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Disney Junior Games Activity Center: The Emperor's New Groove (Ages 4-8) | 
| From: Disney Interactive
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $9.99
Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 20197
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows, Macintosh
Genre: Childrens Activity Software
Color: Emperor's New Groove Activity Center
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Discs: 1
Age: 8 - 4 years
Operating System: Macintosh
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.9 x 1.5
MPN: 2004401/F0105
Model: 2004401
UPC: 044702009596
EAN: 0044702009596
ASIN: B00004U5R5
Release Date: November 8, 2000
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description
From village harvests, to rescue challenges to arcade-style games, Disney's The Emperor's New Groove Activity Center by Disney packs an attitude. Groove to the hilarious antics of Kuzco, Pacha, Yzma, and Kronk. Create your own stylish art with a magical loom that animates before your eyes. Raise crops and guide Pacha to the greatest harvest ever as the chief of your own village, Kornotopia. Help save Kuzco as he hangs from a perilous rope bridge above a couple of hungry alligators. Work with Kronk to create a magic tapestry in Loomation that will animate before your eyes. You can even print it out as a cool flipbook. Use your cumulative scores from the games to barter for new art to include in Loomation. Based on the movie by Disney, The Emperor's New Groove Activity Center will keep kids occupied and challenged for hours.
Amazon.com Review
Relive the magic of the Disney film with The Emperor's New Groove Activity Center, three entertaining games and an ever-changing art program that even enables kids to e-mail their creations along to favorite friends and relations. Quality Disney graphics run true to form, with bright colors, detailed images, and whimsical characters. The delightfully evil Yzma hosts the games and walks kids through the main menu, so there's no reading required. Each of the three games has different skill levels to keep kids occupied, and all especially challenge hand-eye coordination; children under the age of 6--unless they're unusually adept--may get frustrated. The Yzmania area gets positively riotous, with soldiers creeping closer to the top platform while players attempt to throw color-coordinated potions quickly enough to halt the onslaught. As games are won on each skill level, new art becomes available in the Loomation area, where kids can design animated tapestries from an assortment of scenes, graphics, and characters. This section operates with simple click-and-drag motions, so younger siblings will enjoy the area even if they can't quite get the hang of the games. All the artistic treasures are printable, and the program manual offers instructions on creating flipbooks--a great rainy day or after-school activity. Installation is quick and easy, as long as you don't mind the continuous music that plays during the few minutes of setup. If children want to utilize the e-mail options, post-installation is an ideal time for them to do so; installing the links to the Web will also allow kids to visit the marketplace, where new art becomes available for Loomation. Happily, this works with both Netscape and Internet Explorer. (Ages 4 to 8) --Jill Lightner
Amazon.com Product Description
From village harvests, to rescue challenges to arcade-style games, Disney's The Emperor's New Groove Activity Center by Disney packs an attitude. Groove to the hilarious antics of Kuzco, Pacha, Yzma, and Kronk. Create your own stylish art with a magical loom that animates before your eyes. Raise crops and guide Pacha to the greatest harvest ever as the chief of your own village, Kornotopia. Help save Kuzco as he hangs from a perilous rope bridge above a couple of hungry alligators. Work with Kronk to create a magic tapestry in Loomation that will animate before your eyes. You can even print it out as a cool flipbook. Use your cumulative scores from the games to barter for new art to include in Loomation. Based on the movie by Disney, The Emperor's New Groove Activity Center will keep kids occupied and challenged for hours.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
 Big problems with this game. September 4, 2007
Sam I Am (Buffalo, NY United States)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
This game is getting a very high rating by reviewers. Problem is, the reviews shown are NOT for this game! Many reviews are talking about teaching typing, coloring dalmations, etc. None of that applies to The Emperor's New Groove. There apparently are other versions of "Activity Centers", and reviews shown are for them.
Emperor's New Groove doesn't run on Windows XP, not even in compatability mode. I downloaded the patch required, and parts run, but not all. And the parts that run are very dull for anyone over about the age of 4. I got the game for our 6 year old, and it's not in the slightest bit challenging or entertaining. One of the game sections won't run at all, even with the patch. Even if this game ran perfectly, it would bore a normal 5 yr. old, so I can't imagine how they rated it for up to age 8.
I don't think Amazon should be selling this. Come on, how many people haven't ugraded since Windows 98? The only kids who would enjoy this game probably live in a third world country where computers and possibily electricity are novel inventions. Amazon and/or Disney should check into donating the games they have left.
 Good, but only up to Win98 October 2, 2005
S. Walton (North Carolina)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I got this for my children and it seemed great. Very shortly thereafter I retired the old PC they were using and upgraded (to a PIII 500) so I could safely give them limeted Internet access. Part of that upgrade was to use Win2K Pro for web security. None of their Disney CDs are compatible above Win98. Good software but incompatible in the new millenium. "Disney... surely you can do better than this." (And please do.)
 YAY!!! August 2, 2005
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love it! The best part in this game is the coloring studio. The dalmatians look good if you put more spots on them or black. This needs a sequel, only it will let you draw spots on the puppies.
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This is the best... July 31, 2005
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is the best typing program ever!! I loved that they used Timon and Pumbaa. It was so fun and entertaining for us kids, well still teaching us. I learned to type in a week or two because I could not stop playing it, it was so fun!!
Great...if you can get it to work July 7, 2005
Ettin Cub (Phoenix, AZ USA)
Excellent program. Fun, and kids actually LEARN! However, it's full of bugs - no pun intended. It is a big disappointment when it doesn't work.
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