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The American Girls Premiere
''The American Girls Premiere'' is an educational computer game developed and published by The Learning Company for American Girl. The game allows players to create theatrical productions featuring characters from American Girl's Historical collection, along with scenes and other elements unique to each of the girls' respective time periods. It is the first installment of the American Girl (video game series), ''American Girl'' series, and so far the only one to date to be released on Mac OS; subsequent personal computer titles in the series were released for Windows. ''The American Girls Premiere'' was later followed by ''The American Girls: Dress Designer'', a paper doll-based software toy released by Mattel Interactive in 1999. Gameplay Built upon the earlier MECC game ''Opening Night (video game), Opening Night'', ''The American Girls Premiere'' allows the creation and direction of unique stage plays starring the List of American Girl characters#Historical characters, Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Learning Company
The Learning Company (TLC) was an educational software company founded in 1980 in Palo Alto, California and headquartered in Fremont, California. The company produced a grade-based line of learning software, edutainment games, and productivity tools. Its titles included the flagship series ''Reader Rabbit'', for preschoolers through second graders, and ''The ClueFinders'', for more advanced students. The company was also known for publishing licensed educational titles featuring characters such as Arthur Read, Arthur, Scooby-Doo (character), Scooby-Doo, Zoboomafoo, and Caillou. In 1995, the company was acquired by The Learning Company (formerly SoftKey), SoftKey in a hostile takeover bid, at which point SoftKey assumed the Learning Company name and brand. History The Learning Company was founded in 1980 by Ann McCormick; Leslie Grimm; Teri Perl; and Warren Robinett, a former Atari employee who had programmed the popular game ''Adventure (1979 video game), Adventure''. They s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |