Random House

Changer

Changer

Sharp X1 - Released - 1983

Charlie Brown's ABC's

Charlie Brown's ABC's

Apple IIGS - Released - 1990

D.W. The Picky Eater

D.W. The Picky Eater

Windows - Released - 1998

Step into the hilarious world of D.W. (Arthur Read the aardvark's sister) - where pickles, pineapple, parsnips, spinach, and many more disgusting looking food are the enemy. And where the only "safe" place is at home... Until D.W. makes a delicious discovery. In addition to an interactive story, kids also discover five fun-filled learning activities. All designed to help kids develop creativity, early reading skill-building, hand/eye coordination and much more. Play House - decorate the play house any way you like. Arrange furniture, place paintings, move characters then print your play houses to collect. Save the Garden - a greedy gopher wants to grab all the carrots. You can stop him, but you have to be fast. Use your handy water bucket to save the plants and soak the gopher. Food Pyramid - gigure out which foods D.W. is thinking about to help Arthur build a pyramid. You'll learn which foods are vegetables, fruits, dairy, meats and more. Story Maker - it's easy to create your own stories. Just pick the themes, pictures and phrases and put them into the pages. You can even replay or print your stories to share with others. Sticker Fun - replace words from the story with pictures that match them. It's a great way to start building early reading skills. There are 30 stickers in all.

Juushin Rogus

Juushin Rogus

NEC PC-9801 - Released - July 1, 1987

Let's Explore The Airport

Let's Explore The Airport

Windows 3.X - Released - 1995

The Airport allows kids 3-8 (or any age) to explore a modern airport, with their guide Buzzy The Knowledge Bug. Kids can visit over 40 location, from hangers, to control towers, to cockpits. Items in each location can be clicked on for either amusing animations, or to ask "What is This?" which will take them directly to the encyclopedia page describing that item. The encyclopedia has more than 200 descriptions in it. It also has an index, to jump directly back to interesting items. The encyclopedia is text, but Buzzy can also read the text for young players. In addition, the game has 5 Time To Play mini-games. The Coloring Book has 15 different pictures to color and print out. Trivia contains 100 airport-related questions with answers within the game - for pre-readers, Buzzy will read the question out loud and also provide hints. There are 3 difficulty levels for this game. In Lost Luggage, you work your way through 99 levels of conveyor belt puzzle madness, trying to get all the moving luggage to their proper destination. True detectives will like the Find It game, where the game picks 10 items within the game and you go find them. This game has 3 difficulty levels. Finally, there's What Is It? This is a picture/word matching game, with three difficulty levels and 33 pictures per level - all from the airport environment.

Let's Explore The Farm

Let's Explore The Farm

Windows 3.X - Released - 1995

The Farm allows kids 3-8 (or any age) to explore the idyllic farm, as depicted in movies - orchards, horses, gardens, cows, chickens, waterwheel, fields, a pond - it's all here. Kids learn about the operation of a farm in over 40 different locations around the farm, with their guide Buzzy The Knowledge Bug. Go inside the red barn & milk a cow, or check out the growing vegetables in the garden, watch the waterwheel grind away, or peek inside the chicken coop. Items in each location can be clicked on for either amusing animations, or to ask "What is This?" which will take them directly to the encyclopedia page describing that item. The encyclopedia has more than 200 descriptions in it. It also has an index, to jump directly back to interesting items, and the pictures in the index take you to a spot in the farm that the item can be found. The encyclopedia is text, but Buzzy can also read the text for young players. In addition, the game has 5 Time To Play mini-games. The Coloring Book has 15 different pictures to color and print out. Trivia contains 100 farm-related questions with answers within the game - for pre-readers, Buzzy will read the question out loud and also provide hints. There are 3 difficulty levels for this game. In Eggs Away, you have to catch the eggs that the chickens lay before they hit the ground - catch enough and you move onto the next level, but you have to watch out for the rats. There's also the Find It game, where the game randomly picks 10 items (out of 110 possible) within the game and you go find them around the farm. This game has 3 difficulty levels. Finally, there's Spell It. This spelling game has three difficulty levels - at the easiest level you just add a single missing letter to a word (there's a picture of the farm-related item); at the medium level you have to figure out the word based on a picture; at the hardest level there's no picture. The on-screen cows indicate your progress in the harder levels. .

