Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!ncar!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Carmen Sandiego games for Kids? Message-ID: Date: 26 Nov 90 21:32:11 GMT References: <45689@siemens.siemens.com> Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Distribution: usa Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 41 fwb@pollux.siemens.com (Fred Brehm) writes: >So, two questions: > Are any of the Carmen Sandiego games appropriate for 7 or 4 > year olds? Definitely not for four years olds. You have to be able to read and there are a lot of big words and foreign names (at least in "Where in the World..."). One of my neighbors has an 8 year old and when he was 7, I had to read the text for him. He hasn't played it since turning 8, but I think he would still have trouble. Even his 10 year old sister has trouble with some of the words. I personally think this game is more for 10+ kids. The 7 year old did enjoy it, but needed help. He'd cry whenever he'd see how far ahead his sister was in cases solved. The game displays a tally of cases at the end of each case. You also need to read an Almanac while playing "Where in the World..." > Is there any significant difference between the Mac and IBM PC > versions (I have a Mac, my sister has a PC)? I haven't seen the Mac version. I think there is a lso a Commodore version too. The PC version runs in CGA (Crummy Graphics Adaptor) mode. It's also copy protected, but a little hacking can fix that. :-( I *HATE* having to hunt for those distribution disks. >Thanks, Bitte schoen. >Fred >-- >Frederic W. Brehm Siemens Corporate Research Princeton, NJ >fwb@demon.siemens.com -or- ...!princeton!siemens!demon!fwb -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future