The Magic School Bus Explores the World of Animals (or simply The Magic School Bus: Animals) is the seventh installment in The Magic School Bus series of PC games, released in 1999 for Windows and Macintosh.
Summary[]
The animals have all been released from the Wild Animal Park. Unfortunately, four animals are released into the wrong habitats. It's up to Ms. Frizzle and her class to help get all of the animals back to where they belong. Players will have to investigate tracks, sounds, and other evidence to discover which animals are living in which areas. The Magic School Bus will visit seven locations in all, including the Arctic, an African savanna, the Himalayan Mountains, and a swamp in North America. Players can manipulate seven experiments and 14 different games and activities help to make the learning fun. Eight multimedia reports help reinforce new concepts.
Trivia[]
- This game --in the original software-- is based with two TV series episodes Hops Home (and its TV tie-in book adaptation) and In the City.
- The bus on the cover artwork transforms into a bullfrog (like it did in Hops Home).
- Also, it does focus with animal habitats too.
- The bus on the cover artwork transforms into a bullfrog (like it did in Hops Home).
- This is the second game to feature Wanda sitting at the front of the bus on the game's box art. The first was The Magic School Bus Explores the Rainforest.
- Unlike in previous games, for the first time, players create their files in the name sign-in menu right after the opening sequence before creating their own driver's license caricatures, and can delete any files they wish instead of overwrite an existing one.
- The game's main theme is played in various aspects of the game: file menu, driver's seat, back of the Bus, animal morph machine (featuring Tim and Phoebe), and the animal puzzle game.