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So I played this game today. I'm in college and I still couldn't beat it. Fuck you Zoombinis. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]Constable_Kane 79 points80 points ago

"I DON'T LIKE IT!! MAKE ME ANOTHER ONE"

ps every one here gets an upboat

[–]awkwardcephalopod 43 points44 points ago

"There's something on here I don't like!"

"MAKE ME A PIZZAAHHHH!!"

[–]steevious 19 points20 points ago

MORE TOPPING!

[–]Final21 4 points5 points ago

This was easy, just start with 1 of everything. Make a pizza with only sausage for example and he'll basically tell you if it's something he wants or not. Even on the hardest difficulty you always had 1 more mistake than there were toppings so you just do them all once and combine all your research into exactly what he wants. Done!

[–]Deity_Link 3 points4 points ago

PLUS DE GARNITURE! (in the french version)

God I played this game 15 years ago and I still have those voices in my head.

[–]Skasian 5 points6 points ago

Have a pizza PARRRTTYYYY

*nom nom nom

[–]vgxmaster -1 points0 points ago

I had this stuck in my head as if it was a song for about four years. Straight. Non stop.

Oh god, I hate you.

[–]maffa 7 points8 points ago

FLEENS?? You're not fleens! HARUMPH. Whatever you are, MAKE ME A PIZZA!

[–]ChocoboExodus 3 points4 points ago

Fuck that skinny stump.

[–]Uronenonlyme 19 points20 points ago

HOLY SHIT, THANK YOU, OP! I've been trying for years, I repeat years, to figure out what the name of this game was so I could play it again. You, my friend, are awesome.

[–]Beakerbite 5 points6 points ago

Same here. Now to get off reddit and find it. I'll remember, just need to see one more post.

[–]All-Things-Are-Great 3 points4 points ago

I tried to install Zoombinis recently and it said it didn't run on 64bit windows, just so you know =). (I don't know anything about computers so I hope this sentence made sense or is informative at all.)

[–]balder_dash 3 points4 points ago

I also tried to install it with windows 7 and it didn't work. I've never been so disappointed... :(

[–]monotone__robot 3 points4 points ago

I got it working on Windows Vista and 7 by setting up a virtual machine. Look into it!

[–]LordRavenholm 4 points5 points ago

... Okay, sorry for being stupid, but uh... how do you do that?

[–]monotone__robot 1 point2 points ago

http://www.howtogeek.com/56158/beginner-how-to-create-a-virtual-machine-in-windows-7-using-virtual-pc/

This link is a good start. Follow the instructions up until making a new virtual machine and then with the magic of google see if you can find an existing VM with a fresh windows 98 install instead of doing all that crap yourself.

Eventually you should have a little window that is pretending it is Windows 98 (or whatever OS you went for) in it, Just like emulating old gaming consoles, just a tad more complex.

[–]LordRavenholm 1 point2 points ago

Thanks! :)

[–]fizzlefist 2 points3 points ago

XP Mode ftw

[–]MindlessDreamer -2 points-1 points ago

The sun's a sphere. I mean, I'm no scientist, but I hope that makes sense.

Thanks :)

[–]Golfguy5801[S] 1 point2 points ago

No problem haha. It's good shit.

[–]rjdrums2010 25 points26 points ago

A lot of dumb people are in college.

[–]MrBlankskull 10 points11 points ago

I beat this game in grade school.

[–]Golfguy5801[S] 4 points5 points ago

I didn't have enough time to beat it, I'm not retarded. lol

[–]xgunwingx 5 points6 points ago

I thought zoombini's was quite easy to finish.

[–]Goldface 3 points4 points ago

It depends which version. Some were easier than others.

[–]Skasian 2 points3 points ago

By finish do you mean getting all 30000000 zombinis to the end? The difficulty increases each play through until you end up with puzzles where you don't see any link at all :S

[–]priestess355 1 point2 points ago

I don't think there were thirty million zoombinies...

[–]erikv55 7 points8 points ago

ZOOOOOOMBIIIIIINIIIIIIVILLLLLLLLLEEEE!

[–]tinkleturds 12 points13 points ago

Best game ever...after putt putt, of course

[–]FosterTheKitties 10 points11 points ago

Freaking love this game.

[–]SlimStevie 7 points8 points ago

All of my classmates in computer class used to just press the dice for every person to make it go by faster. I took my sweet time and hand-created every one of those tiny fuckers till they fit my liking.

[–]Cutlass62 7 points8 points ago

The way you should do it is go through and give each of your parties similar traits. So make them all have the same hair, eyes, feet, etc then change only one thing each time you go through the game. it makes the Bayou Barge thing easy (since they can all sit anywhere) and the same with the lion at the end.

[–]vamihilion 3 points4 points ago

That's how I played my game back in the day. It made every single puzzle so much easier because you just figured out who liked what and went straight on through. I was so close to winning. Fuck. Now I want to play this and see how many I can get to the end. I think I still have it somewhere around here.

[–]SlimStevie 1 point2 points ago

exactly. That makes the challenges so much easier. Especially the sneezing cliffs and the one with the caves.

[–]awkwardcephalopod 3 points4 points ago

Dang, I was just thinking about this game approximately two weeks ago. I REALLY want to play it. Need to find/install it somehow...

[–]zier0 2 points3 points ago

Does anybody know how to get it? I've found it, but never been able to make it work on my fancy newfangled computer box.

