‘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 Haman (416-408-2300 (phone), 416-408-0870 (fax) or haman@brunico.com)
| Name, Publisher & Developer | The ClueFinders’ Third Grade Adventures The Learning Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts | Brainstorm’s Learn to Program BASIC Brainstorm, Irvine, California Presage Software, San Francisco, California |
| Release Date & Markets | January U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia | March distributed in North America, South America, Asia and Australia by Interplay, and in Europe by Infogrames |
| Storyline | Starring a group of kid detectives called The ClueFinders, the title takes kids on a trek through the jungle as they complete activities that help build skills in math, language arts, science, geography and problem-solving. This is the first product in a new grade-based, multi-subject line from The Learning Company. | Looking to appeal to parents as much as kids, the product teaches kids the fundamental steps to creating computer code. A cast of characters accompanies players through 26 lessons on the concepts of If/Then Statements, While/Wend Loops, GoSub Routines and Boolean Expressions. |
| Platforms | Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Macintosh | Windows 95, Macintosh |
| Target Audience | 7 to 9 | 10 to 14 |
| Promotion | * public relations * no other efforts announced at press time | * consumer advertising * two contests, including one with an unannounced family computing magazine * public relations |
| Partial List of Retail Outlets & Estimated Street Price (US$) | Best Buy, CompUSA $29.99 | CompUSA, Babbages, Software Etc. $34.95 |
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