Zoombinis Reviews

I absolutely adored this game growing up, and spent many, many hours playing it as a kid. It was incredibly exciting when I heard TERC was going to update it and bring it to Zoombinis Store. They’ve done a good job bringing the game back—the game is even better with touch, the narrator and Arno are just as you remember them, the graphics are all pretty, the campsite easter eggs are there too! However, there are a lot of small things which make it hard to stay immersed. Some of the animations are choppy, the puzzle instructions are useless, the this app no longer make sounds when they walk, stuff like that. Recommended in the end, but would love to see more polish.

Same game I played many years ago. Same characters, funny quotes, and narration.

My only complaint is you can reuse the same type of this app over and over so long as the group of 16 has no duplicates.

This is a departure from the old version and to me this seems like a flaw since you can keep creating parties of nearly identical this app and flying through the puzzles. The idea behind the old version was you had to save every Zoombini (one of every unique combination). At first you could make nearly identical parties but eventually this would dry up and you had to start taking more diverse and challenging groups.

Hopefully the devs can bring this element back to this version because without it, the game is lacking and can become repetitive.

I loved this app as a kid. I was 8 when it first came out and I was obsessed. On whim, I thought I’d check to see if it was till around and was so pumped to find Zoombinis. It is exactly the way I remember with one major flaw. On the iPhone there is no sound at all. No music, no voices and it’s so disappointing because that audio was a huge part of the experience for me. I will say I tried it on an iPad and got sound. 5 stars if you can get the sound to work on iPhones too.

I’m so happy to be able to play this app again! It’s just like I remember, voices and all (special shoutout to the narrator’s “ZOOMBINIVIIIIILLE”). The only reason I dropped a star off is because, just like in the original PC game, I wish you could adjust the level of difficulty in the journey, not just practice.

4 stars because it’s awesome, just like the Desktop version. Just no sound, even when I check the settings to ensure “sound and dialogue” are on, there’s no captions so it’s a bit hard to understand what’s going on (like the pizza stump - you just have to read his lips if he wants more toppings or why he hates the pizza) other than that it’s great!

I bought this because it was a favorite game in my childhood. The free trial had no sound, but I was hoping maybe once I bought the game it would have it. But nothing. If that changes I will upgrade to 5 stars. If anyone has had that issue and fixed it tell me how! I have checked the setting and my phones volume and all show it should be working.

On a hunch, I did a search in Zoombinis Store for the this app and was stunned to see that it was there in its original form. I just couldn’t wait to play! This is my favorite piece of software ever! As a teacher, I use to play with my third graders and I played it at home as did my friends. The kids utterly loved the adorable blue creatures on their escapades to reach the home of the this app. They literally begged to play and I acquiesced. The logic skills they picked up! If I had to pick one piece of software for primary school students, I’d select the this app.

In the beginning, each Zoombini receives cute little attributes for their hair, eyes, noses, and feet which they are most often grouped by in the endearing puzzles. I’m at the beginning level right now and I’m running into problems with the Tatooted Toads. I’m just going to have to keep it at it. Also something as minor as how do I move the lever to get the cart to go in at junction in Mirror Machine?

As a teacher and as a former kid, I give the this app the highest recommendation possible. It is true to the 1980‘s form of the game with authentic music, graphics and gameplay. I want to see MORE of the Zoombini games, please!! As it is, I will recommend it to every kid, parent and grandparent I come across. I think I’ll do that right now!

My kids loved this game back when it first came out, and it's fun to see it here on an iPad and the Mac so my wife and I can play it, and eventually with grandkids as well.

This is pretty true to the original, but with improved graphics, etc. The only thing is that I'd like to be able to skip the narrations sometimes.

The game plays just like the original, it’s great! My only complaint is there aren’t as many this app as in the original to save. Adding more this app would make the game last longer and more fun. It’s so much fun watching zoombiniville turn into a metropolis and it’s really missing that.

The this app games were my absolute favorite in childhood, and I was so upset when I couldn’t play them anymore due to technology issues (scratched CDs, unsupportive windows updates, etc). I’m so glad I can play this game again!! It’s just how I remember it, and still just as fun 20 years later. Please bring Island Odyssey to Zoombinis Store next!!

