Thomas and Friends Trouble on the Tracks
by Atari

List Price: $19.99
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• It's Thomas and Friends to the Rescue! Product Information James has derailed and it's up to Thomas and all of his friends to help him get back on track.This affects everyone on the Island of Sodor, from the Horrid Lorry who has todo James' work to Sir Topham Hatt who must organize the efforts of the otherengines. Includes eight engaging activities, 3D graphics, eight jigsaw puzzles. There's

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Description of Thomas and Friends Trouble on the Tracks

It's Thomas and Friends to the Rescue!

Product Information

James has derailed and it's up to Thomas and all of his friends tohelp him get back on track. This affects everyone on the Island of Sodor, from the Horrid Lorry who has to do James' work to Sir Topham Hatt who must organize the efforts of the other engines. Includes eight engaging activities, 3D graphics, eightjigsaw puzzles. There's a job for everybody to do in this story that proves how useful teamwork can be.

• Listening Skills
• Following Directions
• Spatial Relationships
• Mouse Skills

Product Features

• Eight engaging activities
• Story line starring your favorite friends
• Rich, 3-D graphics and animations
• Print certificates and pictures of all the engines
• 8 jigsaw puzzles to print, cut out and color
• Fly with Harold to find James
• Fit the gears to make the Breakdown crane work
• Repair James so he can go back to work

WindowsRequirements

• Windows 95, 98, Me or XP, Vista?
• Pentium 166MHz or faster
• 32MB of RAM
• 40MB free hard drive space
• 4X speed CD-ROM Drive
• 2MB Windows 95/98/Me compatible SVGAvideo card *
• Windows 95/98/Me compatible 16-bit sound card *
• DirectX version 7.0a or higher (included) required

*Indicates device should be compatible with DirectX version 7.0a orhigher

The story begins with an engine named James eagerly heading out to get more coal for the other engines, but things don't go quite as planned; James has an accident on a sharp corner because he's being too hasty. Kids get to help rescue James and restore him to his shiny, bright-red self by completing eight activities that will test their problem-solving skills, spatial abilities, and deductive reasoning. They must find James, properly assemble crane gears to get him lifted back onto the track, collect coal, find the proper parts, and install them on James by listening to whistles, looking at train parts, and then putting everything in its place. Once James has a full tank of water and a full bin of coal, kids get to drive the repaired engine. This is the best part of this friendly CD-ROM, as it demonstrates to little locomotive fans how steam engines work, from shoveling coal to goosing the throttle.

Each activity has three levels, and Trouble on the Track also has clickable surprises interspersed throughout each activity, something that earlier Thomas offerings lacked. Kids can visit Sir Topham Hatt's office to see and print their certificates (they get one for every level of each activity they complete) or various pictures that they can color, turn into puzzles, or simply hang on their walls. Everyone from the Horrid Lorry to the Troublesome Trucks is here, and Thomas the Tank Engine fans will enjoy this program as it gently chugs along. (Ages 3 and older) --Anne Erickson

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