JumpStart Adventures 5th Grade: Jo Hammet, Kid Detective

JumpStart Adventures 5th Grade: Jo Hammet, Kid Detective is a game created by Knowledge Adventure. The game is set in the fictional city of Hooverville. There the evil Dr. X is planning to destroy factories and power plants to get revenge on them for cutting his research funding. The user has to help 5th grade detective, Jo Hammet (presumably a reference to Dashiell Hammett) stop him. Although a new version of JumpStart 5th Grade has not been rel... more

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  • 1997

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JumpStart

JumpStart is a series of educational games produced by Knowledge Adventure. The series is distributed as Jump Ahead in the United Kingdom. Games in the JumpStart series are designed for a variety of ages, from infancy through preadolescence. The games combine adventure, puzzles, and problem-solving...

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