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I still have amazing memories of playing with Dorling Kindersley CD ROMs as a kid The Way Things Work. Encyclopedia of Space and Universe. Encyclopedia of Na
by trustno2 2y ago
I still have amazing memories of playing with Dorling Kindersley CD ROMs as a kid
The Way Things Work.
Encyclopedia of Space and Universe.
Encyclopedia of Nature.
And looking back at those on YouTube, they were pretty great! There is nothing like that in iPad era for kids. What comes close are those interactive iBooks that Apple tried to push when iBooks were new, but they never really caught on
- seabass-labrax 2y agoAnd my personal favourite, Eyewitness Earth Quest! I extracted the pictures of stones from the CD-ROM and used them as desktop backgrounds for a while. I found Castle Explorer, another Dorling Kindersly release, also very educational, albeit nigh impossible as a game! (Thus it also taught me not to consider spying as a profession, be that in Norman times or the present day...) I think the entire Eyewitness franchise, from the original books to the interactive games, can rightfully be considered a masterpiece both in multimedia and education.
- trustno2 2y agoThe VHS were pretty underwhelming, which I could tell even as a kid