JumpStart Adventures 6th Grade: Mission Earthquest
Twin agents stop a rogue AI from redesigning Earth.
JumpStart Adventures 6th Grade: Mission Earthquest is a game in the JumpStart series by Knowledge Adventure. The plot involves a computer with artificial intelligence named A.R.T., who has gone haywire and intends to redesign Earth. Twin brother and sister agents Zack and Jess, aided by their Uncle Eli and dog Roswell, work to stop A.R.T.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Knowledge Adventure
- Series
- JumpStart
- Released
- October 19, 1998
- Genre
- Educational/adventure
- Modes
- Single-player
- Platforms
- Windows, Macintosh
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Characters
Zack is a male human with blond hair and one of the main characters. Though not mean, he displays more attitude than Jess and is rude on a few occasions. He also appears in JumpStart SpyMasters: Unmask the Prankster, JumpStart SpyMasters: Max Strikes Back, and Adventure Challenge, where he is less rude than in his original appearance. Jess is Zack's twin sister, with short red hair, and lacks the attitude her brother shows. She appears in the same later games as Zack. Uncle Eli, intelligent with gray hair, a green shirt, and glasses, assists Zack and Jess in their missions. Roswell is a blue dog who helps capture A.R.T.'s robots before they go to the Robot Re-Organizer. Enos is a brown monkey sent into space with A.R.T. before the trouble began, because human astronauts demanded too much money. In space, A.R.T. told Enos he would use robots to redesign Earth, causing Enos to press the S.O.S. button, sending an image to Earthquest before A.R.T. cut a wire. Uncle Eli then informed Zack and Jess about A.R.T. A.R.T., the main villain, is a computer with artificial intelligence who wants to redesign Earth using robotic menaces. Uncle Eli noticed A.R.T.'s evil logic while helping develop him. Shark Bots appear in Mine Games, Toxic Bots in Pollution Solution, Viro Bots in Viral Vanguard, Bug Bots in Insect Overthrow, and Scorpion Bots in Monument Mischief, where the player prevents Scorpions from touching a pod.
Games
To complete the game, the user selects missions from the Mission Locator Map. At the start of each mission, the user chooses either Zack or Jess as a partner. There are six game types; completing one type captures one of A.R.T.'s robots and sends it to the Robot Re-Organizer. Capturing all robots completes the game. Each game type has three locations worldwide where it can be played. After choosing a mission, the character takes off in a pod; Uncle Eli explains the pods have maximum security and require a landing code. The user picks the correct word or phrase from three choices to land. In one game, A.R.T.'s robots have sabotaged a factory, and the user stops poisons from being released by solving a math problem with four answers before a barrel overflows, while avoiding toxin puddles and tox-o-bots. This game can be played in Alaska, Ukraine, and Indonesia. In another game, A.R.T. plants mines in the ocean; the user deactivates a bomb by answering an English or Geography question, avoiding two shark bots and collecting energy supplies. This game is played at the Great Barrier Reef, the Bering Sea, and the Caribbean Sea.
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