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Software and Games : Software Categories : Children's Fun & Learning : Activities & Interests
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Avanquest Software
Peppa Pig loves to splash in puddles - join in the fun with Peppa and friends and splash in the muddy puddles to reveal fun games and activities. Puddles of Fun features 8 muddy, fun-filled games and puzzles that will entertain children for many hours. Both challenging and stimulating, each game is designed to help children develop early learning skills while in the company of the puddle-loving Peppa Pig.
- Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Noughts and Crosses
- Snakes and Ladders
- Memory Game
- Sudopigs
- Pig Solitaire
- Cards and Invites
- Meet the Cast
Minimum System Requirements
OS Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7r> Processor Pentium III 300MHz
Memory 128MB, 256MB(2000,XP), 512MB(Vista)
Hard drive 700MB
Video Card 16 bit
Sound card 16 bit
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Kudlian Software
A PC Computer running Windows XP SP2 or later, Windows Vista or Windows 7
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Avanquest Software
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Focus Multimedia Ltd
The Dogz of Dogz 5 are virtual pets and they live on your PC. They can run across your desktop, travel and explore faraway Playscenes, (a Canadian snow scene, a Big Top in a European Circus, a Wild West Town or an Arabian Palace); they can play in their Home Playscenes (Kitchen, Backyard or Salon) and have loads of fun in tailor-made Playscenes. Feed them and love them, breed them and play with them. You can adopt as many Dogz as you want, but you must remember to take care of them all.Did you know that Dogz have a tail to keep them balanced? That they have a keen sense of smell, and that their paws are padded and fuzzy, and that they use them to run, dig and scratch? Did you also know that you can get a good idea of how your pet is feeling if you look into its alert and expressive eyes? Best of all, Dogz love to be fussed and petted. Watch them grow from little baby puppies into adult Dogz.
Although aimed at young children, this package will be much more enjoyable for a child who can read and follow instructions, as it is necessary to follow onscreen directions. The program is therefore most suitable for a minimum age of 7-8 years old. The installation takes quite a while (information is on the CD-ROM sleeve) and help may be needed as monitor settings may need to be adjusted and it may also be necessary to ascertain if Acrobat Reader 5.0 is installed (the user manual cannot be accessed without this software). It is absolutely essential to study the manual closely before adopting any Dogz and it is a good idea to print it off for easy and quick reference. It is an excellent manual that is well set out, and it explains everything in simple, straightforward language, making it accessible to children.
Now for the fun! Choose from one of 15 breeds of Dogz, from Bulldogs to Sheepdogs, from Muts to Chihuahuas, with all their different personalities, likes and dislikes, but don't adopt too many--they must all be cared for. Love them and remember to feed them. Give them water, medicine when they're sick and don't forget to brush them. Exercise and play regularly with your Dogz; reward them for good behaviour and squirt them with water if they misbehave. Train them to do tricks. There are more than 100 toys to play with--lucky Dogz find some and there are more to be earned when you play the five mini games. Collect wonderful gifts with them during their doggy travels, such as exotic jewels. Treat your Dogz well and earn yourself a happy-pet certificate. Choose items of clothing and accessories to dress them; watch your Dogz fall in love and have puppies, and access their family trees as far back as eight generations.
A Web Fun Pack is included, which contains Petz clipart, animations and backgrounds, all Internet-ready to enable you to create your own Web pages. Particularly helpful are the tips on day and night cycles, how Petz grow, what happens when you cheat, how you can acquire new toys, and what to do if your pet runs away. Dogz 5 contains new features, but owners of previous Dogz can bring their adopted pets into this new version. Compatible with Catz 5, put the two programs together to create more breeds, fun and Petz. --Susan Naylor
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Greenstreet Online Ltd
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
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Avanquest Software
If your child is getting that Fimbling Feeling, try Fimbles Fimbling Fun, one of an excellent range of CD-ROMs and console games produced by the BBC. It includes lots of songs, stories and video clips from the popular TV programme. Let your child join the Fimbles and their friends for fun and enjoyment in a world of make believe.There are lots of learning situations, all designed with fun in mind. Objects must be found: a suitcase, a pebble, a feather, a shimmy shaker, and blue footprint, all of which lead to various activities, including a music game, a maze game, a collage, a suitcase game, stories, tickling games, songs and discovery sequence videos. All these wonderfully exciting activities will lead children to meet Florrie, Pebble, Ribble, Rockit, Roly Mo, and Baby Pom, and if any help is needed, Bessie is always on hand to tell children what everything on the screen does.
