One of the most challenging and addictive set of brain teasers to come along since Myst. Hundreds of word and logic puzzles, memory and strategy games, problem-solving adventures, visualization and musical challenges - each at three levels of difficulty - make playing The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain a great activity for everyone in the family.
The story is hokey but appealing: Dr. Brain has inadvertently transferred his mind into Rathbone, his laboratory rat. To reverse the brain drain - and win the game -players have to complete brain teasers in 10 different puzzle areas. In the Music Region, for example, kids have to unscramble mixed-up musical measures, flipping measures horizontally and vertically at the Expert and Genius levels of play. (For parents, it's a pleasure to hear substantial passages from classical composers in this musical memory game.) In the Motor Programming game, kids select a series of commands - and learn the rudiments of programming in the process - in order to maneuver around a maze. With its stress on diverse intellectual challenges, Dr. Brain is a good companion to Thinkin' Things Collection 2 (Page 34) and Thinkin' Things Collection 3 (Page 34). Dr. Brain addicts may also enjoy the earlier games in this series, The Island of Dr. Brain and The Castle of Dr. Brain. The newest title, however, features the best graphics, animation, and music in the series.
