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JumpStart Toddlers

JumpStart Toddlers is a game released by Knowledge Adventure in 1996 that focuses on educational concepts for toddlers. It would later be replaced by JumpStart Toddlers (2000). It is also known as Jump Ahead…

11 March 1996

JumpStart Toddlers is a point-and-click developed by Knowledge Adventure, released 11 March 1996 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What JumpStart Toddlers is

JumpStart Toddlers is a point-and-click 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 Toddlers is a game released by Knowledge Adventure in 1996 that focuses on educational concepts for toddlers. It would later be replaced by JumpStart Toddlers (2000). It is also known as Jump Ahead Toddlers in Europe. The player's guide and mascot for the game is Giggles the gopher. In the game, the player can click on many different items in a playroom and play seven different activities. During an activity, the player can use the Button Bar at the bottom of the screen to access the other activities or return to the playroom.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the JumpStart series

JumpStart Toddlers is the third of 37 entries we hold in the JumpStart series. It arrived 6 months after JumpStart Preschool. The next entry was JumpStart 2nd Grade in 1996.

See all 37 JumpStart games in release order →

What it launched against

JumpStart Toddlers launched on 11 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 Toddlers come out?
JumpStart Toddlers was released on 11 March 1996 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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