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[–]crnicklin 19 points20 points ago

My favorite part about Zoombinis was when you had to make pizza for the stump guy. http://piotech.wsd.wednet.edu/stations/zoombinis/third.jpg

[–]UEH 13 points14 points ago

MORE TOPPINGS!

[–]Jantaro 7 points8 points ago

Something on that I DON'T LIKE!

[–]Gary_the_Goatfucker 5 points6 points ago

Omg memories

[–]DarKcS 0 points1 point ago

I DONT LIKE THIS KARMA SOMETHING ELSE

[–]Gary_the_Goatfucker 2 points3 points ago

That was quick

[–]Shogger 0 points1 point ago

I can't remember if I was too young and stupid to get past this part or if my computer couldn't play sounds correctly, depriving me of critical information.

[–]douglas_ 2 points3 points ago

Well that answers that

[–]rckcowboy8 4 points5 points ago

YUP! Jesus that game was fuckin' creepy

[–]Isaeus 10 points11 points ago

Not at all a shot in the dark. There is a post about this game, with this image, a couple times a week. Nice try, though.

[–]Denyial[S] 0 points1 point ago

Awww... unaware. Sorry there.

[–]adogwhoiskool 2 points3 points ago

The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis. Played it almost every single day.

[–]thesplendor 2 points3 points ago

ZOOOMMMBINIIISSS

[–]yoursoulwasdelicious 6 points7 points ago

This game was my test to get into the Gifted and Talented class in my elementary school. Starts sweating.

[–]thefirstmimzy 1 point2 points ago

I loved that game as a kid!

[–]Gary_the_Goatfucker 1 point2 points ago

I played or for therapy in grade 5…

[–]eenneeerrr 0 points1 point ago

What kind of therapy?

[–]Gary_the_Goatfucker 1 point2 points ago

Maybe not the right word… independent education.

I needed some (lots) of help learning.

[–]eenneeerrr 0 points1 point ago

Oh, well, it seems like everything went better than expected if you got to play this.

[–]crazyorangetaco 1 point2 points ago

I remember playing this at my library when i was a kid but i can't remember what it was called

[–]warsy26 5 points6 points ago

Zoombinis

[–]crazyorangetaco 1 point2 points ago

Thank you so much i really miss this game now though

[–]lovetheju 1 point2 points ago

My computer class played this daily in elementary school, total blast from the past. Anyone know the name?

[–]Peartato59 1 point2 points ago

Zoombinis. My sister played this as a kid. I guess I was too old.

[–]lovetheju 0 points1 point ago

Thank you! Time to nostalgia.

[–]Lothlorien155 0 points1 point ago

The Logical Journey of the Zoombini's :)

[–]warsy26 1 point2 points ago

bite your tongue. that game was lifechanging.

[–]dannybates 1 point2 points ago

Damn i haven't see this game in a very very very long time :D Yup i used to play this so much when i was a child.

[–]BrentMcClowd 1 point2 points ago

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

[–]bacon_nuts 1 point2 points ago

I loved it, but i sucked at it, so i just used to start a new game really often.. :/

[–]iatk2 1 point2 points ago

I always lost so many that I was bringing them one at a time

[–]Randomacity 1 point2 points ago

I got his feet filled and felt super accomplished! Then I realized there was more and quit! That game was hard.

[–]wtfmanuatemyjelly 1 point2 points ago

Nooooooooooo! I had that game burned from my memory! Then i say this shot and a whole ton of horrid memories came rollin right back in, fuckmyou

[–]JadedScribe 1 point2 points ago

This game was amazing.

[–]nlong1029 1 point2 points ago

I used to live on that game. I think that was Windows 95 lol

[–]Piplink 1 point2 points ago

I loved that game, forgot about it though.

[–]Th3Host 1 point2 points ago

That game was hell

[–]xxZJPbeastxx 1 point2 points ago

i had to play it in 1st grade but looked forward to it

[–]snapplesauce123 1 point2 points ago

What about bugdom?

[–]FaerieStories 0 points1 point ago

Ah, Bugdom. My first ever game. I still love playing it actually- what a soundtrack.

