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JumpStart 1st Grade (known as Jump Ahead Year 1 in the United Kingdom) is a personal computer game created by Knowledge Adventure in 1995 intended to teach a first grade curriculum. It was reissued in 1999 with new box art, was updated significantly in 2000, and was replaced with JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade in 2002, which was later replaced ...
Math Blaster for 1st Grade is a 1999 educational video game in a line of educational products originally created by Davidson & Associates and continued by Knowledge Adventure. The game was re-released in 2000 as Math Blaster Mission 2.
Microsoft planned to include games when developing Windows 1.0 in 1983–1984. Pre-release versions of Windows 1.0 initially included another game, Puzzle, but it was scrapped in favor of Reversi, based on the board game of the same name. [1] Reversi was included in Windows versions up to Windows 3.1.
Timeline showing releases of Windows for personal computers and servers. Microsoft Windows is a computer operating system developed by Microsoft.It was first launched in 1985 as a graphical operating system built on MS-DOS.
JumpStart (known as Jump Ahead in the United Kingdom) is an educational media franchise created for children, primarily consisting of educational games.The franchise began with independent developer Fanfare Software's 1994 video game JumpStart Kindergarten.
Edison (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker): Though he is a firefly, he bears little resemblance to the actual creature, and he first appeared in JumpStart 2nd Grade. His Advanced incarnation is teal with a red nose, as well as wings and the traditional firefly light on his rear, and he wears a purple hat and a blue shirt.
Reading Tutor said the game was a prime example of how Reader Rabbit puts educational games in the context of an interesting story line. [13] Jeffrey Kessler who worked as a Learning Specialist for the Reader Rabbit franchise described the game as a clever mix of math, reading, art and emotion rather than a year's curriculum. [14]
The original game was praised by InfoWorld for its high resolution graphics, and considered it a standout title in the drill-and-practice edutainment video game genre. [15] II Computing listed Math Blaster second on the magazine's list of top Apple II education software as of late 1985, based on sales and market-share data.