The Kidstory Series
The Kidstory Series | |
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Genres | Literature, Edutainment |
Developers | Brilliant Interactive Ideas |
Publishers | Active Imagination |
Platforms | Windows, Macintosh |
First release |
The Pirate Who Wouldn't Wash January, 1995 |
The Kidstory Series is a series of six interactive storybooks for children, developed by Brilliant Interactive Ideas and produced by Active Imagination (A Packard Bell company) on CD-ROM for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. The stories are narrated by the host Mick.[1] By 1996, the company invested around $400,000 in additional titles.[2]
Games in the series
Title | Author | Release date | Number of Pages | Notes |
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The Pirate Who Wouldn't Wash | Michael Salmon[3] | January, 1995[2] | 11 | |
Milly Fitzwilly's Mouse Catcher | Marcia K Vaughan | 1995 | 10 | |
The Friends of Emily Culpepper[4] | Ann Coleridge | 1995 | ||
The Wrong Way Around the World | Kevin Hawley | 1995 | ||
The Little Engine | Julie Holland | 1995 | ||
The Yukadoos | Joy Cowley | 1996 | Received a 1996 Newsweek Editor's Choice Award.[2] | |
There's a Dinosaur in the Garden | Michael Salmon[5] | 1996 |
Commercial Performance
Packard Sold it's computer products that came with a CD that included three of six Kidstory software products.[6] From the United States, the products were sold worldwide in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Europe and Asia. Packard also had the products translated in Japanese in an agreement with Fujitsu.[2]
Critical reception
Packard's Kidstory series was rated as an A+ Learning Library.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Packard+Bell+launches+six+new+CD-ROM+edutainment+titles.-a015925587
- 1 2 3 4 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022844/0000898430-96-005455.txt
- ↑ http://www.michaelsalmon.com.au/index.php/books-things/2016-01-13-01-36-43/books-2
- ↑ http://www.museumofplay.org/online-collections/22/52/112.1034
- ↑ http://www.michaelsalmon.com.au/index.php/books-things/2016-01-13-01-36-43/books-1
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/157284933/
- ↑ http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960414&slug=2324072
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