[–]vamihilion 3 points4 points ago

I've been hard at work on that for the last couple of hours. With some google searching I figured out that you can use Virtual Pc to create and run a copy of windows 98 which once set up should allow you to play the game. Currently working on setting that up now. You'll probably need to find an iso file for win98 and create a virtual hard drive, which virtual pc has a wizard for.

Edit: This is a really comprehensive guide on how to set up a virtual hard drive, if you need one. What I would suggest doing though is setting one up through vpc, attaching it to a virtual copy of win 98 and then mounting it in disk management and following his guide from the initialization process.

Edit2: Well if you're anything like me you're probably still having trouble. Despite my family considering me the "computer guy" It's not always intuitive, but luckily there are people who actually know what they are doing that write guides. Here is another really awesome guide that has a step by step for setting up windows 98. One thing I would suggest though is don't bother with the iso link they have. It doesn't actually provide the write files. Or at least it didn't for me. Maybe you'll have better luck?

Edit 3: Ok, found a working Iso file and a product key to activate windows 98.

[–]awkwardcephalopod 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, I was having that same issue...even if I did find the original disc (which I probably can), I can't install it on this fancy new space machine!

[–]seanclaudevandamme 3 points4 points ago

Many hours were spent playing this game. Great times.

[–]Kelaycrious 3 points4 points ago

Lol. I feel better knowing someone else couldn't beat it either.

[–]Eight8FlyingTurtle 3 points4 points ago

Does anyone know a place where i can get this game as a download or free online?

[–]Harhan 4 points5 points ago

Good sir, I would like to inquire about the title of this game. I can't remember for the life of me what the title was.

[–]Whobbes 3 points4 points ago

Zoombinis: The Logical Journey

[–]Willomo 4 points5 points ago

Well actually...

[–]Whobbes 2 points3 points ago

Sorry, my response was just from memory of my childhood. I didn't use wikipedia

[–]SC0TTBL4M 4 points5 points ago

You can't beat it???

I now feel like a was child prodigy...

[–]Golfguy5801[S] 2 points3 points ago

Haha I didn't have enough time to sit there and try. I was at the lily pad one when I had to stop.

[–]MindlessDreamer 4 points5 points ago

This was about 2 meters away from me.

[–]Willomo 2 points3 points ago

Once you figure out the pattern, they're not that hard.

Fun though. I love the one with the frogs jumping, and the one with the boat on the bayou.

[–]Rekkore 2 points3 points ago

Heh, I always tackled this game as a class...as 3rd graders, we didn't stand a chance. Don't think my chances have gotten any better now.

[–]Sam_Strong 3 points4 points ago

It's all about pattern recognition. Make all your zoombinis twins, and then change one characteristic for each different pair. Then it's really easy to work out the patterns.

[–]Final21 2 points3 points ago

I could never beat the Didimension Hotel / Hotel Dimensia without suffering mass casualties. Reading the wikipedia apparently the characteristics were based on rows and columns. Never realized that, makes sense.

[–]Mndlssphnx 2 points3 points ago

Oh my gosh I used to play this game so much back in the day...at least until I found my parents gave it to me to learn things. ANATHEMA!

[–]Sinofstupidity 2 points3 points ago

I FUCKING LOVED THIS GAME I never did figure out what he actually wanted on his pizza.

[–]LadySakuya 2 points3 points ago

ZOOMBINIS. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

I still have it at home... I should ask my parents to send it.

[–]deViatel 2 points3 points ago

Oh wow I completely forgot about this game, I don't even remember what grade I played this in.. Good times.

[–]MisterHandagote 2 points3 points ago

Let me take you on a logical journey...

[–]TheTaurtis 2 points3 points ago

I love this game.

[–]neobenedict 2 points3 points ago

I still have all three disks, two of them next to me. Are torrents allowed? I could always rip them...

[–]Endraxial 2 points3 points ago

Nice cliff face.

[–]machufuron 2 points3 points ago

This was "computer class" in grade school. Rush through the dumb typing lessons to make that damn tree stump a pizza. This game rocks.

[–]kegisak 2 points3 points ago

Oh god, nostalgia just hit like a friggin' pickled herring to the face.

anybody know where one could get a copy of this? Short of piracy, of course.

[–]JediExile 3 points4 points ago

I believe scholastic has a paid download on their site. Full game.

[–]kegisak 1 point2 points ago

Thank you very much!

[–]bearsman0 2 points3 points ago

Haha I had this game when I was a kid

[–]NightAngel9360 2 points3 points ago

HIP HIP ZOOOOOOOOOMBINIIIIS, HIP HIP ZOOOOOOOOOMBINIIIIS!!!

[–]DocTrizzy 2 points3 points ago

i loved this game as a kid

[–]PiNKxCANDY 2 points3 points ago

Totally used to l o v e that game.

[–]ogdrion 2 points3 points ago

i'm 15, i used to play this game in school when i was 5 .i've been seaching for this game for 2-3 years now and you sir brought back a piece of my life. thank you

[–]moochicken22 1 point2 points ago

where can i download or get this game again? I have been wanting to play it for awhile.

[–]CosmicBard 0 points1 point ago

Given the sampling of your average college student, I am not surprised in the least by this/

[–]arlenreyb 1 point2 points ago

Make every two zoombinis identical. Ta-da, now it's incredibly easy.

[–]IronOxide42 0 points1 point ago

I posted this yesterday. I WANT MY KARMA GOD DAMMIT!

Proof

[–]corpjuk 1 point2 points ago

was a very fun game. making pizza

[–]leviathan0109 1 point2 points ago

This fucking game.

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