LEGO Spybotics
© 2002 LEGO Media
Like a LEGO MIndStorms kit for younger kids, this is an on-PC and off-PC gaming experience. The kit includes parts for one robot, software and a cable. Following step-by-step onscreen directions, children first build their Spybot, a robotic vehicle that can be programmed to complete various missions. This building process is lengthy and fairly easily accomplished, despite the fact that there are hundreds of LEGO pieces to deal with. After the Spybot is built, kids select and download missions from the PC to the Spybot. Missions include Energy Crisis, where players must direct the Spybot around obstacles to a "power grid", in this case a light source like a desk lamp or flashlight. There are five single Spybot missions and five "two bot" missions to be played by you and a friend who also has a Spybot. Additional missions can be downloaded from the www.spybotics.com website.
$59.99, Win
Teaches: logic, programming, robotics