Treasure Mountain

UPC: 772040765934

Platform: Hybrid PC/Mac

Publisher: The Learning Company, Inc.

Developer: The Learning Company, Inc.

Category: Educational

Style(s): Educational -- General

Synopsis: Treasure Mountain is home to elves, who stored all their treasures in the castle at the top. They were left free to romp and play, satisfied their treasures were secure from being stolen. Then, the Master of Mischief came along. He sneaked into the castle and stole the elves treasure, then hid it all over the mountain. Not only that, but he stole the crown of the King of the Mountain. Your job is to retrieve all three hundred treasures hidden on the mountain and bring them back to the castle. On each level of the mountain, you must capture the elves holding scrolls and answer their riddles to get the clues to where the treasures are hidden and the keys to the next level. ~ Lisa Karen Savignano, All Game Guide

Package Contents: Troubleshooting Guide

Controls: Mouse, Trackball, Keyboard

All in the game. ~ Lisa Karen Savignano, All Game Guide

Cartoonish by very good and fluid. Not pixelated. ~ Lisa Karen Savignano, All Game Guide

Treasure Mountain is the forerunner to the popular kids game Treasure Cove. Both games pit kids against the Master of Mischief, a villain who thrives on creating what else but mischief. Players must wander through the levels of the mountain finding the elves who have a scroll in their hand. If the player manages to catch a scroll-carrying elf in his or her net, the elf reads a question that the player must answer. If the player answers it correctly, he gets a clue as to the location of the key that will let him leave the level. The player starts out with 10 nets, and can get another ten nets per level by throwing 4 coins on the ground near the net cave. Coins are gained by netting elves without scrolls (2 per elf) or answering the scroll questions correctly. In addition to the key, treasures are hidden on each level of the mountain (how many depends on the level the player has reached. It starts out at 2 and goes up from there) and can be found behind features fitting 2 of the 3 clues. After players have traversed all three levels of the mountain, the key unlocks the castle. Players must climb the ladder to the top and add their treasures to the chest. Then, they take a slide down to the bottom level of the mountain to collect more treasures. At higher levels of the game, elves can steal coins from the player (jumping can foil them) and the Master of Mischief tries to grab them when they climb the ladder to the treasure room. This game may be somewhat repetetive, but each level will impel the kids to go onward, until they finally get all 300 treasures and win the game. It will take them a long time to complete, and the game can be played over and over again. ~ Lisa Karen Savignano, All Game Guide

Given the length of the game, kids might hesitate before playing it again. ~ Lisa Karen Savignano, All Game Guide

You might want to crank it up a bit, but otherwise clear and easy to hear. The background music is nice and not irritating. ~ Lisa Karen Savignano, All Game Guide

A bit repetitive, but very enjoyable ~ Lisa Karen Savignano, All Game Guide

the game requires Mouse, Trackball, Keyboard.