Mario Teaches Typing
Let Mario® Talk Your Fingers to Typing Fun! Learning to Type Doesn't Have to be Boring!
Your favorite Nintendo hero, Mario, is the key to enjoying every minute of learning how to type. Innovative VActor(TM) technology brings Mario's "larger than life" cartoon image and friendly voice to your computer screen. Mario will encourage and motivate you through three fun-filled lesson levels. He'll even help you track your progress and celebrate your achievements with an original Mario cartoon and a special completion certificate. His Nintendo pals, Luigi (TM) and The Princess(TM), will lend their helping hands too. It's a running, jumping, swimming and kicking adventure through the keyboard!
You'll swear Mario's not just a cartoon character! Innovative VActor(TM) technology puts human features into Mario's face as he talks, letting his wit and charm shine through.
We've added more lessons to our regular DOS games, one of the top educational titles in the country. That means more finger-tapping fun!
Automatic individual progress recording feature keeps everyone in your family motivated, from beginning to advanced levels.
As your enthusiastic guide to typing fun, Mario spins, ducks and turns upside down for you.
Regular tutorial option lets you concentrate on learning to type, saving Mario's fun & games for later.
256-colour VGA graphics brighten up your typing adventure.
It's Mario to the max with sound effects and music from familiar Mario games.
Recommended for ages 6 to Adult.
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Back of the box
Hit Edutainment Software Title Mario Teaches Typing Now Available in Enhanced CD-ROM From Interplay Productions
Irvine, California-Jul 22, 1994-More finger-tapping fun is on the way as Interplay Productions announced today the release of Mario Teaches Typing Enhanced CD-ROM. In releasing this title, which follows the best-selling disk based title of the same name, Interplay takes Mario to CD-ROM with an edutainment game loaded with new features. "Mario is a character that children will recognize and relate with," said Jerry Luttrell, marketing manager for Interplay. "We wanted to take a character and produce a title that would be fun and entertaining, while educational, with a subject matter that could otherwise be boring to learn. One of the great surprise achievements of this game is that even adults are learning to type with Mario in this 'learning while playing' format."
Players can choose a mentor from the original Nintendo cast of characters, Luigi, the Princess or Mario, and then be swept away through three fun-filled levels of experiential learning and toe-tapping fun. The student will learn rote key strokes while their mentor hits blocks, swims with whales and jumps for the sky.
The greatest feature of this title is the Mario-In-Real-Time and VActor technologies. This state-of-the-art technology actually brings Mario to life, giving him human-like qualities as he speaks, laughs, tells jokes and talks the student/player through the three levels of typing lessons. The student will be encouraged by Mario's upbeat lesson evaluations and ready to tackle the next challenging exercise. There are also over 40 Mario-In-Real-Time movies to guide and entertain the player.
With Mario Teaches Typing Enhanced CD-ROM, Interplay has added several more lessons to the original MS-DOS version. Additionally, Interplay has improved the interface with simple point-and-click icons so the student may concentrate on the play at hand. Students may also track
their progress by means of the individual progress recording feature. Allowing for multiple users, this feature can track the whole family from beginning through advanced levels. Tracking features include key accuracy, words per minute, and problem keys. For added fun there are hidden reward levels throughout the game as an extra challenge.
Interplay has also included a teacher's disk for creating lessons and classroom control elements. A printable certificate option is available after completing major goals so teachers and home learners may be presented with an award for their efforts.
Mario will come alive in this typing adventure in bright 256-color VGA graphics so students of all ages will enjoy his fun between-lessons antics. Great stereo sound effects and music from familiar Mario games are a highlighted feature. Interplay has also written a new Mario rap song particularly for this game, entitled "Practice Makes Perfect". Also included is the Mario original cartoon after the successful completion of a lesson. However, for the serious typing student, a straight typing tutor option is available to eliminate the game play elements.
Mario Teaches Typing Enhanced CD-ROM is available now for IBM computers and 100% compatibles 386SX or higher system, with a hard drive and requires 2MB of RAM, DOS 3.3 or higher, with 1.5MB of free space, a VGA video card and CD-ROM drive. Mario Teaches Typing Enhanced CD-ROM supports the Microsoft and compatible mouse, Adlib, Sound Blaster series and 100% compatible sound cards as well as the internal PC speaker. Mario Teaches Typing is also available on floppy disk for both IBM computers and 100% compatibles and Macintosh computers and is coming soon for Macintosh CD-ROM.
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Press Release