By the end of a minigame, a number of Zoombinis may be left behind. The player then has to do a series of minigames, helping the Zoombinis traverse through dangerous places until they reach the next location on the island. Each combination can be used twice in the game. The player starts at Zoombini Isle, where they assemble a team of 16 Zoombinis, picking from 5 different options each in hair, eyes, nose color, and footwear, for a total of 625 possible combinations. As part of the US release they changed the names of several areas of the game. The US division of Broderbund made some minor changes and released a US version in December. The original version of the game by Broderbund Europe in March 1996 came in English, French, and German. Players must guide the Zoombinis through this land to reach the safety of Zoombiniville, a land of hope and prosperity for the Zoombinis. The Zoombinis flee but end up in a mysterious and treacherous land. Zoombini Isle, the Zoombinis' homeland, has been taken over by the evil Bloats. Main article: Logical Journey of the Zoombinis Games Logical Journey of the Zoombinis (1996) The series focuses on the Zoombinis, small blue creatures each with different appearances and personalities, which the player must guide through strange puzzle-filled lands. Logical Journey was remade as Zoombinis for modern operating systems in 2015. The series consists of three games: Logical Journey of the Zoombinis (1996), Zoombinis: Mountain Rescue (2001), and Zoombinis: Island Odyssey (2002). In 1998, Broderbund was purchased by The Learning Company, (formerly SoftKey) who took responsibility for developing and publishing the series in 2001. Zoombinis is a series of educational puzzle computer games that were originally developed by TERC and published by Broderbund. Windows, Mac OS, OS X, iPadOS, Android, Fire OS TERC, FableVision, and Learning Games Network (2015) In the remake, a building is built each time a group of 16 Zoombinis makes it through one leg of the journey without losing a single one.The Learning Company (formerly SoftKey) (2001-2002)

The buildings were built in this order: band shell, windmill, general store, swimming pool, clock tower, bowling alley, fire station, opera house, paper clip museum, courthouse, monument, school, city hall, library, observatory, and playground. Zoombiniville is the current home of the Zoombinis, after they escaped from Zoombini Isle. It is located at the edge of the Mountains of Despair. It is a grassy, hilly land of hope and prosperity for all Zoombinis to live in.Įach time a group of 16 Zoombinis traveled the whole journey to Zoombiniville without losing any along the way, a building was built in celebration of it. ~ Narrator witnessing Zoombinis going to Zoombiniville Is this it? Could this be the place they've been seeking? A place of hope and prosperity? Zoombiniville!

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