Also included are activities designed specifically for adults to play and do with children, so that the learning and fun can be developed after the CD-ROM has been switched off. These include printing out and colouring in, finding games, and more. All of the games can be played at different levels of skill and difficulty to cater for a range of abilities. The BBC has developed this CD-ROM in line with the national curriculum at the foundation stage, and recommends that it is suitable for children aged 2 years and above. Skills which can be practiced and developed include mouse control, listening, following directions, observation, cause and effect, and creativity.
Accompanying the package is a first-rate, colour instruction booklet which is extremely well set out and it should be read by parents or helpers before play is commenced. --Susan Naylor
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Avanquest Software
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Ubisoft
Kids embarking on Laura's Happy Adventures will encounter free-form problem solving and dizzying graphics as this program takes them from attic to underground fairy kingdom. Laura finds an enchanted diamond in her grandfather's rock collection and is given a task by the talking stone: she will unlock the stone's mysteries if she sets out on a mission to please the people she loves.This program is "designed on extensive research of girls' social orientation" and will "challenge girls and develop social skills", according to the blurb on the box. This program's nice-girl emphasis on pleasing people is bound to raise some eyebrows, but we found that the CD-ROM delivered a more total experience than the blurb promised. Laura's Happy Adventures is a game within a game within a game. A player will find a magic bracelet, on which grandpa discovers a mysterious inscription. Then Laura must skip clear across town to the fortune-teller to discover what the inscription means. The fortune-teller then asks for an exotic feather before she will explain the message, and the adventure branches out in another direction... Thus the game weaves an interactive web that is easy to get caught up in.
This game has some annoying features. The program must be negotiated using the keyboard or a game pad: the mouse isn't an option. Manoeuvring Laura around her vast world using arrow keys is as clunky as her little Playmobil figure. And aligning her in front of doors, people and objects so she can interact with them is nightmarish. As the point-of-view swoops, zooms and circles around our heroine, an unskilled player may succumb to vertigo before figuring out how to control game play.
Now for the good news: the game is so absorbing your child will return to it repeatedly. And its free-form structure encourages resourcefulness. Kids must take some initiative, nose around and discover what needs to be done. If they don't, Laura simply stands there, fidgeting and tossing her hat. Other characters in the program give advice and hints, but only if the player makes Laura "ask".
Parents will probably need to help younger children get the hang of negotiating Laura's world. And if your youngster is prone to motion sickness, you might want some Dramamine nearby to help them stomach those dramatic graphics. Otherwise, this is a good exercise in deduction, listening and non-linear thinking. It is likely boys would enjoy it too--if you hide that pink box and those awful blurbs from them. (Ages 6 to 12) --Anne Erickson
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Avanquest Software
Scooby Doo Phantom Of The Knight
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Avanquest Software
Great Games and Accessories for the PC.
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Focus Multimedia Ltd
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Focus Multimedia Ltd
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Tivola
If you want to be a Viking then you'll have to test your mettle by performing a series of difficult tasks. Vicky the Viking--The Big Trial invites you to shoot arrows and test your courage in many other ways.Vicky has a tough overbearing father who doesn't think much of his son. On the eve of a major journey to a new land, Vicky pleads with his father for the chance to accompany him. At first his father scornfully rejects the idea as it will require a great deal of courage, perseverance and strength. But eventually he agrees that Vicky can join the rest of the crew if he demonstrates his strength and successfully completes a number of challenging tasks.
Vicky the Viking--The Big Trial is a lively title and it begins with our hero firing arrows into a colourful target. Vicky is intelligent and friendly and quickly introduces you to all the different characters in his village. The colourful Viking characters chat among themselves and you simply click to make the action continue. Vicky is led to different locations such as the edge of the sea where he has to perform a range of tasks. Each of the games is at three levels of difficulty. In the arrow contest, you click to fire arrows at moving targets. You can quickly repeat the instructions, adjust the level if you get stuck and it's easy to travel to another location.
This is an engaging and exciting title for children over four years old. Vicky talks frankly about his worries about not being able to have the courage to perform the tasks and children will be quickly drawn in to help him. This entertaining title also passes on the valuable message that brains are always more valuable than brute strength. --Justin Hunt
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Avanquest Software
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VU Games
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Nova
