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JumpStart 2nd Grade

JumpStart 2nd Grade (known as Jump Ahead Year 2 in the United Kingdom) is a personal computer game released in 1996 by Knowledge Adventure. As its name suggests, it was made to teach second grade students. It…

15 March 1996

JumpStart 2nd Grade is an adventure developed by Knowledge Adventure, released 15 March 1996 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What JumpStart 2nd Grade is

JumpStart 2nd Grade is an adventure game developed by Knowledge Adventure and released in 1996. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

JumpStart 2nd Grade (known as Jump Ahead Year 2 in the United Kingdom) is a personal computer game released in 1996 by Knowledge Adventure. As its name suggests, it was made to teach second grade students. It was replaced by JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade in 2002. Like the previous JumpStart products, the game takes place in a school setting, but begins after school hours when a giant anthropomorphic frog named C.J. enters the classroom and frees a firefly named Edison. C.J. and Edison (Newton in the United Kingdom) form a double act of sorts with C.J. being an ardent, self-styled "adventurer" while Edison is the more pragmatic straight man, who frequently makes sardonic comments in response…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational, historical and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the JumpStart series

JumpStart 2nd Grade is the fourth of 37 entries we hold in the JumpStart series. The next entry was JumpStart Kindergarten Reading in 1996.

See all 37 JumpStart games in release order →

What it launched against

JumpStart 2nd Grade launched on 15 March 1996, within three weeks of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Pokémon Red Version, Resident Evil and Sid Meier's Civilization II.

Released around the same time: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Pokémon Red Version, Resident Evil, Sid Meier's Civilization II.

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When did JumpStart 2nd Grade come out?
JumpStart 2nd Grade was released on 15 March 1996 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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