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- Animated Money v1.0 Tom Guthery IV
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- Animated Money is a program for teaching coin recognition
- and math skills. U.S. and Canadian versions of the coins
- can be chosen. The coins used in the program are photo-
- graphically scanned in, so they appear very realistic (and
- recognizable). There are three types of games. First, a
- money recognition game where the child matches the coin to
- it's amount, both the front and back of the coins are used.
- The other two games have levels of difficulty that can be
- adjusted to the child's needs. One game has the child match
- a group of coins to it's amount (2 dimes and a nickel
- matched to 25 cents), the other game matches equivalent
- groups of coins (2 dimes and a nickel matched to 1 dime,
- 2 nickels and 5 pennies, for instance). Context sensitive
- help is available for the boxes with coins in them which
- shows the cumulative values of each group of coins (but
- does not add them all up - that is left to the child).
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- The boxes with coins are carefully designed so that the
- answer is not too obvious (6 cents could be a nickel and a
- penny or 6 pennies - the child cannot just match the
- pennies without doing the math). When 10 matches are made,
- the child receives a ticket to a short animated movie.
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- There are 10 different animated movies using techniques
- like clay-animation, full-motion video, stop-motion, and
- morphing. Sound effects and music are used throughout the
- program. Keyboard and mouse support are provided.
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- This programs features 256 color VGA. Full sound support is
- implemented for just about every PC sound device imaginable
- including SoundBlaster and compatibles, Disney Sound Source
- Covox Speech Thing, and the PC speaker (about 20 sound
- devices are supported).
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- FLIX Productions animated educational software has won both
- the Shareware Industry Award for "Best Educational
- Software" and "Shareware Magazine's" Editor's Choice Award.
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- Author: FLIX Productions
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- Needs: DOS 3.3+ VGA and a hard drive.
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- Registration fee: $15.00
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- Registration benefits: Twice as many animations