The fairy tales of Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, and Hansel and Gretel are told in this set of animated storybooks. To move the story along, kids must click on hidden arrows found in each screen of the stories. If they click on the wrong pathway, the stories' characters may end up in the wrong place. For instance, Little Red Riding might run into Hansel and Gretel's parents, who eat all her grandmother's food and leave poor Little Red Riding Hood permanently lost in the woods.
Max on the Moon is a charming story that will capture the imagination of youngsters. As the characters talk the text is underlined and you are encouraged to participate to take the story forward. By clicking on a window, you send a meteorite flying into Uncle Pong's room and a letter is read aloud and highlighted. Max decides to fly to the moon in a rocket to rescue Mona but not before you have built it for him. Building a rocket is not easy and it takes some time. But you have a clear guide to help you and it will certainly help children develop their hand-eye coordination skills.
"All About Love", "I'm a Star" and "My Idol"— these are the three areas this game offers for girls from the age of 8 and up. Play with the love horoscope, the fortune teller machine, self-designed business cards and CD covers, photo collages, print them, all things that make a girl's heart beat faster. -translated from Amazon.de
Hints while using this game:
Comes with three parts, named "Mein Idol" ("My idol"), "Alles über die Liebe" ("All About Love"),
and "Ich bin ein Star" ("I’m a Pop Music Star")
It supports Key Stage 1 of the National Curriculum in a number of areas including Geography, Maths, Art and English, as the interactive activities enable children to help the Jolly Postman mend parcels, sort letters, calculate postage and send postcards overseas. A stationery section is included, allowing the user to design, customise and print cards, stamps and notes. - Amazon.co.uk
This CD-ROM plays in English and German (as "Mein kleines Postamt")
Around the border of the game board there are pieces. Try to place them on the charted way that the half-painted pigs painted on the pieces will it make into complete pigs. This is not an easy step, because the pigs on the pieces looks very alike. With mouse button down, drag the particular pieces to the right place on the board. Before placing a piece on the board, you'll need to rotary it sometimes.
To rotary a piece, place it on the desired field first, and click it several times until it is turned right.
Learn about Nature In his Seasons Balloon, Oscar flies into the mountains. There, he meets 7 different animals who share the same habitat. In the four seasons they tell him how they live, what they eat, about their habits and their specific way of life. Oscar can discover 12 games (5 accessible immediately, the other 7 hidden with the animals in a specific season). The games test the previously given information, patience, dexterity and creativity.
Oscar moves with the user on the screen on maritime and undersea expedition. How live gulls, seals, porpoises, whales, sharks, shrimps, jellyfishes and fishes in the spring, summer, autumn and winter? Oscar interviewed them all, and they give him precise insight into her life in the sea and on the sea, what they eat, how they spend the day, against what other animals they fear.
Heidi is happy. Meadows, forests, mountains and Ziegenpeter as a friend of her. On the meadow with her grandfather, it's perfect and it feels incredibly comfortable. But Aunt Dete comes and wants to take Heidi back in the city of Frankfurt. Far from the mountains, from the grandfather, Peter and the beloved mountains. Many houses and an incredibly strong woman named Rottenmaier makes it not easy for Heidi to life in Frankfurt. Heidi was homesick and would prefer right again back to her grandfather in the mountains.
Little do Nick and Carly realize when they lose their kite by the airport, that they'll soon be building their own plane and competing in the Long-Distance Flying Contest. Help them as they discover the mysteries of flight in and around the airfield. In the exciting and informative reference database, you'll find answers to all your questions: - How can a huge jumbo jet fly with such ease? -How does a pilot find his way in the clouds? From great games to instructions for making things, this CD-ROM is for anyone who has ever wanted to take off.
Max is visiting his cousin Mary in Veryfaraway. A day full of surprises awaits him and Marie as they ride on the bus from one end of town to the other, collecting groceries for Auntie Lisa's big party.
This educational game for children plays in English, French and German.
The download is a hybrid Mac/PC disc image, compressed with StuffIt 5.5.
July (the name of the protagonist), would like to get in touch with his father, but for years, he doesn't know where he actually lives. With his friends, the Wild Soccer Bunch, who blackmailed him in this game, he feels sometimes like an outsider. In this game, you must escape from the dark tower.
In various levels, you must find and use objects, ask people, and learn different skills.
Plays in English and German.
A note about the manual available from above:
The manual is written in German only.
Amazon.de Buy links:
In German language only, this game supports 1 to 2 players.
Select between different themes: Our body, horses, cars, our earth, and A to Z. With movies und pictures.
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After a number of good quiz titles seen in the "Was ist Was" series, this edition disappointed a bit.
-translated from Amazon.de
Amazon.de Buy link:
Was ist Was TV: Das interaktive Quiz
Other title in this series:
Oscar finds out the answers to questions like, "Are owls really all that clever?" and "Do rabbits paint Easter eggs?" with the help of his new friends Henry Hare, Harriet Hedgehog, Belinda Butterfly, Leonard Lizzard, Bill and Brenda Barn Owl, Dorothy Doe, and Emmanuel Mole. Together they travel through each of the four seasons, making some fascinating discoveries and playing the games Carmela's hidden around this scenic environment. (Product Description)
This is a hybrid Mac/PC disc image. The game plays in English, French and German.
Little Millie Meter hears a mysterious sneeze and some ominous rumbling as she’s out walking, and discovers a Giant family hidden in the rocks. All of them are feeling a little poorly, especially Bulk, the youngest, and Millie volunteers to take a look inside his body to hunt down the reason for his stomach distress. She hops into the space capsule, Bulk yawns widely, and off she goes into the cave of his mouth on an adventure through all the parts of the digestive system. In each location, she will find a game and win one piece of the Golden Pyramid.
"Maya the Bee 2 - What a Thunderstorm" is an educational game based on the TV series,
which plays in English or German (as "Das große Gewitter") .
For PC (Windows 98/ME/XP) and Mac OS 8.1 to 9.2.2 (PowerPC).
Amazon.de Buy links:
Die Biene Maja - Das große Gewitter (CD-ROM)
Biene Maja. Das große Gewitter.
"Maya the Bee 2 - A Wonderful Surprise!" is an educational game based on the TV series,
which plays in English or German (as "Eine tolle Überraschung") .
Amazon.de Buy links:
Die Biene Maja - Eine tolle Überraschung
Biene Maja - Das Jubiläumspaket
Also in this series:
The opponent, who claims that no animals live in trees, wants to cut down the tree. In order to prove that there is still life in the tree, Millie has to procure ten photos of tree-dwellers. In conversations with the animals the player find out much about their lifestyle and special features. In the "Leaf Laboratory" it is particularly interesting when sunlight is trapped and water is pumped up from the roots. - translated from Amazon.de
Plays in English, French, and German.
As A Connect4 variant, place either four grandmas or four dogs in a row.
For 1 to 2 players and up to 2 difficulty levels.
A note about the downloads available from above:
Hints:
Tivola Demo CD-ROMs 1999 - 2001, with an overview about the CD-ROMs published by Tivola.
A note about the downloads available from above:
A note about the manual download available from above:
The manual link above is a scan of the Tivola Demo Spring 2000 paper sleeve.
See also:
Tivola Demo CD-ROMs 2003 to 2004, with an overview about the CD-ROMs published by Tivola.
A note about the downloads available from above:
See also:
Tivola Demo CD-ROMs 1999 - 2001
Tivola Great Games Compendium 1 (1995)
Oscar the Balloonist Dives into the Lake (Tivola Demo Second Edition 1998)
