Buddy Brush and The Painted Playhouse

Reviewed by Dana Hayes
Published by Ideas That Play

Age Group: Age 2 to 5
Type: Keyboard Bangers, Music
Price: $35

PC version requires:
Windows 95-98, P100 MHz, 16 MB Ram, 8 x CD ROM, 20 MB HD

Mac version requires:
OS System 7.5 or higher, 120 MHz Power PC or faster, 16 MB Ram, 8 x CD ROM drive, 20 MB HD

Description:

Buddy Brush and The Painted Playhouse is an interactive coloring book designed to help young children use shapes, colors, sounds, and eye to hand coordination. It is an innovative, interactive musical painting adventure. It introduces children to computer based skills with the fun of mixing colors and solving interactive musical puzzles.

Features:

  • Over 20 colorful, interactive musical scenes
  • Color combinations
  • Color identification
  • Creative and logical thinking
  • Mouse handling
  • Fine motor development
  • Parental involvement is only required for installation

Technical Aspects:

Easy to install. The graphics are great, with many bright colors.

Report and Conclusions:

After looking over the website and the package, I thought this title looked promising. My daughter and I were very pleased with the coloring activities and the wonderful music. We did encounter a problem when we were ready to go to a new picture. There were no exit buttons or return to home buttons or icons. So, each time we finished a picture, we had to hit escape to go on to the next frame. This was quite frustrating, but we learned that the problem could easily be solved by adjusting the monitor's resolution to 800 x 600 or greater.

We enjoyed this title very much. My daughter and I colored pictures, mixed paint, listened to great music and solved puzzles. We played for about two hours the first time and my daughter plays alone now. For children who love to color, I would recommend this title.




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