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''The Kidstory Series'' is a series of six
interactive storybook An interactive storybook (or CD-ROM storybook,) is a children's story packaged with animated graphics, sound or other interactive elements (e.g., word pronunciation). Such stories are usually published as software on CD-ROMs. They have also been ...
s for children, developed by Brilliant Interactive Ideas and produced by
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(a Packard Bell company) on CD-ROM for
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and Microsoft Windows. The stories are narrated by the host Mick. Glen Uslan, the Vice President of
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, intended the products to be affordable for customers, while retaining good quality. The company intended to have a total of 15 titles produced by the end of the year. By 1996, the company invested around $400,000 in additional titles.https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022844/0000898430-96-005455.txt


Games in the series


Commercial performance

Packard sold its computer products that came with a CD that included three of six Kidstory software products. From the United States, the products were sold worldwide in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Europe and Asia. Packard also had the products translated in Japanese in an agreement with Fujitsu.


Critical reception

Packard's Kidstory series was rated as an A+ Learning Library.


See also

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Interactive storybook An interactive storybook (or CD-ROM storybook,) is a children's story packaged with animated graphics, sound or other interactive elements (e.g., word pronunciation). Such stories are usually published as software on CD-ROMs. They have also been ...
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kidstory series Software for children Video game franchises Video game franchises introduced in 1995 Video games based on novels Children's educational video games