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From: grinstei@hawk.ulowell.edu (Georges Grinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: little kids software?
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Date: 15 Mar 88 03:21:56 GMT
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In article <35588UH2@PSUVM> UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) writes:
>Let's vote on comp.sys.amiga.kids 8-)
>
>Anyway, My 4 year old and 6.5 year old daughters play Marble Madness,
>but badly.  They don't seem to like it much, since it is too hard, using
>a mouse.  Might be better with a joystick.
>

My 4.5 feels the same however my 7 year old son has flipped out on it
and is quite successfull with the mouse.

>I see all these Donald Duck and Winnie T. Pooh things, and Math Wizard
>type stuff from Mark of the Unicorn, but am hesitant to shell out
>$30--$50 a pop unless I know they'll like it.  

I got Math Wizard.  The UI is horrible. It basically has some neat
pictures and tests arithmetic problems.  After 10 of a particular
kind it comes back to screen 1 and again asks for name, etc...  Very
poor UI.


>So I'd happily read any reviews of this type software here, from 
>the netlanders I feel I can trust.

Ditto.
Dr. Georges Grinstein         Director - Graphics Research Laboratory
grinstein@ulowell.edu         University of Lowell
(617)-452-5000 x2681          Lowell, MA 01854