The Title list includes:
Games:
Yahtzee
Scrabble
Monopoly
Boggle
Parcheesi
Pente
Backgammon
Chess
Dominoes
Checkers
Connect 4
Asteroids Deluxe
Battlezone
Centipede
Gravitar
Millipede
Missile Command
Super Breakout
Tempest
Warlords
Crystal Castles
Pong
Lifestyle:
3D Virtual Reality Landscaper
3D Virtual Reality Architect
20,000 Recipes
Greeting Card Magic
Astrology
Deluxe Wills & Trusts
Family Tree Designer
Reference:
2003 Grolier Encyclopedia
Children’s:
SPY Fox in Dry Cereal
Freddi Fish & Luther’s Maze
Let’s Explore the Airport
Fatty Bear’s Birthday Surprise
Putt Putt Goes to the Moon
Productivity:
Professional Resume Plus
Talking Typing Teacher
Amazing Calendar Maker
Stationary Maker
Print Perfect Gold
12,000 Clip Art Images
CD Label Maker
5,000 Photos
Learn Windows XP
Learn Word XP
Learn Excel XP
Learn Outlook XP
Learn PowerPoint XP
Photo Parade 3.0
This package has something for everyone. Let me give you a brief rundown by area:
Games: The classic games like Monopoly, Scrabble, and Boogle
are fun to play with graphics, sound effects, and no game pieces to
lose. Some of the games are older games that have been updated. For
instance the Atari games are the classics that you remember, but have
been improved for the PC. All are fun to play.
Productivity: This is where this package shines. Photo Parade
3.0 lets you create slide shows of your photographs. It is an
easy-to-use, fun program that I use and love. With a $39 price tag,
this program alone is almost worth the price of the bundle. See my Photo Parade review for more information.
The learning programs are also excellent. If you got a new computer
in the past year, these will help you understand Windows XP, as well as
the Microsoft Office programs like Word XP.
Other programs like Resume Plus, Typing Teacher, and Calendar Maker
will help you with your computer needs, and allow you to be creative
with your computer as well. You can create resumes, calendars,
stationary, newsletters, and tons of other things, as well. Print
Perfect Gold includes 1,250 customizable templates that make it easy to
create wonderful computer-generated items.
Reference: Grolier 2003 Multimedia Encyclopedia is a useful
encyclopedia with 78,000 articles, an atlas with 1,200 maps, thesaurus,
and access to an online research center. It’s hard to believe that a
full-fledged encyclopedia could be included with this package, given
its low price point.
Lifestyle: Other programs like the landscape program, Family
Tree Designer, Astrology, and Greeting Card Magic are useful beginner
programs for a myriad of different functionalities. There is even a
legal program that will help you create wills, contracts, and other
legal documents. From a fun astrology program to a 20,000 recipe
program, there is something here for everyone.
Children’s Programs: If you have young children and have
children that visit, these programs will give them a fun learning
experience. Fatty Bear’s Birthday Surprise has won several awards for
Best Educational Program, and Spy Foxx in Dry Cereal has won over
thirteen different wards.
In summary, there is not much more to say than that this 12 CD Rom
set is an outstanding value and a great gift for the entire family!
An unbelievable value, this software package
contains fifty programs for less than fifty dollars. That's 12 CDs full
of software programs that would be regularly priced at over
$400. Selections include productivity, reference, lifestyle programs,
games, and children’s programs.
