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 BBC Multimedia Pingu - A Barrel Of Fun! (PC)
Newest Review: ... operate the program. PUZZLES There are six puzzles, aimed at the player?s senses of ... more  ... sight and sound, presumably avoiding smell, taste and touch as that would be impossible and they are not mad. Different skill settings can be chosen on each of the puzzles, although this most often extends the task slightly rather than making it any more taxing. Here are a couple of notable examples: Letters Puzzle ? this presents the player with a familiar image and a group of letters, and asks them to select the correct letters ...more |
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BBC Multimedia Pingu - A Barrel Of Fun! (PC): Pre-School Penguin (857 words)
by Frankingsteins - written on 26.05.04 (Very useful, 139 readings)
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In 1997, BBC Multimedia released this ?Pingu? CD-ROM, a collection of very basic puzzles and games aimed at children and based on the then-popular clay animation series of the same name. I?m sure many people will remember Pingu, but for those who don?t, it followed the antics of a penguin, his family and friends, all of them rarely speaking and only doing so in an Inuit-style language that I remember being told was genuine, but may well have been made up. My parents bought this CD-ROM in a sale in around 1998 or 1999, and my youngest brother enjoyed playing the games for a couple of ...
The Kids Love It (141 words)
by johnt - written on 04.10.00 (Very useful, 109 readings)
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Our youngest son,3, loves to watch Pingu. Whenever it comes on tv he just sits excitedly watching. We've been keen to get him more interested in using the computer, the arrival of BBC Media's Pingu software has been the ideal way to do this. This is a package guaranteed to keep Pingu fans entertained, there are plenty of animated games and puzzles for them to solve. The games are fun to play and are also educational with counting, direction finding as well as hand and eye coordination featuring strongly. There are also 5 screensavers in addition to the 5 games and 5 puzzles. The age range for this is 3-6 years. The skill level can be ...
by - written on 24.06.00
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This children's CD-Rom from the BBC, features characters from the much loved Pingu tv series. The suggested age range is for children from 3 - 6. There are 5 games, 5 puzzles and 5 screen savers on one CD, which means that interest in this software doesn't fade after a couple of days and there are different levels of difficulty to choose from and some games also offer options for one or two players. The animation is bold and colourful, the characters appealing and the music catchy, if very, very repetitive! This CD-Rom has proved popular with my children and their friends, well after the suggested upper age limit of 6. ...
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