Let's Explore the Jungle

Let's Explore the Jungle

Windows 3.X - Released - 1995

This game allows children to explore Humongous versions of the South American, African and Southeast Asian jungles, and learn about some of the animal and plant life there. Like "The Airport" and "The Farm" titles, this game features Buzzy the Knowledge Bug as a guide. He reads aloud questions, answers, and the names of objects. In addition, he provides tips and suggestions and points out interesting facts. Kids can explore the three environments, each of which has quite a few locations, where they can click on things for fun animations or instead ask "What Is This?" and go to a micro-encyclopedia for each item which describes the item and shows where they are from. The 210-item encyclopedia also has an index, so kids can jump right to items - clicking on the picture on the page will take you a place where that bug, bird, plant, or animal can be found. The encyclopedia has text, but will also read to the child if they wish - you can have it read each word by just holding the cursor over the word too. The pages also have colored hyper-linked words that are topics of other pages in the encyclopedia. The game also has 5 mini-games, such as Trivia or Find It (shown game-related images and then have to go find them), or a 15-page coloring book (which can be printed out and has mixable colors) and Jungle Jumble (spelling/unscramble game). The Anteater Feeder mini-game is just for fun, an 100-level arcade version of the old carnival shooting game except the weapon is an anteater's tongue and you eat bugs. These games have difficulty settings, to make things harder or easier.

Living Books: Arthur's Computer Adventure

Living Books: Arthur's Computer Adventure

Windows - Released - February 1, 2000

Once again, Arthur, D.W., and friends lead you on a hilarious adventure that kids won't want to miss. An interactive adventure, 5 learning activities, adjustable difficulty levels, hundreds of clickables, and 13 surprises and puzzles along with printable coloring pages.

Living Books: Arthur's Teacher Trouble

Living Books: Arthur's Teacher Trouble

Windows - Released - October 18, 1996

In Arthur's Teacher Trouble, Arthur struggles with low self-esteem. To gain confidence his teacher aids him in studying for the school spelling bee. Watch Arthur grow and learn--and learn with him in Arthur's Teacher Trouble.

Living Books: Little Monster At School

Living Books: Little Monster At School

Windows 3.X - Released - 1994

Play inside the story and interact with all the characters and words with Little Monster at School, a fun interactive reading experience with fully animated content loved by children, parents and teachers alike. Wanderful brings every page of this timeless Mercer Mayer story to life. Read and play along with Little Monster on a fun-filled day at school as he explores different subjects with his classmates and makes friends with Yally, an often difficult fellow student.

Living Books: Little Monster At School

Living Books: Little Monster At School

Windows - Released - October 4, 1995

Play inside the story and interact with all the characters and words with Little Monster at School, a fun interactive reading experience with fully animated content loved by children, parents and teachers alike. Wanderful brings every page of this timeless Mercer Mayer story to life. Read and play along with Little Monster on a fun-filled day at school as he explores different subjects with his classmates and makes friends with Yally, an often difficult fellow student.

Living Books: Ruff's Bone

Living Books: Ruff's Bone

Windows - Released - September 16, 1997

When Ruff is ready to fetch his Sunday morning bone, his master accidentally throws it over the fence into their neighbour, Slim's yard. Go on an adventure with Ruff to help him find his bone!

Living Books: Ruff's Bone

Living Books: Ruff's Bone

Windows 3.X - Released - September 16, 1997

When Ruff is ready to fetch his Sunday morning bone, his master accidentally throws it over the fence into their neighbour, Slim's yard. Go on an adventure with Ruff to help him find his bone!

Living Books: Sheila Rae, the Brave

Living Books: Sheila Rae, the Brave

Windows - Released - September 26, 1997

Sheila Rae is established as a character who is daring and willing to do anything. She isn't afraid of the dark, thunderstorms, spiders, or a mean dog at the end of her block. Shelia Rae, the Brave is an interactive storybook based on the book by Kevin Henkes. Venture with Shelia Rae in her town and she'll show you how brave she is and how she loves her family. After the first part of the story is read, players can click all over the screen to find lots of hidden surprises. The game also includes a special Treasure Hunt game and a Sing Along section where players can listen to the characters songs that they sing in the story. There is even a demo section to take a short look at some other games by Living Books.

Living Books: Stellaluna

Living Books: Stellaluna

Windows - Released - 1996

Join Flitter and Stellaluna on a discovery of knowledge and more! There are many surprises to be found. Even small children can navigate their way around easily, with just a click of the mouse. Plus, younger children can select the "Read to Me" mode. Stellaluna is a Living Book adaptation based on Jannell Cannon’s original picture book. The story is about a bat named Stellaluna, who lost her mother due to an owl crashing into her. Stellaluna has to find her mother, but she meets new friends throughout the story. There is also a Bat Quiz in which children test their knowledge of Bats. In Let Me Play, every page can be clicked to uncover a surprise or two.

Living Books: The Berenstain Bears Get In a Fight

Living Books: The Berenstain Bears Get In a Fight

Windows - Released - September 16, 1999

Join the Berenstain Bears as they get in a fight. Learn how to read from the emotionally misguided, dysfunctional, anthropomorphic family of bears.

