''Reading Blaster 2000'' is an

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computer game in the '' Blaster Learning System'' series released by Davidson & Associates in 1996, and is a follow-up to the 1994 title ''Reading Blaster: Invasion of the Word Snatchers''. After the series development moved to

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, ''Reading Blaster 2000'' was rebranded as ''Reading Blaster: Ages 6–9'' in 1998 and as ''Reading Blaster for 3rd Grade'' in 2000.

Storyline

The game features a premise involving the characters depicted in previous ''Blaster'' products (Blasternaut, Galactic Commander, and Spot) competing in a

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set in outer space called "The Challenge of the Reading Gladiators". The user chooses which ''Blaster'' character to play and may either compete against a friend who plays as another ''Blaster'' character, or against the computer. When playing against the computer, the player's opponent is Illitera, the main

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of the original ''Reading Blaster''. Illitera is the only recurring villain in the ''Blaster'' games, although here she does nothing worse than bad-mouthing the show's hosts and eliciting boos from the unseen audience.

Gameplay

''Reading Blaster 2000'' is one of the few

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s in the ''Blaster'' series.

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