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                                    Presents!
                          Dance with ABC (c) SmartWorks
                                 January 4, 1996



                                     CREDITS
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                     αlackhωlξ oηeveη (Supplier, Packager)


                                      TYPE
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                             Educational / Ages 3-7


                                  REQUIREMENTS
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           386SX-25 / DOS 5.0 / Win 3.1 / 4MB RAM / 640x480 256-color
                          ~59MB HD / mouse / sound card


                                   THE VERDICT
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         76% -- Some good exercises for small fry (stick wit 3-5 years),
                    but the animations get a bit excessive...



ΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ
                               ώ RELEASE iNFO ώ
ΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ
Another in this series of educational software from SmartWorks. Introduce your
child to the alphabet. There are some good exercises in this program to just
that, and as usual, SmartWorks provides plenty of narration to guide your wee
ones on their way.

Okay, now for a few complaints. At 59MB (originally 72MB -- see RIP NOTES
below for details), this particular title uses the most hard disk space of any
the applications in this series. I would attribute that to what I think is an
excessive use of animation. This is particularly obvious in the one game where
your child matches big letter to small letter. This one rapidly becomes very
boring as you wait for the animated sequence to complete. Program wouldn't run
correctly if I tried to cut any of it out, either.

Also, let's talk targeted age group. SmartWorks gives this title their
standard target of 3-7 years, which is probably stretching it. I doubt if you
need to introduce your 6 or 7 year old to the alphabet. Your 5 year old
probably has a pretty good idea of what it's all about as well. This doesn't
detract from the program, of course; it's just annoying when they do that.
Alright, enough of the gripes -- here's a little blurb from the box:

Get into the rhythm of the ABCs as Sir Stork, Mr. Mouse, and 26 animated
letters bop their way through the alphabet in three, engaging activities! Your
child will learn to identify letters by sight and sound, match upper and
lowercase letters and even associate groups of letters with words. Perfect for
preparing kids to read.

After studying this program, children will:
. Recognize and be able to pronounce the letters in the alphabet.
. Know the difference between uppercase and lowercase letters.
. Match capital and small letters of the alphabet correctly.
. Know the meanings and associations of words that begin with letters from
  A to Z.

ΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ
                                ώ DISCLAIMER ώ
ΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ
4 KiDS ONLY distributes this software as is, without warranty of any kind as
to performance of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or any
other warranties, either express or implied.

God damn lawyers, I tell ya! What we're really trying to say is that we make
no claim or guarantee that this software has not been released before.
However, you will undoubtedly find that we package more information and offer
a higher degree of reliability than any other group in the scene. All of this
in one helluva tight package, too! And besides, consider what one of this
country's great founding fathers once stated:

      "All the world can puteth out a ware, but it does not do the common man
      a shiteth of good if he shall ne'er gaze upon them."

                                          Benjamin Franklin, 1787

Although "ware" took on a slightly different meaning back then... ;)

ΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ
                                 ώ RIP NOTES ώ
ΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ
This is a complete RIP of the CD.

However, I was able to shave off 13MB of required disk space by converting all
.WAV files from 22KHz to 11KHz. This cut the size of all .WAV files in half,
and by using a high quality sample reducer algorithm with a 3dB gain, I can
assure you that this difference is very hard to detect. Fucking took forever
too!

ΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ
                            ώ INSTALLATION NOTES ώ
ΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝΝ
See INSTALL.BAT in 4KODABCA.ZIP For additional help, contact SmartWorks
Technical Support @(310) 793-0620.
