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#MPC Just Grandma & me

    22-Dec-92 22:56:17
Fm: Bruce Cichowlas 71760,554
To: James C Walker 70007,4651
I have both Mixed-Up Mother Goose and Katie's Farm. I agree with the previous reply on the points made. Katie's Farm is really simple and short. There are maybe six places you can go and three things to do in each place. It is just multiple choice with the little kid banging away with the mouse or the keyboard. On the bright side, I think I got it for $9.95 in the surplus bin at Comp USA. My four-year old and six-year old played with it for awhile, but quickly saw its limitations. My 18-month old bangs at it for a few minutes at a time and seems to be enjoying herself. She likes animals, anyhow. Mixed-Up Mother Goose is one of the better of the CD-ROM kid's adventure products. You probably should be five or so to play this. My precocious six-year old asks to play this once in a while. It takes quite a while to find all eighteen "prizes". I tried the Putt-Putt Joins the Parade demo from one of the IBM forums, and it is also a multimedia type of adventure for kids, albeit not on CD-ROM. I ordered it and am looking forward to good things. My four-year old son just loved the demo. Electronic Arts is the distributor. About $35 at Egghead. -bc-