JumpStart Study Helpers Math Booster

Contrary to what the Amazon product page says, this game is not Windows Vista compatible (and therefore not Windows 7 compatible). Amazon has a license from Knowledge Adventure (aka Jumpstart) to manufacture and sell these CDs. They are printing the systems requirements incorrectly on the CD insert as well on the web page. After installing the game and finding it doesn't work, I called Knowledge Adventure tech support. They stated that anything that was Windows 2000 compatible will not run on Windows Vista or Windows 7, and that they have had repeated problems with Amazon selling these items inaccurately to the point where they're considering revoking the manufacturing agreement. Tech support did the best they could, walking me through everything to try in the hopes of tricking the system into playing the game, but nothing worked. They said they have updated their Math Blaster software to work on the current versions of Windows and recommend that as an alternative product.

This was a good purchase. I have a 6 yr old who's advance in math. She likes the game adjustment so she can switch from level to level. I like that I can adjust what she works on and I can see how she's doing without have to watch her play.There are two down falls- 1. that they don't give the correct answer after the child has made a error. =( 2.There is no explanation of how to work the problems. A quick little explanation page would have been nice for the sections?The controls were a bit hard for her to do (the pinball was hard for her) but, she in all honestly she's not a gamer like some kids are.

My 8 yr olds official review is "Mom these games are boring". I also bought Star Wars Math Jabba's Game Galaxy which he played first and loves. In fact he didn't want to shut it off. Then he played this and I have to agree this seems boring in comparison. Decent math practice but have to promise he can play Jabba Math after just to get him to play it.

I purchased this to help my son practice his math. It was fun for about the first 15minutes then he quickly lost interest. The positive points are that you can set the level and type of math problems and you can enter a set of your own problems. The bad part is that the game only consists of 3 short simple games that do not hold your interest. The pinball game is frustrating because the ball will hit the wrong answer while you are still working on finding the write answer which then messes up your "grade". My son (9) found it very disappointing. I would recommend finding another game with more content.

First of all. This product works on WIN XP and WIN VISTA 64. Tested it on both operating systems.My son likes it and is very happy with it. It gives him some valuable math practice and he enjoys doing it.

I was disappointed that they send me the wrong item. From the picture of this CD it shows that it's Mac compatible, but the actual CD that they sent me is only Windows compatible.

Good!

I bought this for my nine year old. He has trouble in math. He loves it and it makes him learn to do his multiplication without counting on his fingers.