Review: Noddy and the Magic Clock for PC
The post-Christmas lull is over. But before I get involved in fantasy and ultra-violence, here's a couple of games of fantasy and ultra-niceness for the little ones.
Noddy and the Magic Clock is based on the television series about the updated character and his pals, using sequences from the actual show. It is highly entertaining, helping to keep three to six-year-olds' attention while they play games and solve puzzles, while unbeknown to them their parents can test and exercise their children's powers of logic and memory, colour and shape.
The game is both colourful and musical, keeping the child's attention between the puzzles, such as catching eggs in a basket or putting cogs of the right size and colour on to a machine that then works. And if they have problems, they can click on PC Plod, who is always on hand to help out.
In the same vein, Babar and the Royal Coin Caper uses the cartoon elephant to test your children while keeping them amused. With this one, some of the games seem a little obscure - by which I mean even I didn't understand them, and I'm umpteen years old. And despite releasing it for the British market, they couldn't be bothered to translate the letter Z into English. Zee, indeed. Still, if nothing else it is a great way to teach your children mouse and cursor skills without having to kill vampires!
Noddy and the Magic Clock and Babar and the Royal Coin Caper are both published by Mindscape at £9.99. (Click on the title of this review for a link to the dedicated site.)
Noddy and the Magic Clock is based on the television series about the updated character and his pals, using sequences from the actual show. It is highly entertaining, helping to keep three to six-year-olds' attention while they play games and solve puzzles, while unbeknown to them their parents can test and exercise their children's powers of logic and memory, colour and shape.
The game is both colourful and musical, keeping the child's attention between the puzzles, such as catching eggs in a basket or putting cogs of the right size and colour on to a machine that then works. And if they have problems, they can click on PC Plod, who is always on hand to help out.
In the same vein, Babar and the Royal Coin Caper uses the cartoon elephant to test your children while keeping them amused. With this one, some of the games seem a little obscure - by which I mean even I didn't understand them, and I'm umpteen years old. And despite releasing it for the British market, they couldn't be bothered to translate the letter Z into English. Zee, indeed. Still, if nothing else it is a great way to teach your children mouse and cursor skills without having to kill vampires!
Noddy and the Magic Clock and Babar and the Royal Coin Caper are both published by Mindscape at £9.99. (Click on the title of this review for a link to the dedicated site.)
posted by Graham at 2:59 pm
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