Play Your Way To A Better Score!

Introducing a painless new way to prep for the SAT. Sharpen your critical thinking skills, build relevant knowledge and reduce test anxiety with a collection of games that feature curriculum from Kaplan, the leader in SAT Prep. Study on your own time and for however long you like. There?s no easier ? or more fun ? way to become a better problem-solver, boost your confidence and up your SAT score!

No pressure. No deadlines. Just a whole lot of fun!




Aspyr Media, in collaboration with Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions introduce futureU - an SAT prep video game for PC and Mac. futureU.  It represents a new medium for supplemental SAT prep, adapting test preparation material into a collection of fun interactive games.

futureU consists of six distinctive innovative mini-games that are divided into three main categories ? Math, Reading and Writing. Designed as a complement to traditional SAT study methods, the game is grounded in Kaplan curriculum and features hundreds of questions and track-able player progress. In addition, players can engage in a section called ?Test Skills? that teach the vital test-taking and time management skills necessary for taking the big exam.

futureU incorporates a wealth of in-game content that challenges and sharpens skills including:

• Reading
  Focuses on refining players? reading skills, vocabulary, main idea identification, themes and arguments, technique, and recognizing word meanings based on context.
  
  
• Writing
  Concentrates on improving players? writing skills by covering topics such as passive voice, run-on sentences, misplaced modifiers, parallelism, conjunctions, fragments, coordination and subordination, pronouns, subject-verb agreement, tenses, adverbs and adjectives, gerunds, idioms, wrong words, and double negatives.
  
  
• Math
  Enable players to practice critical math areas such as algebra, geometry, data, statistics, probability, polynomials, and sequences.

• Get the inside track on tackling the big test with curriculum from Kaplan, the SAT prep experts.
• Improve core knowledge of the test material through fun games ? no memorization necessary.
• Track your progress and identify areas that need more practice.
• Strengthen test-taking skills that will help you on the SAT, in your college experience and in life.

• English versions of Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista Only (This product does not support Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT or XP x64/Vista x64.)
• Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 2800+ processor
• 512 GB of RAM for Windows XP, 1 GB of RAM for Windows Vista
• 1 GB Hard Disk space + 500 MB Swap File
• DirectX 9.0c compatible Sound Card
• Video Card: 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required ? 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 128 MB with latest drivers
• Video Card (ATI): Radeon 9550
• Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 5200
• 6X DVD-ROM drive
• Windows XP/Vista compatible mouse and keyboard with latest drivers

NOTICE: Some 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here may not be compatible with the 3D acceleration features utilized by futureU. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% DirectX compatibility.

Supported Chipsets:

• ATI RADEON 9550
• ATI RADEON 9700
• ATI RADEON 9800
• ATI RADEON X300
• ATI RADEON X600
• ATI RADEON X800
• ATI RADEON X1600
• ATI RADEON X1800
• ATI RADEON X1900
• ATI RADEON HD 2400
• ATI RADEON HD 2600
• ATI RADEON HD 3850
• ATI RADEON HD 3870
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 5200
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 5600
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 5700
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 5900
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 6200
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 6600
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 6800
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 7300
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 7800
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 7900
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 8400
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 8500
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 9600

• English versions of 10.4.11 (Tiger); 10.5.4 (Leopard)  (This product does not support 10.3.9)
• PowerPC G4; G5; or Intel 1 GHz processor
• 256 MB of RAM
• Hard Disk Space: 1 GB Hard Disk space+ 500 MB Swap File
• Video Card (ATI): Radeon 9600
• Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 5200
• Media Required: DVD-ROM drive
• Macintosh mouse and keyboard

Supported Chipsets

• ATI RADEON 9600
• ATI RADEON 9700
• ATI RADEON 9800
• ATI RADEON X600
• ATI RADEON X800
• ATI RADEON X1600
• ATI RADEON X1900
• ATI RADEON HD 2400
• ATI RADEON HD 2600
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 5200
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 6600
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 6800
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 7300
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 7800
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 8600
• NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800