Magic Tales Baba Yaga and the Magic Geese

Video game series

Magic Tales

Genre(s)	Literature, edutainment
Programmer(southward)	Animation Magic
Publisher(s)	Davidson
Composer(s)	Tony Trippi
Platform(s)	Windows, Macintosh
First release	The Little Samurai September 1995
Latest release	Sleeping Cub'southward Test of Courage November 1996

Magic Tales is a series of interactive storybooks for children, developed by Animation Magic and produced by Davidson, which were distributed by Capitol Multimedia, Inc. on CD-ROM for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows.^[i] The series was introduced at the 1995 MacWorld merchandise evidence.^[2] The series began with the release of Baba Yaga and the Magic Geese (an accommodation of the Russian Folklore) in 1995. The stories are narrated past the key character Grandpa Mouse, who reads them to his ii grandchildren while they are having a tedious fourth dimension. The series was titled "El Abuelo Ratón" in Spanish.^[3] Each story has twelve pages.

Games in the serial [ edit ]

Championship	Country of Origin	Based on	Release date	Notes
The Little Samurai	Japan	Issun-bōshi	September 26, 1995^[4]
Baba Yaga and the Magic Geese	Russia	Baba Yaga	October iii, 1995^[iv]	Besides released in Arabic ^[five]
Imo and the King	Africa		Nov 7, 1995^[4]
The Princess and the Crab	Italy		September 17, 1996
Liam Finds a Story	Republic of ireland		October 1, 1996
Sleeping Cub's Test of Courage	Native America		Nov 12, 1996

Gameplay [ edit ]

The games featured 3-dimensional art; approximately 30 minutes' worth of blitheness, over 500 "click-and-explore" options and original music. The stories were influenced by the ethnic backgrounds of their source cloth, and aimed to teach children moral lessons. The games were targeted at children aged 3 to 9.^[4]

Reception [ edit ]

Critical reception [ edit ]

The Exceptional Parent recommended the series to parents who wanted to "develop [their] child'south interest in words and reading".^[6]

Computer Shopper said of Magic Tales: The Little Samurai, "this is the well-nigh magical storybook we've ever seen".^[seven]

Commercial performance [ edit ]

One hundred thousand copies of the starting time iii Magic Tales titles were distributed effectually retailers around Christmas. The series gained recognition from the Parents mag. 3 new titles out of iii,000 children's titles would be chosen for three additional products to be released the post-obit Leap.^[8]

Availability [ edit ]

The Magic Tales Collection CD

Run across besides [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

^ "If Magic Tales tin come through Stories for children may tell the future of area software firm - Page 2 - tribunedigital-baltimoresun". manufactures.baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2016-09-12 .
^ "DAVIDSON & Associates INC. INTRODUCES NEW MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE AT MACWORLD - Complimentary Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com . Retrieved 2016-09-13 .
^ "El Abuelo Ratón". Macworld. September ane, 1997. Retrieved 2017-07-x .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "DAVIDSON & ASSOCIATES, INC. SHIPS 'MAGIC TALES' MULTIMEDIA STORIES - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com . Retrieved 2016-09-13 .
^ "Standard arabic - Baba Yaga and the Magic Geese". worldlanguage.com. Retrieved 2016-09-12 .
^ "Software for PLAY and Active Early Learning. - Gratis Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com . Retrieved 2016-09-13 .
^ "Magic Tales: The Little Samurai. (Davidson and Associates)(The Learning Arcade) (Software Review)(Brief Commodity)(Evaluation)". 1996-08-01. Archived from the original on 2016-10-08.
^ "If Magic Tales tin come through Stories for children may tell the time to come of area software firm; Far from Silicon Valley; Capitol Multimedia hopes information technology'south at present moving in the correct direction".