Kids Domain

To Teo and Back with Jack
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Published by Fujitsu Interactive

Age Group: Age 4 to 8
Type: Language Arts
Price:

Requires: 486-66, 8M RAM

Description:

Are you ready for an experience that is truly "out of this world?" Well, come along with Jack in his "makeshift spaceship" to the fascinating planet Teo. Jack is on a quest to find the elusive fin fin (they never capitalize his name), a dolphin-bird who is a native of Teo. Most of the creatures in this interactive storybook are strange combinations of animals on our planet, and fin fin is a playful mingling of a dolphin and a bird. Jack lands on Teo and begins his search. The player can choose from "Read," "Read and Play," or "Select a Page." In the "Read" section, the story is read and depicted on the screen. (The words light up as they are read, encouraging the player to "follow along.") In the "Read and Play" section, the player also has the opportunity to click on different hotspots to discover creatures and see some delightful animation. "Select a Page" lets the player choose any page from the story instead of starting at the beginning. There are also two games in the storybook (one is a matching game and one is a puzzle.)

Features:

  • Interactive storybook
  • Matching game
  • Puzzle (three levels)

Technical Aspects:

The game installed and ran smoothly with Windows 95. The picture on the game accurately depicted the graphics found in the program. I ran the game on both the required and the recommended system requirements and found the game (predictably) ran much faster and better at the higher levels.

Report and Conclusions:

This is a really cute storybook that should delight Fin Fin fans. It is commonly bundled with the Fin Fin virtual pet and sold for around $29.95. Fans of Fin Fin should definitely visit http://www.finfin.com for lots of "finformation" on their favorite dolphin-bird.

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