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    	My daughter who is 3 1/2 years old got this from Grandma for
    her birthday not too long ago. The cartridge has two different games
    on it, a matching color and shapes game and a counting game. Both
    have 6 or so different variations or skill levels. The matching
    color and shapes game has it where you can match the color or shape
    (easier) or you can select a game where you have to match both color
    and shape on different patterns. A figure will appear over Ernie's
    head and you have to match it with one coming out of a hat. If you
    pick incorrectly, a rabbit shakes it's head no, but guess right
    and a little tune plays..
    	One variation of the counting game has a flying saucer spit
    out "Zips" (an alien creature I guess) and you count them and then
    circle the number (of Zips) on the bottom of the screen. If you
    guess correctly, the Man in the Moon smiles and plays a tune (I
    think), guess wrong and he frowns and you have to try again. 
    	Both these games have no time restrictions and if you guess
    wrong they let you try again. In that Zips game mentioned, when
    you complete it, Grover dances across the screen.. 
    	The graphics are good and my daughter can wip through the easier
    colors and shapes games, but still needs help counting in the counting
    games. I would think a five year old would enjoy the counting games
    because the harder ones have addition and subtraction so they can
    be challenging for awhile anyway.. 
    
    Hope this helps alittle..
    Steve
    

    And now for something completely different....
    
    Getting back to the subject of the base note, can someone tell me the
    appropriate age group for the Sesame St. game? I've got a cousin who
    just turned 5, and although he tries to keep up with his 8-yr old
    brother, he seems to get pretty frustrated and/or bored watching his
    brother zip thru a few levels of SMB, Zelda, etc., while he can't get much
    further than the beginning. Is 'Sesame Street' something an average 5
    yr old can handle?
    
    Also, can someone recommend some other Nintendo games suitable for the
    younger set? Thanks in advance.
    
    Freddie

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    Thanks,
    		The Moderator

    Discussion of Sesame Street can be found in PEAR::SOAPBOX topic 520.
    
    
    				-- edp 

    just to clarify a bit further, the SOAPBOX version of Sesame Street
    has been moved to PEAR::SOAPBOX.  The Nintendo version is still alive 
    and kicking
    
    The Moderator

The Sesame Street game is available at Child World in Nashua for  $35.00.  It
contains two games;  in one, the player matches shapes to form the picture
shown on the screen.  There are a few degrees of complexity, including color
matching along with shape matching and multiple shapes/colors to form the
picture (a tractor, for instance).

The other game includes adding and subtracting.

Both games allow the user to choose levels of difficulty, so it's good for
very young children as well as the four-five year old category.

My granddaughter loves the game.  Sternly glares at me and warns me that she's
'concatratin' and needs absolute quiet because she's 'fwustwated'.  (She's
four.)

Hope this helps.

Betty

We just bought a Sesame Street game for our son (4.5 yrs).  It has a letter and
word matching game (with 6 levels) and a problem solving/maze type game with 3
levels.

The letter matchnig one has a ferris wheel with 6 letters on it.  The speed of
the wheel can be controlled by the arrow keys.

The first level is simply matching a single uppercase letter
The 2nd level is lowercase letters
the 3rd is mixed case
the 4th is to match letters 1 by 1 with a 3 letter word
the 5th is to guess the missing letter in a 3 letter word (a toughie if you
can't read yet)
the 6th is to pick 3 letters from the wheel to make a word - the toughest of
course.

Anthony can do the first 4 levels easily and he doesn't seem too bored by them
yet (after a few days).

The problem solving one is Ernie and his rubber duck.  You have to create a path
for the rubber duck from a variety of objects that have an in arrow and out
arrow.  It's similar to a pipe game I've seen on a PC, but obviously doesn't
have a time limit or the pressure of the PC game.

This game is a little tough for him, but he should catch on in a few months.

We may look into the math game they have if likes this one.  They are $30 at
Toys 'R' Us here in metro Atlanta.

Dave

    
    	Can you select skill levels?  Sounds like it would be good
    	practice.  8^)
    
    							GTI
    

Yes Shawn, you can select the levels......  Need a little practice??? :-)

Dave