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- Software of the Month Club
- April 1997 CD-ROM Program Guide
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- - Windows Children's -
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- Arthur's Puzzle
- Puzzled?
- This is a great game for jigsaw puzzle fans. Transform BMP
- images into 20 piece on-screen jigsaw puzzles. Open the BMP
- image, choose the Scramble command and you are ready to
- build the jigsaw.
- * Choose from 20 piece styles
- * Use any BMP image
- * Cheat mode available
- * View complete image
- (Application by Artur Carvalho; Requires Windows 95)
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- - Feature Program -
- The Boy Who Cried Wolf
- Interactive story
- Listen to The Boy Who Cried Wolf with this electronic
- storybook. It reads this classic story as the words are
- displayed. Includes cute pictures. Color any picture by
- filling in selected areas.
- * Review last picture with arrow buttons
- * Automatically saves coloring
- (Application by Jack Otis Moore; Requires a sound card)
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- KidFlash 1.0
- Beginning math
- This addition and subtraction program tests children on
- basic math skills. Choose from 10, 20 and 30 question tests.
- * Subtract one, two and three digit numbers
- * Randomly generates math problems
- * Test scores include date, time, test kind and points
- (Application by Pelican Software)
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- Pentaminos 1.0
- Puzzling
- Arrange shapes into specific patterns with this puzzle game.
- Pieces can be moved, rotated and flipped.
- * Choose from three puzzle patterns
- * Automatically save puzzles
- (Application by Bart F. Larsen, Astro Computing)
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- Puzzle Pack 1.0
- Putting the pieces together
- Can you solve these nine-piece puzzles? Rotate pieces 360
- degrees in 90 degree increments. Great for children of
- all ages.
- * Drag 'n drop puzzle pieces
- * Random puzzle pieces generated with each reset
- * Answer shows one possible solution
- * Sizable window
- (Application by Bart F. Larsen, Astro Computing)
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- Reading is Kids' Stuff
- Book worm
- Keep track of books you've read with this literary database.
- This large database program gives parents, teachers and
- children a comprehensive list of classic books. It lists
- biographies, historical fiction, non-fiction and fiction.
- Once you've read a book, add it to your personal library.
- You can even rate the book and record comments.
- * Add and delete books from existing databases
- * Detailed book information includes type, subject, number
- of pages and reading level
- * Lists more than 800 books
- * Record your name, grade and age
- (Application by KidStuff Software)
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- Win Simon 4.0
- Ditto
- Repeat the light pattern in this Simon-style game. The
- pattern increases in complexity as the game progresses. Each
- light sounds a distinctive tone, which helps you follow the
- pattern.
- * Three speed settings
- * Use pictures instead of lights, including a match, sun,
- faucet and cloud
- (Application by G. L. Liadis Software, Inc.;
- Requires VBRUN300.DLL, included in your Utility Collection)
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- Word Search 2.1
- Hidden words
- Find hidden words in this word search puzzle. The words are
- hidden up, down, backwards, forwards and diagonally. To mark
- words, click on the first letter of the word, and then click
- the last letter.
- * Choose from five categories, including names, people
- and sports
- * Print puzzle and word lists
- * Show or hide word lists
- * Change sounds and colors
- (Application by Bart F. Larson, Astro Computing)
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