Nickelodeon BrainBender: Puzzles and Activities

Requires: P133 MHz or faster (166 recommended), Windows 95, 98, 16 MB RAM (32 recommended), 80 MB HD, 640 x 480 display with 32 bit colors, 4X CD-ROM drive

Description:

In BrainBenders, kids will find many of their favorite Nickelodeon characters as they puzzle their way through the human brain. Kids pick from games in the "right brain" (creativity) or the "left brain" (logic) and then can customize backgrounds, characters, music, and more. The four games offered in the left brain are Nickinos, Toon Tiles, Splat Hurl, and the Toon Maze. Nickinos are similar to dominos, you print ‘em (preferably on perforated business card paper) and play. Toon Tiles are similar to Tae Pei; you must find matching tiles and remove them to (hopefully) clear the board. In Splat Hurl, the player must figure out the patterns, using colors and characters, to "splat" the bonus points. ToonMaze requires kids to use the patterns provided to make it through the maze. It is also printable.

The right brain games are Mad Lobes, ToonMaker, ToonDraw, and Dancing Toons. Mad Lobes is similar to MadLibs. Kids are asked to answer typically (for Nickelodeon) ridiculous questions and then a story (using their hopefully equally ridiculous answers) is read aloud to them. In ToonMaker kids get to make up their own dialogue for the provided cartoons). ToonDraw gives step-by-step instructions for drawing many favorite Nickelodeon characters.) Dancing Toons lets the child control the cartoon for a while, using four keys of the keyboard to make them "dance."

Features:

• Ability to store games for different players
• Ability to customize almost every aspect of the game (background, music, characters, etc.)
• Different levels of difficulty available
• Ability to send "E-candy," (short clips and some games) through email to friends

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