Reading Blaster 2000

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Reading Blaster 2000
Developer(s)	Davidson & Associates
Publisher(s)	Davidson & Associates (1996 - 1999) Knowledge Adventure (2000 - present)
Platform(s)	PC (Windows, Macintosh)
Release date	1996
Genre(s)	Educational
Mode(s)	Single player/multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone (E)

Reading Blaster 2000 is a remake of Reading Blaster: Invasion of the Word Snatchers created by Davidson & Associates in 1996. The game was later resold as Reading Blaster: Ages 6-9 in 1998 and, under Knowledge Adventure, as Reading Blaster for 3rd Grade in 2000.

The game features a premise involving the characters depicted in previous Blaster products (Blasternaut, Galactic Commander and Spot) competing in a game show set in outer space. The user chooses which Blaster character to play and may either compete against a friend, playing another Blaster character, or the computer, in which case the player's opponent is Illitera, who was previously the main villain of the original Reading Blaster.

This is one of the few multiplayer games in the Blaster series. It is also one of the few entries in the series to not have a plot involving foiling a villainous character's evil plan. Also in this game, Illitera becomes the only recurring villain in the Blaster games, although here she does nothing worse than bad-mouthing the show's hosts and eliciting boos from the unseen audience.