Tonka: Search & Rescue 2 for Windows PC

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Join the ranks of brave police officers, firefighters and rescue workers inexciting search and rescue missions. Tonka Joe needs a tough hero like you toanswer the call to fight forest fires, break up traffic jams, save peoplestranded by floods and rescue boats lost in a storm!The game begins at the dispatch center, where Tonka Joe explains about themissions and general play. There are four areas to explore: the Fire Station,Police Department, Mountain Rescue Station and Water Rescue Station. Each ofthese has three missions and also features activities. The missions involverescuing stranded animals and people, moving hazards, clearing roads, andconstructing protective buildings. Kids will know they have a mission to attendto when a siren goes off on one of the stations in a random fashion, and willneed to click on that building to participate.

As this game is designed for preschoolers primarily, the missions are veryeasy and mainly involve moving a vehicle to rescue, move or build something. Themouse is used for movement and there is a wide range of motion allowed. Missionsare structured around using several steps to solve something, as in the firstmission for the Police Department, where players are asked first to help directtraffic around ducks trying to cross the road, with cars going one direction andtrucks another. Then, it's off to help round up the ducks which are lost. Theyneed a pond to live in so a hole must be dug, then lastly decorations can beadded to the park. Most of the missions are fairly similar in format.

The activities at each station can be accessed at any time and involve mostlyeither washing and decorating the vehicles, or test driving them around easyobstacle course with timed laps. Printable certificates are earned as well asmedals which are hung in the dispatch office. Pictures of the vehicles can beprinted out to color, too.