‘CD-ROM Roundup’ is a regular KidScreen feature that profiles CD-ROMs aimed at children anywhere from preschool to late teen that will be hitting retail stores in the coming months. By Andrea Davis (416-408-2300 (phone), 416-408-0870 (fax) or adavis@brunico.com)
| Name, Publisher & Developer | Release Date | Storyline | Platforms | Target Audience | Estimated Street Price (US$) |
| Carmen Sandiego Math Detective Brøderbund Software, Novato, California | February | By calculating their way through 12 math activities, kids must stop Carmen Sandiego’s plan to shrink the world’s greatest landmarks using her Quantum Crystallizer. | Windows 95, Macintosh | 8 to 14 | $39.00 |
| Rockett’s Tricky Decision Purple Moon, Mountain View, California Presage Software Development Company, San Rafael, California | March | The second episode in the Rockett series picks up where Rockett’s New School leaves off. It’s Halloween, and two different kids at Rockett’s school are throwing parties. Girls help Rockett make decisions and each choice the user makes changes what happens next. | Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Macintosh | 8 to 12 | $29.95 |
| Tonka Garage Hasbro Interactive, Beverly, Massachusetts | April | Children design, build, customize and repair their own fleet of Tonka vehicles. Kids can then show off their means of transportation at the Tonka showroom and put their creations to test at the local proving grounds or recycle them at the junkyard. | Windows 95 | 5 and up | $29.99 |
| DigiMon Bandai Digital Entertainment, Cypress, California Rapture Technologies, Richardson, Texas | June | Based on the toys of the same name, DigiMon lands on players’ computers, where it is hatched, raised and trained to battle other DigiMon. | Windows 95 | 8 and up | $19.95 |
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