Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #606 in Software
• Brand: Focus Multimedia Ltd
• Released on: 2004-09-30
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP

Manufacturer's Description
Memory is one of our brain's most important functions and we constantly call upon it every single day. That is why it's so important to keep it developed, strengthened and in top form, whatever your age.

The Test and Improve your Memory PC CD-ROM is a fun and innovative way to expose the limits of your mind and build-up your brainpower. Highly suited to students preparing for exams, professionals wanting to think faster or adults in general, it strengthens memory whilst testing skills such as language and concentration in a highly personalised workout. The components inside help to:

Customer Reviews

Good, well designed, fun tests but it helps if you are an American
I've enjoyed using this product. It has approximately 12 different types of games. Each of which you can set to different skill levels. You can monitor your progresss against others of a similar gender/age/education level and against yourself over time.

I find the user interface (UI) a little basic and, having briefly seen the Nintendo DS, the UI is not as good as that product, in my opinion. However there is of course a huge difference in price (approx £100 if you already have a PC).

The Help functions aren't bad but could be better (mainly more intuitive to use).

My main frustration is that the spellings and references are American, which is not good for me (being English), when doing the games that involve general knowledge or words. I'd like to carry on using this product, as my brain could certainly do with a workout! However, I may have to cut out some of the games, which is a shame.

Help to improve your memory
After reading a recent article in my local paper I decided it was about time to try and improve my brain. I didn't want to spend nearly £100 on the Nintendo brain trainer, so I thought that this would be a cheap alternative.

I'm no genius, so I was prepared for a challenge when I got this cd home. I tentatively installed and opened the program and started playing some of the games. After the first few games I realised just how bad my brain was, but after a few more attempts I started to see my progress improve. Now almost a month on, my wife has noticed that I'm not quite as forgetful as I was previously, so now I've got no excuse for forgetting her birthday this year!

Mindscapes Brain Trainer or Improve your Memory
I decided to improve my memory after I began to forget instructions and new job procedures given to me by my boss after a few minutes being distracted by something else in a busy office.

I bought both Mindscapes Brain Trainer (which i found bland and a little unclear in parts) and this.

This package is brilliantly and professionally presented, its all in full screen, full colour, with photographs, animations, music and a code update. The exersizes are fun to do and you can even interact with the examples and instructions.

The package is presented as a globe and you tour the world, doing exersizes in different locations, cultural games and pictures (dont worry, the games are not about the country itself, just set in that location and theme).

It says on the package that it is done by experts, this is not just selling blurb, its been designed really well and gives full instructions and even tells you how to train your mind, how long to spend and asks for your education level which it then matches to the tests it gives you. Regardless of your monitors resolution.. I run in 1280x1024, it fills the screen with full colours, music and animation.

Unfortunately, brain trainer doesnt do any of the above, its just a small box in the middle of your PC screen with 15 blandly presented tests, although it has colours and an annoying humming musical note during the tests. Dont get me wrong, brain trainer is good and does what it says, but thats it, whereas.. this pagage is FUN to play.

Make no mistake though.. this Improve your memory package CAN be very hard and it will really test you, so make sure you answer honestly when it asks you to what level you were educated, because it gets brutal, but its addictive as well because the fun games dont always seem like tests.

All in all a great package. If you want just a straight forward no multimedia designed bland 15 test memory package, buy brain trainer, but if you prefer a more colourful interactive multimedia approach, buy Test and Improve your memory. Its up to you.