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╥EVIEW OF
═UPPET ╠EARNING ╦EYS
╨RODUCED BY: ╦OALA
3100 ╨ATRICK ╚ENRY ─R.
╙ANTA ├LARA, ├┴
95052
╥EVIEWED BY: ╙HAMUS ┬RELSFORD
┬OX 667
═ASSET, ┬├
├┴╬┴─┴ ╓0╘ 1═0
╘HE ═UPPET ╠EARNING ╦EYS FEATURE
╩IM ╚ENSON'S ═UPPETS FROM THE ═UPPET
╙HOW, TO HELP MAKE LEARNING FUN AND
PAINLESS FOR THE 2 1/2 TO 4 YEAR OLD
SET.
╘HE PACKAGE COMES WITH A SPECIAL
KEYBOARD AND A DISK OF 3 GAMES FOR THE
├-64. ╘HE GAMES, ALL OF WHICH TAKE
PLACE ON THE ═UPPET ╙HOW ╙TAGE, ARE:
─ISCOVERY, ╠ETTERS, AND ╬UMBERS.
╘HERE'S AN ┴TARI ┴DAPTER PROGRAM ON
THE BACK SIDE OF THE DISK.
╘HE ─ISCOVERY STAGE USES THE LET-
TERS OF THE ALPHABET FOR INPUT. ╫HEN
THE CHILD PRESSES A LETTER, AN OBJECT
THAT BEGINS WITH THAT LETTER APPEARS
ON THE STAGE AND THE LETTER APPEARS ON
AN EASEL. ╔F THE CHILD THEN PRESSES A
NUMBER OR COLOR THAT NUMBER OF OBJECTS
WILL APPEAR IN THE COLOR SELECTED AND
THE NUMBER WILL BE DISPLAYED ON A
DIFFERENT EASEL. ╘HE CHILD CAN MAKE
THEM DO A LITTLE DANCE TO MUSIC BY
PRESSING THE ╟╧ BUTTON ON THE ╦EYS.
╘HE ╠ETTER AND ╬UMBER STAGES ARE
QUITE SIMILAR IN THAT THE COMPUTER
STARTS THE ACTION. ╔N ╠ETTER STAGE, AN
OBJECT APPEARS ON A PEDESTAL AND THE
CHILD MUST ENTER WHICH LETTER THAT
OBJECT BEGINS WITH. ╔F THE CHILD IS
CORRECT, THE OBJECT WILL DO A LITTLE
DANCE. ╔N ╬UMBER STAGE, THE CHILD
MUST COUNT HOW MANY OBJECTS ARE ON THE
STAGE AND INPUT THE NUMBER FROM 1 TO
9. ┴ CORRECT ANSWER WILL AGAIN RESULT
IN A LITTLE DANCE.
╘O HOOK UP THE ╠EARNING ╦EYS YOU
JUST PLUG THEM INTO JOYSTICK PORT # 1
AND THEN BOOT THE DISK. ╔T'S A LITTLE
ON THE SLOW SIDE TO BOOT UP EVEN WITH
╞ASTLOAD, GOOD TIME FOR A COFFEE
BREAK.
═Y 2 1/2 YEAR OLD LOVES IT. ╘HE
KEYBOARD IS ABOUT 1 FOOT SQUARE SO IT
IS A GOOD SIZE FOR LITTLE HANDS, WITH
MEMBRANE SWITCHES FOR THOSE STICKY
LITTLE FINGERS. ╘HE LETTERS ARE LAID
OUT ┴ TO ┌ ON A CHALK BOARD. ╫HILE
THE NUMBERS 0 TO 9 ARE ON A RULER AND
THE COLORS ARE IN A CHILD'S PAINT BOX.
┴LL THE COLORS ON THE ═UPPET ╠EARNING
╦EYS ARE BRIGHT TO ATTRACT THE
ATTENTION OF THE KIDS.
╘HE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET IS POPULATED
WITH MOST OF THE POPULAR ═UPPETS
EXPLAINING WHAT TO DO IN THEIR OWN
CHARACTER. ╘HE ╦EYS APPEAR TO BE ABLE
TO TAKE AN OVERLAY FOR DIFFERENT
SOFTWARE, BUT NONE WAS OFFERED IN THE
BOX ╔ BOUGHT.
╘HE ONLY PROBLEMS ╔ HAVE FOUND
WITH IT ARE THE SLOWNESS IN BOOT UP
AND IT DOES NOT RETURN A READABLE CODE
WHEN YOU READ THE JOYSTICK PORT. ╔
THINK THAT THEY ARE USING AN ODD SCAN
OF THE 6526 ├╔┴ AND 6567 ╓╔├ CHIPS
ACCORDING TO MY ├ 64 DIAGRAM.
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