At the "fork in the road", if you head to the left, after you seat your this app correctly on the little boats and go to the lily pad frogs, I lose a zoombini.. meaning I can't level up that entire section because it forces me to continue with 15 instead of 16. Please fix so I can level up! Other than that, I love this game. It's just like the original from when I was a kid.. please make the other ones too!

this app was our family’s favorite game to play when I was a kid! My sister and I would argue over who got play on the computer first. When I heard they recreated the game into an app I was ECSTATIC! I looked up Zoombinis and saw the pictures. Everything is almost identical to the PC version. I begged my husband for an iPad for Christmas just to play this game and it has not disappointed. The nostalgia is overwhelming lol. It took me back to 8 year old me. I immediately started quoting the pizza trolls and the narrator; I was even shocked I remembered it all. I love that they used the same voices for the characters. I really REALLY hope that they recreate more of the Zoombini games!! This game is worth buying an iPad to play!

The only thing I did not like is the much much lower number of this app to get to Zoombiniville. Zoombinis has 400 while I remember the computer game having over 1000.

I love this game and have loved it since I was a child. The puzzles are amusing and challenging and timelessly enjoyable.

However, I got click happy with my last batch at the bubble abyss and left one behind. I have been trying to get it to Zoombini Island, but you can’t complete bubble abyss at the harder levels with just one.

Any tips on how to fix this or how to get the last one home?

This game is so sweet and nostalgic to play, I appreciate the harder levels as an adult and have been having fun seeing all the levels I didn’t make it to as a kid!

To those saying the sound doesn’t work on iPhone, try turning off the silence rocker switch (above the volume buttons) that worked for me. Or worst case, you can turn on subtitles in the settings menu, which I have turned on because I’m HoH.

I got this because I wanted to play the Zoombini game I’d had as a kid. This is very similar with only minor difference to sounds and animations from what I can remember. My only complaint so far is that you can’t adjust the difficulty level for the game, you can only adjust it for the practice level. I don’t remember how that aspect compares to the original but I wish I didn’t have to play the easy level 3 times in order to advance. Overall I am very pleased with it and my kids and I are having fun!!!

There is no way a 10 year old can solve the very very hard level puzzles. I am 32 years old with a physics degree and it takes every ounce of thinking power in my noggin to get all 16 homies to Zoombiniville. 10 year old me would not have the patience and discipline to solve these puzzles. He would have gave up and started playing Pokémon Blue on his game boy once he reached the very hard level (which is exactly what I did back then). I’m glad that 22 years later, I’m finally able to beat this game.

I highly recommend this game. It is in my hall of fame along with Oregan Trail and Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego

I remember playing this game as a 7-8 year old kid in elementary school. I only went so far since we had limited time on the computer back in the day. I downloaded it and all the memories rushed back. I was also flabbergasted seeing the other levels I never reached. Overall Zoombinis works fine. I keep seeing sound issues on other reviews and luckily I’m not having the those issues. My own 6 year old child is now playing the game whenever it’s her screen time and is thoroughly enjoying herself. She’s doing a better job than I did when I was playing the game as a kid 🤣

I was so happy to see one of my childhood favorites available to play again! My 5 year old really enjoys it, but we play it together because he needs a little extra help, which is reasonable since it does say 9+! But it’s fun to play together and I am SO impressed with all the logic skills it teaches. And I love playing it by myself too! The hardest level is seriously challenging for me on a lot of the games but really satisfying to play. I’m looking forward to playing more of it both by myself and with my son as he progresses onto the harder levels. I see now why this won awards when it came out!

I see a couple reviews saying there’s no sound.. I had to turn my phone off of silent mode to hear the game.

This game is SO much fun- it’s EXACTLY like the old desktop version! I remember playing it at the library religiously when my mom took us as kids! I hope they make more of the old computer games into apps! I’ve been playing so much the last week, and have almost saved all of the this app. The game gets harder as you complete the puzzles, so it stays challenging and fun! It can get pretty tricky on some quests, but that just means it keeps you focused on what patterns etc you have to use. LOVE IT 5 stars all day

I am over the moon to have found this game has been revamped as an app!!! I used to love playing this as a kid and am so excited to be on my zoo mini journey again! Some puzzles are fairly easy however others are still challenging and it’s fun to revisit these now that I’m an adult! I love this app!