MacUser named JumpStart 2nd Grade one of 1996's top 50 CD-ROMs.

Edison in the US version has an Irish accent, whereas Newton in the UK version does not. The duo have appeared in many other JumpStart products, such as JumpStart Advanced 2nd Grade however, their looks and personalities have both undergone enormous changes throughout the years. being an ardent, self-styled 'adventurer' while Edison is the more pragmatic straight man, who frequently makes sardonic comments in response to C.J.'s grandiosity. and Edison (Newton in the United Kingdom) form a double act of sorts with C.J. JumpStart Adventures 4th Grade: Haunted Island was released on December 2, 1996, but was retired from the line in 19 and replaced with JumpStart Adventures 4th Grade: Sapphire Falls, due to the game getting negative receptions from parents and teachers alike, complaining how the game was too intensely frightening for children. enters the classroom and frees a firefly named Edison. Like the previous JumpStart products, the game takes place in a school setting, but begins after school hours when a giant anthropomorphic frog named C.J.

The game was announced as being part of the JumpStart Grade School entertainment system on January 13, 1997.