spyware, pop-up blockers and other assorted rubbish that starts up with your PC as they cause software conflicts, stopping some software from being able to be installed.
I came across an issue with one particular graphics card where it played it upside down, but Googled a quick fix and have never looked back. I have tested it on 5 separate desktops with success.

Only laptops could have legitimate issues with installation, but desktops should be fine if one of the above suggestions are used. Laptops are notoriously problematic with games, frankly they are not designed for them - they are mostly used for business apps, email and the Internet.

did not download/display correctly [Posted on 2008-03-30]
after downloading this software onto the computer and pressing start, nothing was legible as the icons were HUGE (much bigger than normal for a childs game) and the color was in a "negative" look. Perhaps it's just this one disc that was somehow ruined, big bummer.

10-year-old software incompatible with Windows XP  [Posted on 2008-06-28]
This software was published in 1998, written for Windows 3.1. The setup has been slightly modified to install on Windows 95. It forces installation of an old version of QuickTime for Windows 3.1, and will only run at a screen resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. My 15" laptop LCD screen is 1024 x 768 pixels, so this runs only on a 9" diagonal section of the screen. Since it was not written for XP, plan on letting your kindergartener run with admin privileges, as it's the only way this software will run, if you can ever get it to install. It was nice that the publisher took the time to update the box with claims that it's XP-compatible. It would have been nicer if they had actually spent a few hours updating the software so that it actually was XP-compatible.

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