by Topics Entertainment
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Five previously released programs are bundled in this set: 3-D Dinosaur Adventure, I Can Be a Dinosaur Finder, Dinosaur Museum, Primeval Giants, and Multimedia Dinosaurs. That's a lot of dinosaur content for your money. Features of the programs include numerous activities, 3D animations, detailed illustrations, printable fact pages, and more. This set would make a useful addition to any classroom studying dinosaurs and would also make a nice gift for budding paleontologists in elementary school.
Teaches: science, paleontology
Age Range: 8-up Copyright © 2000 Children's Software Revue
Bring the ancient world into your home with this colossal five CD-ROM set of games and facts about dinosaurs. Whether you want to dig for fossils, watch Tyrannosaurus rex through 3-D glasses, or simply browse through a virtual depiction of a Smithsonian dinosaur exhibit, this package can meet your needs.
A World of Dinosaurs is a combination of two game CD-ROMs and three reference titles. The activities and games packed in 3-D Dinosaur are designed to liven up the process of learning about the dinosaur age. Players can create their own animated, three-dimensional dinosaurs, for example, or use a feature called Art-O-Saurus to draw an entire living scene appropriate to the Jurassic, Triassic, or Cretaceous periods. I Can Be A Dinosaur Finder is a top-notch game where players dig up and assemble fossils. Though the process of unearthing dinosaur bones is necessarily simplified in this game, it does convey a real sense of the gritty and less glamorous aspects of studying dinosaurs.
The reference discs--Dinosaur Museum, Prehistoric Animals, and Multimedia Dinosaurs--combine extensive content with educational activities, such as quizzes and puzzles. Loaded with drawings, photographs, animations, and facts, they are an excellent resource on all aspects of evolution and prehistory.
Even with the inevitable data overlap between the CD-ROMs, the volume of information in this set is massive. The package is a reissue of older material, and the look of the interface reflects this mid-nineties sensibility, with animated graphics taking precedence over live-action movie files, and a certain clunkiness in the way information is accessed. This age factor is, however, a plus for users with older PC computers or Macs, because everything in A World of Dinosaurs runs happily on these machines. --Alyx Dellamonica