Hometown, U.S.A.

"...a marvelous open-ended creative tool for children or adults." -Joyce Worley, News Editor, Video Games and Computer Entertainment

...it looked neat...fun to play with!" -Michelle Lovejoy, 5½ yrs.

There's endless stuff you could make...This is cool!" -Matthew Pierce, 14 yrs.

HOMETOWN, U.S.A. lets you use your computer to design and build houses of custom buildings patterned after those found in an average American small town.

Fifteen basic building styles are included with the program, including: Bakery, Houses, Grocery, Gas Station, Bank, Hotel, Theater, Railroad Station, Library, Garage, Church.

The structures are labeled for convenience, but you can turn them into anything you want: candy store, flower shop, school, post office, etc.

The building designs can be easily loaded into a paint program and then completed with accessories included on the disk (windows, doors, signs, etc.) or with fill patterns and graphics available in the user's paint program.

With Hometown, U.S.A., there's no limit to what your imagination can build!

PARENTS: Small children can use Hometown, U.S.A. as a play activity to increase creativity.

TEACHERS: Hometown, U.S.A. can increase interest in the study of community or be used for book reports and dioramas.

YEAR-ROUND FUN: Build Models * Enhance Train Sets * Make Decorations * Create Gift Boxes * Decorate Doll Houses * Make Banks * Play with Friends.

HOLIDAY FUN: Make a Gingerbread House * Make a Winter Village * Decorate as Tree Ornaments * Create an Advent Calendar * Make Greeting Cards * Design Gift Boxes.

"By using HOMETOWN, U.S.A., students can create the buildings necessary to illustrate housing, government, arts and leisure, etc. Being able to demonstrate the concepts in three dimensions will increase students' motivation, understanding, and retention... Students can work independently or in cooperative teams to construct individual buildings or an entire city." -Jeanette Lisiak, Teacher, San Diego, CA

"HOMETOWN, U.S.A. is a marvelous open-ended creative tool for children or adults. Because of its unique modular design, every building can be customized to suit the compu-architect. Design a dwelling, a village, or an entire empire. Vary every home or business to suit your taste. In fact, the only boundary to construction is the user's imagination." -Joyce Worley, News Editor, Video Games and Computer Entertainment

"After I built it, it looked neat. They were fun to play with!" -Michelle Lovejoy, 5½, San Jose, CA

"There's endless stuff you could make...I think this place is somewhere near Detroit. This is cool!" -Matthew Pierce, 14, Issaquah, WA

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