Serious Game Classification

CrashBangWallop! v2.0. Robert Grace (United Kingdom), Robert Grace (United Kingdom), 2001

Informations Analyses Discussion

Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

Keywords

Educational - Pre-school - Reading writing

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:

Educative message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:

Education

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 0-3 / 3-7
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:

0 analysis

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$Charlie Brown\'s ABCs$ Charlie Brown\'s ABCs

Kids on Keys

CrashBangWallop! v2.0. is the second entry in a series of cause-and-effect games which are specifically designed for the youngest of users out there.

The game basically assigns a colorful framed picture to every alphabet key of the keyboard, a picture showing something that starts with the letter it is assigned to. If such a key is pressed, the related picture will be shown and an appropriate sound will be played. Exemplary, pressing the B key will give a picture of a bee and a fitting bumble sound. If other keys than the alphabet ones are hit, the game will only play a funny sound effect and change the color of the frame. And that's about it.

The very simplified game play of CrashBangWallop! v2.0. allows children who didn't even celebrate their first birthday to play it. Being able to sit and having the power to somehow hit the keyboard is enough to play this game. Contrary to the first game in the series this version is also appealing to older children, because the words describing each picture are spelled out below it so the kids can practice a little when learning to read. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : PC (Windows)