The Knowledge Pad is a gizmo that looks like a funky notebook computer with eight categories on the screen. Within each category are 12 quiz games. A game consists of dragging and dropping answers to corresponding questions or visuals on the Knowledge Pad. For example, one of the geography games presents an unlabeled map. Players drag names of countries to the matching spot on the map.
Every correct answer earns the player points.
In each game, children can obtain more information on any subject by clicking on the proposed answers or on the locations where the answers belong. Kid testers found the clean and straightforward format fun and easy to use once they figured it out. Testers also liked being able to play with a friend. Despite ambient sounds and music, children have to read or use visual clues to learn. Deluxe Edition' Carmen Sandiego, the grande dame of crime in children's software, has been eluding players for 16 years.