I never like the biosphere as a kid. I always preferred the Shrinking Machine, as long and tedious as that can be, at least it was simple and easy to understand
Dude I friggin LOVED this game as a kid. I played it into 4th grade as well and I remember thinking to myself "Man... I feel little still playing this even when I've moved up a grade" and then going "NAHHH THIS GAME IS AWESOME WHO CARES!"
I also remember playing this game when I was little. Back then, I had a computer with a collection of so many games, including this one, Jumpstart 4th grade, Jumpstart 1st, Jumpstart 2nd, Jumpstart World: pet playground, Jumpstart music, etc. Even though Jumpstart 3rd Grade was my favorite game in the Jumpstart series, I never got to finish it.
It’s awesome to see the original, unedited version being played. It made me mad as a kid when my CD broke, my mom bought a new one, and my story had been CHOPPED UP!
FINALLY!!! Someone posted this with the original dialogue! Seriously, what was Jumpstart thinking when they omitted so much of it when they redistributed this game?
So I've heard this concern before with the original dialogue missing - was this in the 2003 re-release (the box art is awful), or was there some sort of regional difference that accounted for different dialogue?
@@jdsk800 It's not just the intro. Meeting new characters for the first time, tours, rooms, and certain conversations with Polly were omitted too, and I didn't like it.
@@jdsk800 Hey. Grammar Nazi. Can't you take a hint? Let me spell it out nice and simple for you, okay? NO ONE cares, so SHUT the fuck up, and leave me the hell alone!
God i use to play this a kid, im 21 now and for the life of me i couldn’t remember what this game was called and it haunting me! I havent slept and finally found it! I have no idea where the cd for it went but i really want to play it again 😂
WAIT…. Did anyone else crack up at 25:15 lmao “if she had only practiced her arias she wouldn’t have the time and inclination to destroy the world” …. ROFL!!!! Lmaoooo lmaoooo
@@aceshighdueceslow Oh my god, you’re an opera singer. Is that right? My late maternal grandmother loved opera. In fact, she played Peep-Bo in The Mikado that she starred in as a high school student. Are you a baritone or a soprano?
I was so obsessed with Android XL2; Botley, and the game in general. Even before being a Third grader I found some stuff complicated and even learned a lot while playing.
Man, I'm so glad you uploaded this. This game seriously brings back a lot of nostalgia for me. I played it all the time as a kid. Really bummed me out that I never finished the game. I remember it got pretty hard for me at the time and I either couldn't save my progress or I lost it after a while or something. We also didn't have RUclips like we do today so it wasn't until years later that I found out how the game ends.
I honestly think it’s the best in the series. I could never finish it as a kid either for one reason or another. Was a big reason I started this channel in the first place. Thanks for watching and hope it gave you some childhood closure 😁
Just looking at this video. This game also brings back memories of late 1990's and early 2000's. Some of these games are still relevant today as far as educational content. It is a shame we cannot get them for todays computers for the youngsters.
*(To InMooseWeTrust)* That place still exists? XD *(To OP)* Anyway, there's an even BETTER idea you can try: abandonware websites & online emulators! ^_^ * * Not just for playing for yourself, but also introducing today's students to the wonders of this awesome nostalgic game! ^_^
I remember when we first played this. "Sit up straight, no slouching in this classroom." My sister jumps because she was slouching. "Is that gum in your mouth?" Then she looks at me because I was chewing gum.
Talk about a horror game this shit made me a man. This shit changed my developed my entire character. This shit made my cry, rage, love and hate. This game defined me and defied me
As a kid I thought that having the teacher record everything in video format for later use and having all questions personalized was so futuristic. As a teacher myself now with zoom and self-regulating online programs thats pretty typical now
Wow! You added the version that includes some of the original dialogue that was removed from later releases! For example, Polly's extra credit question is mentioned early on unlike later releases. As a result it makes her Extra credit thing at the end come outta the left field.
