ECZ5ACK@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Andy Kohler) (03/23/91)
I received this through a BITNET list; since I haven't seen it posted here I thought I'd pass it on. Andy Kohler ecz5ack@mvs.oac.ucla.edu -------------------------TEXT-OF-FORWARDED-MAIL-------------------------------- Forwarded via Project Gutenberg ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Just FYI. A list of CDTV and CD-I titles as announced by their backers. Note the similarities in what authors think will be good topics. ------------------------------------------------- CDTV Launch Titles (an October '90 CBM list) CHILDREN'S Cinderella - storybook Tale of Peter Rabbit - storybook Scary Poems for Rotten Kids -storybook A Long Hard Day at the Ranch - story Moving Gives Me a Stomach Ache - story The Paper Bag Princess -story Animated Coloring Book - paint All Dogs Go to Heaven (Electric Crayon) - paint Snoopy - ? North Polar Expedition Fun school (3 discs for different ages) ENTERTAINMENT Battle Chess Airwave Adventure -- The Case of the Cautious Condor Defender of the Crown Classic Board Games Many Roads to Murder Murder Anyone? Excalibur - arcade Space Quest III - arcade Pacmania -arcade Future Wars -arcade Xenon II -arcade Sim City - simulation Falcon - simulation SPECIAL INTEREST Gardenfax - Houseplants - reference King James Bible World Vista Atlas The American Heritage Encyclopedic Dictionary Family Medical Advisor Time Table of Science & Innovation Time Table of Business & Politics Illustrated Works of Shakespeare Japan World New Basics Electronic Cookbook ------------------------------------------------- CD-I Launch Titles (from a late 1990 brochure) CHILDREN'S A Visit to Sesame Street: Letters - pretty obvious A Visit to Sesame Street: Numbers - ditto Carton Jukebox - choose songs/instruments, color own animated cartoons Children's Bible Stories 1: Noah's Ark - including period information Children's Coloring Book - obvious Children's Musical Theatre - write their own songs with help from cartoons Sandy's Circus Adventure - animated multipath adventure Story Machine - create own story lines Tell Me Why: Vols 1 and 2 - how things began, human body, creatures +planned: magic, reading, wildlife, crafts, art, literature discs ENTERTAINMENT Sargon Chess - 16 levels, 45000 openings, 100s of historic game replays Casino Gambling - Atlantic City & Nevada locales, coaching while playing Dark Castle - 3D arcade/adventure game Deja Vu - 1930's gumshoe detective adventure Frank Sinatra: My Father - based on Nancy's book, interact with Frank Palm Springs Golf Open/ABC Sports - motionpicture gfx as you play 18 holes Space Lords - explore planets, 250 locations, talk with 200 creatures, etc Uninvited - sounds kinda like Rocky Horror brought to disc Wings - WW-I flying ace action, Mata Hari, etc +planned: foot/base/basketball, board games, video games SPECIAL INTEREST Classical Jukebox - explore classical beginnings, artists, influence Grolier Encyclopedia - linked data resource, trivia game too Oldies Jukebox - hot songs and artists of '50s and '60s Rand McNally US Atlas - obvious The Urban Gardener - potted plants to lawns to vegetable gardens Time-Life Photography - history, tips, simulation of "takes" you learn with Treasures of the Smithsonian - selfdirected tour of 200 exhibits Stamps: Windows on the World - background history of many stamps +planned: medical, fitness, great museums, how-tos on collectibles etc