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splash screen invites you to share the program with your friends. The
main menu offers a choice of four games to play.
 Number
Fun: In this game, the player selects a number from the boxes ranged
down each side of the screen, by clicking on it with the mouse, and the
word for that number appears in the left hand slot (pale green). Now the
player must click on the right letters on the central letter grid to
match that word. If a letter selected is incorrect, it will not appear
in the yellow box. When all the correct letters have been entered,
as many little objects as the number represents (e.g. one tomato, nine
green buses) will float around the screen and each one must be clicked
with the mouse to make it disappear. When the objects are cleared, the
number will also disappear. When all the numbers have gone, the player
is rewarded with a 9-piece bonus jigsaw puzzle to put together will
appear. The resulting picture can, apparently, be printed out. We never
managed to put one of these jigsaw puzzles together properly and suspect
that there may be something wrong with this element of the program but,
since everything else works, we are not perturbed. The words are also
spoken aloud for those with a soundcard and there are great sound
effects for those who do not have one.
 Colour
Fun: When the player clicks on a coloured box, the name of the colour
appears on the left and must be matched. As they are named, the colours
disappear. When all the coloured boxed have disappeared, the player is
rewarded with a jigsaw puzzle.
 Everyday
Objects: In this game, the objects pictured must be named, including an
elephant which is, after all, an everyday object to some people. The
other objects are more ordinary! Again, there is a jigsaw as a reward.
 Alphabet
Game: This game can only be used by players on computers with
soundcards. Either in alphabetical order or randomly, the player must
listen to a letter and then click on the same letter. A speaker symbol
can be clicked on to hear the letter again. Points are gained for
correct answers and lost for incorrect ones. At the end there is a score
and the player is invited to enter his, or her, name. There is also a high
scores card.
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