I had that version too. ...I remember the painting gallery where I drew a kid playing with a toy car, but I was supposed to use the stickers. So I circled him, drew arrows pointing to him, even wrote "LOOK HERE MORON" across the picture and then I realised I was supposed to use the stickers. Then I laughed because of how stupid it looked.
Yeah, I was taken aback by that bc I didn't remember there being an Extra Credit question.......which tells me that I never actually finished this game like I thought! 😅
It’s a trip for sure- I spent so much time not even doing missions, but just hanging In the art gallery making stuff and looking back at the paintings. Massive nostalgia hit
I really just hoped that after you get all the robots, it would open a new part of the mountain that had a long hallway leading to the room she was in - not just a cutscene to it.. sigh.
@@systemthegaming I feel like for 1996 that's asking for a LOT, especially since this was the first game that moved away from just being a glorified Activity Centre game and into something with an actual story. We did get there, eventually, as I recall in Adventures 5th Grade, you had to travel the different industrial areas that were being targeted and for the final case you travel to the hydro dam to thwart the bad guy
@@systemthegaming you absolutely should! It is a pretty quick game to complete, especially compared to 3rd and 4th Grade, and the minigames aren't too challenging (I mean, it is made for 5th graders from the 90s)
Nope! You’ll have to run in a windows xp or lower environment. Take a look at setting up a virtual box. There are a few tutorials floating around - I might get around to making one later.
@49:31 was the reason i always tried to avoid the Art room. 9 year old me didn't know what to do, and that was the reason i never completionisted this game.
OH that's super interesting. I had no idea. I did a little digging and my only thought might be -- if that was a version released in a spanish-speaking market with very different schooling structures (vs. just in-language in the U.S. for example).
Do you happen to know how to access the game settings? I'm playing it right now, and the background music is SO loud, especially during Pollywood Squares!
That’s the exact reason I got rolling with this channel. Just wanted to finish games I remember playing when I was younger, but know I never completed (or got close).
To be fair, this game is LONG. You have to rescue 25 robots, which means you have to get 100 clues, bonus points if you're playing on lower difficulty levels, have to go through the Wheel of Invention game each time, AND recharge the batteries every 2-3 robots. That's not even including all the dialogue, which there is also a LOT. The only JumpStart game that I finished when I was a kid was 5th Grade, and that game was actually pretty neatly streamlined in comparison to 3rd and 4th Grade, especially when it came to travel between areas (note: I did not learn about the quick travel system in 4th grade until I was in my 20s)
Not that I’m aware of - unfortunately I had to go through the process of running a virtual machine of winxp to get it working. Wasn’t the most user friendly experience on the planet, but that was the only way I was able to make it work.
I always felt so stupid playing this game as a kid. Some of those questions were genuinely hard for an 8 year old T_T How tf was i supposed to know what an arroyo was??
Polly's sob story about no one laughing at her joke answers hits differently now as we keep getting fed similar stories about how Elon Musk was "bullied" in his younger years. Come to think of it, Polly's entire personality comes off shockingly similar to rich assholes like Trump and Musk. I wonder who the devs were inspired by back in the 90s
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The amount of effort put into this is greater than a lot of expensive non-educational games today.
The graphics, gameplay, animation, story - they really just nailed everything with this one. Probably the best in the series in my opinion.
The biosphere is giving me FLASHBACKS to the struggle and adrenaline of being an 8 year old and trying to manage the controls.
Oh - it's just as clunky as an adult... I think it was just always a challenge at any age!
Not even my brother (who well out of third grade) could get past that part.
I never like the biosphere as a kid. I always preferred the Shrinking Machine, as long and tedious as that can be, at least it was simple and easy to understand
Dude I friggin LOVED this game as a kid. I played it into 4th grade as well and I remember thinking to myself "Man... I feel little still playing this even when I've moved up a grade" and then going "NAHHH THIS GAME IS AWESOME WHO CARES!"
You get it 100%
I also remember playing this game when I was little. Back then, I had a computer with a collection of so many games, including this one, Jumpstart 4th grade, Jumpstart 1st, Jumpstart 2nd, Jumpstart World: pet playground, Jumpstart music, etc. Even though Jumpstart 3rd Grade was my favorite game in the Jumpstart series, I never got to finish it.
