JumpStart 2nd Grade

JumpStart 2nd Grade

released on Mar 15, 1996

JumpStart 2nd Grade

released on Mar 15, 1996

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 to C.J.'s grandiosity. The duo have appeared in many other JumpStart products, such as JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade; however, their looks and personalities have both undergone enormous changes throughout the years.


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I want to step on Edison. What a piece of shit firefly.

Oh my god... I think we had this one, but I can't remember.

Preface: I grew up on these JumpStart games and have now built a Windows 98 machine so my kids can play them. As these are educational games, my review is based on how much I learned and how much I enjoyed them as a kid, as well as how my kids are doing with them now.

This is where things get interesting. CJ the frog is an analog for Indiana Jones, and the mini quests you go on while searching for treasure are great. The sense of adventure really motivated me as a kid to keep going and to figure out the puzzles. As a dad, I'm glad those puzzles are helping my kids in school. Solid edutainment.

Hey Backloggd!
You are a noun!
Hey reader!
You are a noun!
In a matter of speaking
a person, place, or thing!
My waifu and her wedding ring!
These are all noooooouns!
you are reading a noun!

I remember it having some fun games for kid teaching game.