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From: georgew@tekig4.TEK.COM (George Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: ST software available for children?
Message-ID: <2259@tekig4.TEK.COM>
Date: 16 Dec 87 17:34:39 GMT
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Reply-To: georgew@tekig4.TEK.COM (George Walker)
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Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
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Keywords: ST children

Well, I can't recommend anything, but if anyone finds something, I'd be
interested in hearing about it.  I have two 5 year olds, and the only thing
they consistently enjoy is NeoChrome.  I acquired some public domain games
(Mr. Potato Head, Old MacDonald's "Concentration", a couple "music for
children" games), but they're not very interactive ("click on a square to
select an action"), and the kids had absolutely zero interest in them, so
I would recommend games where the mouse or joystick moves something besides
just a cursor on the screen.  I haven't looked in stores lately, but when
I did, I was not impressed.  Now that Toys R Us has stopped carrying the ST,
I don't hold out much hope for seeing any decent children's stuff.
It should be a lot easier to find something for a child who can read (something
similar to King's Quest?)  Also, everything I've seen runs in low-resolution,
so you'd better have a color monitor.

I think it depends a lot on the child:  A five-year old friend came over,
and we finally had to drag him off the machine, because he's a video game
addict (he plays space war games as well as I do!)

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