It’s awesome to see the original, unedited version being played. It made me mad as a kid when my CD broke, my mom bought a new one, and my story had been CHOPPED UP!
Oof - it’s a nightmare starting over from scratch in this game!
@@systemthegaming true. It also sucked when the re-release edited out bits of dialogue and clickable options that made the game more immersive and fun
Can't get enough of this old school CG.
There’s really just something about it… seems to be a core memory for a lot of people!
My current 3D art style was influenced by this game, no lie.
Had this game in the back of my memory for years. Glad to see people have as many fond memories as i do!
FINALLY!!! Someone posted this with the original dialogue! Seriously, what was Jumpstart thinking when they omitted so much of it when they redistributed this game?
So I've heard this concern before with the original dialogue missing - was this in the 2003 re-release (the box art is awful), or was there some sort of regional difference that accounted for different dialogue?
@@systemthegaming I'm pretty sure it was standard with the re-release. I don't think it had anything to do with region.
@@jdsk800 It's not just the intro. Meeting new characters for the first time, tours, rooms, and certain conversations with Polly were omitted too, and I didn't like it.
@@jdsk800 No one likes a grammar Nazi.
@@jdsk800 Hey. Grammar Nazi. Can't you take a hint?
Let me spell it out nice and simple for you, okay?
NO ONE cares, so SHUT the fuck up, and leave me the hell alone!
God i use to play this a kid, im 21 now and for the life of me i couldn’t remember what this game was called and it haunting me! I havent slept and finally found it!
I have no idea where the cd for it went but i really want to play it again 😂
I believe the game falls into abandonware now- so you should be able to find it safely online. Glad this ended your long search!
This game really thinks a third grader knows that an "arroyo" is a dry river bed? How far we've fallen since the 90's.
SAMMMEEEEEEE
WAIT…. Did anyone else crack up at 25:15 lmao “if she had only practiced her arias she wouldn’t have the time and inclination to destroy the world” …. ROFL!!!! Lmaoooo lmaoooo
I also died laughing
as an opera singer, can confirm I both laughed at that and also shook my head thinking "yeeeeeeeaaaaah sounds about right"
@@aceshighdueceslow Oh my god, you’re an opera singer. Is that right? My late maternal grandmother loved opera. In fact, she played Peep-Bo in The Mikado that she starred in as a high school student. Are you a baritone or a soprano?
I was so obsessed with Android XL2; Botley, and the game in general.
Even before being a Third grader I found some stuff complicated and even learned a lot while playing.
The nostalgia of educational 3rd Grade gameplay goes through me annually during the COVID-19 outbreak. 😂 👍🏻 if you highly agree.
especially 4th grade Haunted Island
@@alexanderip1003 Yes indeed! That game really scared the **** out of me when I was an older kid at a 4th Grade level of education.
Oh heck yeah I agree. I used to play these Jumpstart games all the time back in the day starting from the kindergarten 1998 version.
@@immyopic3319 Really? Good heavens, that’s nice.
I grew up with this series it is really like seed of knowldge
Jeannie Elias, Botley, Polly and Ms.Winkle's actress also starred in As Told By Ginger as her younger brother, Carl Foutley.
And she was the voice of Beth, Mikey, and Susie from The Oblongs and Princess Toadstool from the Mario Bros Super Show.
She'd make a great Harley Quinn!
And voice of Huey in Quack Pack
I KNEW Botley's V.A. sounded familiar! ^_^ I LLLLLLOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEEE "As Told By Ginger"! ❤
Man, I'm so glad you uploaded this. This game seriously brings back a lot of nostalgia for me. I played it all the time as a kid.
Really bummed me out that I never finished the game. I remember it got pretty hard for me at the time and I either couldn't save my progress or I lost it after a while or something. We also didn't have RUclips like we do today so it wasn't until years later that I found out how the game ends.
