Software:Kids on Site

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Kids on Site
Kids on Site cover.jpg
Developer(s)Digital Pictures
Publisher(s)Digital Pictures
Platform(s)Sega CD[1]
DOS
Macintosh
Release
  • NA: November 1994
  • PAL: 1994
PlayStation 4, Windows (Steam)
  • WW: July 28, 2022
Genre(s)FMV
Mode(s)Single-player

Kids on Site is a first-person simulation video game, featuring full-motion video for its primary gameplay. It was produced for the Sega CD and later ported to the DOS operating system for PC systems and Macintosh. A 32X version was planned but never released.[2] Versions for PlayStation 4 and Windows via Steam were re-released by Limited Run Games, Screaming Villains and Flash Film Works on June 14, 2022.[3]

Gameplay

This was a construction game for kids, where they watched videos and then got to "operate" heavy machinery on a construction site. This includes a steamroller, a wrecking ball, an excavator and a bulldozer.[4]

Production

The project was produced by Digital Pictures, directed by Heidi Holman and starred Larry Grennan, Scott McClain and Robin Joss. It was programmed by Richard Levine from a concept by Kevin Welsh.[4]

Reception

Kids on Site was awarded the "1995 Parents Choice Approval Award" and CD-ROM Magazine said it "captured all of the fun of playing with heavy machinery with the added advantage that your kids... won't come home full of dirt."[5]

References

  1. Easley, Joel (January 28, 1995). "Kids will virtually dig this new game". p. 10. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99137684/the-kokomo-tribune/. Retrieved April 5, 2022. 
  2. "Actualités Internationales: Kids on Site • Mega CD et 32X". CD Consoles (Pressimage) (3): 30. January 1995. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/CD%20Consoles/cdconsoles03/CDConsoles%20003%20page030.jpg. 
  3. "Kids On Site Hard Hat Edition announced for PS4, PC". Gematsu. April 1, 2022. https://www.gematsu.com/2022/04/kids-on-site-hard-hat-edition-announced-for-ps4-pc. Retrieved April 1, 2022. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Kids on Site". Moby Games. https://www.mobygames.com/game/kids-on-site. Retrieved November 5, 2019. 
  5. Anzovin, Steven (August 1995). "Kids on Site Big Fun With Big Machines". CD-ROM Today. 

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