[–]Sephmk 1 point2 points ago

My girlfriend found this while clearing out the house the other day only to find it didn't run on her laptop. It DID however run on mine and I couldn't use it for a good few days =P

[–]xinxai_the_white_guy 1 point2 points ago

shit man. I completely forgot about this. I must have played this over 15 years ago..

[–]benoit13ak 1 point2 points ago

Lord, I forgot how much I played this game...

[–]Fosty99 1 point2 points ago

Used to have this on the class PCs in primary school. Made me hungry for pizza.

[–]jleicht12006 1 point2 points ago

Hip hip... ZOOOOOOOMMMMBBBBIIIIIIINNNNNIIIIIIII

[–]crudmonky 0 points1 point ago

Is that a face on that wall?

[–]keller-helen 0 points1 point ago

I did! I played it so much that when Futurama came out, I couldn't help but think how Leela's purple hair and ponytail looked an awful lot like one of the Zoombini hairstyles.

[–]DonkeyManda 0 points1 point ago

Played this heaps as a kid, anyone know if theres a DOSbox version somewhere? I'd love to load it up and play it again, but my disc doesn't work on windows 7 :P

[–]WarWizard626 0 points1 point ago

I actually have a legit copy that is compatible on windows 7 and when I went back and played it, I realized that the total number of zoombinis are not a factor of 16 (a full group of zoombinis). And since you cannot start from a checkpoint without a full group, that means you have to intentionally lose some on the way of the last trip before each of the check points or it is impossible to win.

[–]talberts 0 points1 point ago

This game was the most confusing thing ever as a kid. I played wc2 better than I did zoombinis.

[–]keyholder101 0 points1 point ago

This game confused the hell out of me when I was a kid

[–]cammerz 0 points1 point ago

I posted about this game the other week and got no love at all :(

[–]Smmaci22 0 points1 point ago

All I could think while playing this was, "The unworthy must be purged!" (I played Wc3 a lot when I was 7)

[–]kevlarvest1893 0 points1 point ago

For some reason this game was installed on all of the computers in my elementary school.

[–]ElagabalusCaesar 0 points1 point ago

I felt like such a Spartan watching the unwanted fall to their deaths.

[–]prontopup2005 0 points1 point ago

I have this game on my laptop, so im happy

[–]bacon_taste 0 points1 point ago

Fuck yea Zoombinis. I actually have a copy, but it won't work because it keeps giving an error that says quicktime 2.1 isn't installed, even though I went back and found that version and installed it.

[–]Sporkbane 0 points1 point ago

My dad worked for Broderbund for a long time. He brought home this game when I was about 5 or 6. Honestly it was one of the best days of my life. Sunk do many hours into that game.

[–]Metroid545 0 points1 point ago

MAKE ME A PIZZA

[–]swampstomper 0 points1 point ago

Fleens? You're not Fleens. Well, whoever you are, make me a pizza.

[–]willain2 0 points1 point ago

In elementary this was what we played during computer class. I think I got about 100 through

[–]RigasTelRuun 0 points1 point ago

I've been trying ( granted not very hard ) to remember the name of this game for years. Thanks!

[–]Lothlorien155 0 points1 point ago

The mud wall ways pissed me off when it became 'extremely difficult'

[–]Lothlorien155 0 points1 point ago

I always loved the Easter eggs too!

[–]Bionic_Waffle 0 points1 point ago

This... THIS FUCKING GAME!!! I played the shit out of this when i was little, and it was the most infuriating shit ever.

[–]TrollMan64 0 points1 point ago

ZOOMBEENEEZ!!! WOOT!

[–]joshwcole11 0 points1 point ago

OH MY GOD.

[–]daisyboo2 0 points1 point ago

I'm so high right now and the faces in the cliff are freaking me out

[–]thatpunkkid4496 0 points1 point ago

OMG FUCKING YEEEESS

[–]Crazygray 0 points1 point ago

too many memories

[–]meatloaf4life 0 points1 point ago

Could it be? Yes! It's Zoooooooooombiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiille! Love that game!

[–]d3fr0st 0 points1 point ago

yes