I honestly think it’s the best in the series. I could never finish it as a kid either for one reason or another. Was a big reason I started this channel in the first place. Thanks for watching and hope it gave you some childhood closure 😁
@@systemthegaming It most certainly did
Just looking at this video. This game also brings back memories of late 1990's and early 2000's. Some of these games are still relevant today as far as educational content. It is a shame we cannot get them for todays computers for the youngsters.
You can still find it in some kind of pirate.... cove? sea? bay? hint hint
*(To InMooseWeTrust)*
That place still exists? XD
*(To OP)*
Anyway, there's an even BETTER idea you can try: abandonware websites & online emulators! ^_^ *
* Not just for playing for yourself, but also introducing today's students to the wonders of this awesome nostalgic game! ^_^
Actually... The game is available on Zoom Platform.
I learned so much from these games as a kid. This was one of my favorites because it was also super fun.
One of the best edutainment games ever
I remember when we first played this.
"Sit up straight, no slouching in this classroom."
My sister jumps because she was slouching.
"Is that gum in your mouth?"
Then she looks at me because I was chewing gum.
Lol
OMG. My sister would've just opened her mouth at pc display
This game, man. I loooved this game growing up!!
The ammount of effort they put into this game is.. terrific, like, too good!
I swear it’s the best in the series
This brings me back! I loved this computer game!
I never had a chance to complete my first mission to rescue a robot and the whole thing, in the game. I'm planning to buy this game in the future.
This game brings me back memories!
I wish I could play this game again
This game felt so much more realistic than what I see now. maybe i played a more recent version or my memory is foggy
You might've played the 2001 version. Didn't add all that much, but it was updated to be a bit more recent.
Talk about a horror game this shit made me a man. This shit changed my developed my entire character. This shit made my cry, rage, love and hate. This game defined me and defied me
been chasin' that feeling ever since...!
I miss this game! I only got so far into it before I got tired of it! My favorite activities were the kitchen, music hall and the planetarium
As a kid I thought that having the teacher record everything in video format for later use and having all questions personalized was so futuristic. As a teacher myself now with zoom and self-regulating online programs thats pretty typical now
The future is now.
I hope for a Jumpstart 3rd long-play with Polly wood squares with wrong answers, funny!
Wow! You added the version that includes some of the original dialogue that was removed from later releases! For example, Polly's extra credit question is mentioned early on unlike later releases. As a result it makes her Extra credit thing at the end come outta the left field.
I had that version of the game but I didn’t have music playing over Botley briefing the backstory and his confrontation with Polly at the front door.
I had that version too.
...I remember the painting gallery where I drew a kid playing with a toy car, but I was supposed to use the stickers. So I circled him, drew arrows pointing to him, even wrote "LOOK HERE MORON" across the picture and then I realised I was supposed to use the stickers.
Then I laughed because of how stupid it looked.
@@Terestrasz I think I may have done the same thing 😂 thinking about it really takes me back..
Yeah, I was taken aback by that bc I didn't remember there being an Extra Credit question.......which tells me that I never actually finished this game like I thought! 😅
They probably didn't want to give away the ending.
“Oh, brother. Polly programmed the quiz so that it’s no longer a quiz-IT’S A QUIZ *SHOW!*”
“Bingo! I’ve sense a mission clue... in the music hall. This is the 🚪 to the professor’s concert hall.”
Bryan Hancock this used to be my favorite
It’s my favorite, too.
Just unlocked soooo many memories. Hollyyy shiii I’m downloading this RN
It’s a trip for sure- I spent so much time not even doing missions, but just hanging In the art gallery making stuff and looking back at the paintings. Massive nostalgia hit
i used to suck at this game lol I never saved the mountain
Honestly, that’s why I starting making these. All games that I never really finished
Glad I wasn’t the only one lol.
Same lmao. Buncha adhd kids out here trying their darndest.
I managed to. It was probably the first game I ever played where I didn’t need a guide’s help. It did take some time, though.
I always wondered where in the mountain Polly’s room was supposed to be. My thought was on the second floor down that hallway.
