Advanced Thinking Skills

Advanced Thinking Skills is a video game in the educational genre developed by Compedia Software & Hardware Ltd. and published by Compedia Software & Hardware Ltd. originally released in 1992. It is currently playable on DOS.

Advanced Thinking Skills is a fun edutainment/puzzle game released as a participant in Compedia's short-lived Top Class series. The game is a collection of five puzzle mini-games commonly used in psychometric testing and intelligence tests: Odd one out (find a shape that is different from all the others), Shapes (find a shape that completes the sequence), Building Blocks (count the number of blocks in the picture), and Dominoes and Number Sequences (choose a tile/number that completes the sequence).

The questions increase in difficulty fairly quickly, and will challenge even the most astute MENSA experts. The games are also quite tricky, especially in Dominoes, where you have to figure out not only the hidden formula that the dominoes follow, but also whether it applies to both sides of the domino or just one.

As in other Compedia educational games, Advanced Thinking Skills has an excellent help mode that explains both the rules of each game (with animated examples), as well as the game mechanics. You can practice the game of your choice for as long as you want, and when you feel you are ready, tackle the 'self-test', in which you must finish all 5 games within the time limit. Don't be fooled by the fact that the game is an 'edutainment' game: it is educational, yes, but it is also a solid puzzle game that will challenge novices and experts alike.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.