Living Books: The Berenstain Bears in the Dark

Living Books: The Berenstain Bears in the Dark

Windows - Released - October 18, 1999

The Berenstain Bears in the Dark is an educational game based on the book of the same name. The plot of the book is that Brother Bear reads Sister Bear a scary story. Then, Sister Bear is afraid of the dark all night. Later that morning, Papa Bear has to show Sister Bear that it is just her imagination. Eventually, Brother Bear is the one afraid of the dark. There are two play modes, like many Living Books titles. There is Read To Me, which reads it to you, and Let Me Play, which lets you also play around with the items in the background. There are also two bonus games, Animal Match and Picture Jumble. Animal Match is matching and Picture Jumble is a puzzle. There are demos of other Living Books titles on the disc. If you put the PC version's disc in a CD player, you can listen to music from the storybook.

Living Books: The Cat in the Hat

Living Books: The Cat in the Hat

Windows - Released - January 1, 1997

The Cat In The Hat comes to life in your house! You can follow along as the story is read, or click on the objects and play games instead. The Cat in the Hat is an educational game based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. It has the same plot of the original book. The Cat sees that Sally and her brother are bored on a rainy day. Eventually, they start having fun, but The Cat realizes he has made a big mess. The Cat uses a big vacuum to clean the whole mess up, and it ends happily ever after. The game lets you click on many things in the background, and has small mini-games during the story. The game also lets you go back to any page you want again.

Living Books: The New Kid On the Block

Living Books: The New Kid On the Block

Windows - Released - September 26, 1997

Read this collection of poems with whimsical animations. The fourth entry in the Living Books series written by Jack Prelutsky, this is a collection of 17 poems as opposed to the standard picture book adaptation usually seen in this series. Some of the poems included are "I Spied My Shadow Slinking" and "Homework! Oh, Homework!". The game can be played in two modes, "Read to Me" and "Let Me Play." The former mode reads the poem all the way through, then lets the user either replay it or go the next one. The latter reads the poem by stanza. Once the stanza has been read through, the player can click on the picture and the words in the story for all sorts of reactions. Most of the time the animations will describe what the clicked on word means.

Morita No Saikyo Reversi

Morita No Saikyo Reversi

Sega Dreamcast - Released - April 15, 1999

Reversi is a strategy board game for two players, played on an 8×8 uncheckered board. There are sixty-four identical game pieces called disks, which are light on one side and dark on the other. Players take turns placing disks on the board with their assigned color facing up.

Morita no Saikyo Shogi

Morita no Saikyo Shogi

Sega Dreamcast - Released - April 15, 1999

Morita no Saikyou Shogi is a Board game, published by Random House, which was released in Japan in 1999. Shogi, also known as Japanese chess or the Game of Generals, is a two-player strategy board game native to Japan. In the same family as chess, makruk, shatranj, janggi and xiangqi, it is the most popular chess variant in Japan.

Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head

Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head

Apple II - May 17, 1985

"Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head" is a 1985 educational game distributed by Random House, Inc. The box's back states: "Generations of children have enjoyed creating their own Mr and Mrs Potato Head characters. Now, for the first time, children can bring their creations to life! On Side 1, players can choose to animate one ot he ready-made friendly, funny potato characters or choose to mix and match body parts to create their own unique potato fol. SIde 2 contains Mr Potato Head and friends in three lively memory games deisgned to sharpen concentration and memory skills."

Peanuts Maze Marathon

Peanuts Maze Marathon

Apple II - Released - 1984

Peanuts Maze Marathon is a maze game featuring the characters from the comic strip Peanuts. Each maze contains a short animated vignette featuring Peanuts characters. The player must then move a small black marker through a maze to reach the exit. Mazes can be timed or untimed.

Sheila Rae, the Brave

Sheila Rae, the Brave

Windows 3.X - Released - 1996

Shelia Rae, the Brave is an interactive storybook based on the book by Kevin Henkes. Venture with Shelia Rae in her town and she'll show you how brave she is and how she loves her family. After the first part of the story is read, players can click all over the screen to find lots of hidden surprises. The game also includes a special Treasure Hunt game and a Sing Along section where players can listen to the characters songs that they sing in the story. There is even a demo section to take a short look at some other games by Living Books.

The Alpine Encounter

The Alpine Encounter

Apple II - Released - 1985

Two major crimes have taken place in different parts of the world. In Peking, China, a priceless vase was stolen and in the USA top-secret plans for a new missile were taken from a military installation in the Rocky Mountains. Behind the thefts is VODOC, a sinister secret organization that manipulates world events, to create a marketplace for its evil services. As Agent 456, you are sent to Alpenhof Ski Resort in Switzerland and you have twelve hours to stop the VODAC world domination conspiracy. The Alpine Encounter is an interactive fiction game with graphics.

The Alpine Encounter

The Alpine Encounter

MS-DOS - Released - 1985

As an international undercover agent, you have just 12 hours to recover the stolen blueprints to the world's first truly invincible missile. All the clues you need to get the blueprints back are hidden within the luxurious Alpenhof Ski Resort. Check in to the resort to solve the mystery and thwart the evil plans of VODAC, a sinister, but brilliantly masterminded secret organization.

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