I really just hoped that after you get all the robots, it would open a new part of the mountain that had a long hallway leading to the room she was in - not just a cutscene to it.. sigh.
@@systemthegaming I feel like for 1996 that's asking for a LOT, especially since this was the first game that moved away from just being a glorified Activity Centre game and into something with an actual story. We did get there, eventually, as I recall in Adventures 5th Grade, you had to travel the different industrial areas that were being targeted and for the final case you travel to the hydro dam to thwart the bad guy
@@aceshighdueceslow That's a fair point, I've never played 5th grade. Going to take a look at it and maybe give it a go!
@@systemthegaming you absolutely should! It is a pretty quick game to complete, especially compared to 3rd and 4th Grade, and the minigames aren't too challenging (I mean, it is made for 5th graders from the 90s)
I'm 29 and I'm here for pire nostalgia
Do you have this installed on Windows 10? I cant install the disc on mine! Please help!
Nope! You’ll have to run in a windows xp or lower environment. Take a look at setting up a virtual box. There are a few tutorials floating around - I might get around to making one later.
It might run in dosbox. Otherwise emulators if ya have an old 95/98 disk around.
53:45 quiz show for time travel. I spot a where in time is Carmen Sandiego reference.
I used an AlphaSmart keyboard as a kid so I saw the TransQuizzer and was like HOLY CRAP JUST LIKE ME FR
Woah - AlphaSmart takes me way back… thanks for unlocking a few memories there!
Oh god i remember playing this game and I’m 27 right and I would go back in a heartbeat to replay this again if I could
You definitely can - and it’s worth it for the first few hours. Completing things gets a little tedious 😁
@49:31 was the reason i always tried to avoid the Art room. 9 year old me didn't know what to do, and that was the reason i never completionisted this game.
I remember this game! Never tried it on hard mode. They should remaster it and put it on digital.
6:39 It wasn't until now that I realized Polly was talking to player here
missed opportunity to play the flutes instead of the tuba and 29:50 I remember spamming this frog longer than i care to admit.
I loved this game so much
Thank you for this!!!
If it weren’t for this, sailboats couldn’t move.
Are you autistic? Because you certain have a way of stating the obvious.
Yep. I like the way I am.
“Absolutely unlikely!” XD But seriously, though, if not for this game, I probably would’ve fallen out of loving robots.
@@brydc0ck31 absolutely based and sigma response.
o7 to you good sir.
Wind.
Why this was called 5th grade in the spanish version?
OH that's super interesting. I had no idea. I did a little digging and my only thought might be -- if that was a version released in a spanish-speaking market with very different schooling structures (vs. just in-language in the U.S. for example).
I used to play this as a kid and now I'm 27. Where is the part where the art robot sings about Georgia O'Keeffe?
hmm - try 44:40 not sure if its singing, but its a mission about Georgia O'Keeffe
how did you play this game? I want to play it but idk how/where to download it and how to use an emulator or smth.
" Ask for help if you need it don't sit there in the dark... "
Jumpin Geronimo I haven't played this in YEARS
It’s all about the good memories
I used to play this game.
1:40 BOOM!
I always found this game so hard to beat.
Ah, memories.
Do you happen to know how to access the game settings? I'm playing it right now, and the background music is SO loud, especially during Pollywood Squares!
I remember playing this game in 3rd grade but I never passed it. In fact, I don't think anyone in class did.
That’s the exact reason I got rolling with this channel. Just wanted to finish games I remember playing when I was younger, but know I never completed (or got close).
I stole the CD from my teacher just so I could beat it during the summer ☀️
@@EpicMedia7 And did you ever return it?
To be fair, this game is LONG. You have to rescue 25 robots, which means you have to get 100 clues, bonus points if you're playing on lower difficulty levels, have to go through the Wheel of Invention game each time, AND recharge the batteries every 2-3 robots. That's not even including all the dialogue, which there is also a LOT.
