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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Hours of Fun - Not!, September 22, 2000
By A Customer
I bought this adorable looking game thinking it would be great to have a second game for my computer-savy 16 month old to play. Immediately upon loading it, my 3.5 year old jumped on the computer. The game is controlled by either "beating" on the keyboard or simply passing the mouse over hotspots on the monitor. The menu is easily accessible in the upper top left corner of the screen. The game concepts are a bit young for my 3.5 year old, but perfect for my 16 month old. The keyboard and mouse controls are too young for both of my kids. This game does not hold my kids attention for very long. It is great for kids who are using the mouse for the first time and don't know how to click yet.The game always starts with Mickey's House. Whenever a key on the keyboard is struck or the mouse is rolled over a letter, a letter reveals itself and Mickey tells the child what the letter is. The only thing I don't like about this is that there is no correlation between typing an "A" on the keyboard and what letter pops up. Game 2 is Goofy's House. You choose a paint color by rolling over the paint cans with the mouse. Then rolling over an area of the house, paints that part of the house, yard, etc, that color. There are 6 colors and 2 funky patterns available. Different tools are available for different parts of Goofy's yard. The cursor becomes hedge trimmers when the mouse passes over the hedge. Keyboard banging changes something in the picture. Game 3 is Minnie's House. Shapes are hidden all over and rolling over a shape reveals it. Minnie will tell the child what the shape is. Hitting any key on the keyboard causes a shape to be revealed. Game 4 is Pluto's House. Adorable gophers pop up in front of Pluto's doghouse with little numbers in their hands. Pluto barks at the gophers and Mickey tells the child what the number is. Keyboard banging makes Pluto bark at the gophers. Game 5 is Donald's House. Donald teaches music. Rolling over objects turns on bells, drums, squeaky doors, etc. Rolling over them again, turns them off. Keyboard banging causes notes to play. Area 6 allows you to print out coloring pages.
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