The only JumpStart game that I finished when I was a kid was 5th Grade, and that game was actually pretty neatly streamlined in comparison to 3rd and 4th Grade, especially when it came to travel between areas (note: I did not learn about the quick travel system in 4th grade until I was in my 20s)
I started playing this game in kindergarten and didn't beat it until the 2nd grade
such an awesome game
that version is 1.0, 1.1 removes most of the dialogue and 1.2 replaces the old knowledge adventure logo with the new one
What about versions 1.4 or 1.5?
@@nintendoplaystation5 Does it even exist?
@@ZzxTheNeptuneSays1337 It must because it says on Wikipedia that 6 known versions exist including 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.1c
I checked 1.2, and it actually uses the old Knowledge Adventure logo. I'm pretty sure the version that uses the newer logo is V1.4.
Has this game also been released in the UK as “Jump Ahead Year 3” where all the dialogue was dubbed?
Fuck man I remember playing this when I was in 3rd grade back in 2008 now I’m a miserable 23 year old. Would do anything to be in 3rd grade again
Polly sounds and even sort of looks like Angelica from Rugrats. Botley sounds like Phil.
The whole "Botley" nickname backfires since his real tag, "XLII", is quicker to write anyway.
Polly and botley is voiced by Jeanie elias
I stole this game from my 3rd grade teacher just so I could beat this game during summer vacation.
Did you beat it??
Lol @10:00 Ouch! Not quite! 😆
What sucks is I have my old copy of the game still, but my computer refuses to run it
Would probably have to boot up a virtual machine with windows XP - that’s what I used for the run.
im trying so hard to get the iso file to run on pc and cant figure it out 😢
Might try a virtual machine to run on windows xp, I don’t think it’s compatible with the latest windows
Which emulator are you using to play these old school PC games? I’d like to introduce these games to my son.
Depends on the game, Jumpstart 3rd required me to emulate win98 (used virtual box), but the others were hit-or-miss on windows 11
Nostalgia
For real man. This was my favorite game 😭
7:51 calm down botly
It's gonna be alright
Well, what do you know! And I thought KanashimiMaria was the only with v 1.0
Russian in Poland, I'd say.
Fucking KILLED ME
Did you see the classroom it screams polish !!!!!
Is there an emulator for this game?
Not that I’m aware of - unfortunately I had to go through the process of running a virtual machine of winxp to get it working. Wasn’t the most user friendly experience on the planet, but that was the only way I was able to make it work.
1:01:44 FULL SPEED AHEAD TO 1531!
Sari Sumdac would _never_ pull a ridiculous stunt like that!
I always felt so stupid playing this game as a kid. Some of those questions were genuinely hard for an 8 year old T_T How tf was i supposed to know what an arroyo was??
Frustrating for sure! I guess looking back on it, that’s how video games would teach you things vs. expect you to know them…!
If anyone tries playing this a decade from now, they'll probably be confused why they're getting the 500 year question wrong
I really miss playing this game.
Where can I download it for free?
How can I download thisngamw
Good day please add the Arabic copy of possible is there possiblity for that?
como se instala este juego
Virtualbox o otro emulator para Windows98
I REMEMBER BOTLY🤓
1:35, story now.
34:23
just a lucky guess
Always 😂
Broo I played this game in 1st grade, it scared the crap outta me. Not as much as diablo 1 or everquest tho
Poly is such a snob!
Polly disliked this.
Is this the 2002 version?
😠 My name is Botley.
5:28
Time machine
Little did they know an orangutan actually WOULD be elected POTUS in 2016
Orange man bad
@@spelcheak agreed
and now we have a shriveled ball sack as president now... maybe Polly stole the time machine againXD
POLLY CAUSED TRUMP? Bruh
Mhm
4:04 - Wow, they actually predicted the 2016 US election..
They predicted the entirety of 21st Century electoral politics
So much notstalgia
Polly's sob story about no one laughing at her joke answers hits differently now as we keep getting fed similar stories about how Elon Musk was "bullied" in his younger years. Come to think of it, Polly's entire personality comes off shockingly similar to rich assholes like Trump and Musk. I wonder who the devs were inspired by back in the 90s
Sure, I'll help you Pugsley-- er, Botley!