Software:Reader Rabbit 3

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Short description: 1993 video game
Reader Rabbit 3
Cover art for Reader Rabbit 3 Deluxe!
Developer(s)The Learning Company
Publisher(s)The Learning Company
Platform(s)Original:
DOS
Deluxe:
Windows, Macintosh
Release1993 (Original)
September 1994 (Deluxe)[1]
Genre(s)Educational
Mode(s)Single-player

Reader Rabbit 3 is a 1993 educational video game, part of the Reader Rabbit franchise. It was released for DOS that year, but was released for Windows and Macintosh in 1994 under the title Reader Rabbit 3 Deluxe!.

Plot

The game sees series protagonist Reader Rabbit join the Daily Skywriter, the daily newspaper for his home town Wordville. He has to identify the right information to put into his stories.[2] The game was designed to build critical reading skills,[3] by applying speech rules to a real-world scenario.[4]

Gameplay

Reader Rabbit 3 is made up of five different activities that teach player's the structure of the English language. The following activities are:

  • 1. What's the Scoop? / Who? What? When? – the player must determine correctly whether the topic of a sentence is a what, a where, a when or a who.
  • 2. Clue Hounds / Get the Scoop + Crack the Case – the player must locate the what, where, when and who parts of story sentences. After completing the sentences the player must pick a character associated with the story.
  • 3. Sneak Peek / Rave Reviews – the player has to choose a sentence that contains the three elements who/what, did what and where.
  • 4. Ed Words / Write Right – the player must fill in the blanks of a paragraph with the three elements do what, where and when.
  • 5. Printing Press – the player is given the option to physically print out the news story.

The game contains over 200 different news stories to work from.[5] The Deluxe version contains 20 different digitized voices that add to the dramatization to the game.[2]

Critical reception

PC Mag reviewer Charles Taft wrote that the game was "fun to play", while praising its replayability (four levels of difficulty and multiple stories), as well as its "delightful" animations.[6] The game was regarded as a winner in the book "Only the Best: The Annual Guide to the Highest-Rated Educational Software/Multimedia".[7]

References

  1. ↑ "INC-TOTO.DOC (6 INCIDENTAL mentions of TOTORO in long[er articles)"]. http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/totoro/article_totoro.txt. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "READER RABBIT TRIO NOW AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM! – Free Online Library". https://www.thefreelibrary.com/READER+RABBIT+TRIO+NOW+AVAILABLE+ON+CD-ROM!-a015869946. 
  3. ↑ "New Version of The Learning Company's 'Reader Rabbit 1' Hopping Onto Store Shelves Now – Free Online Library". https://www.thefreelibrary.com/New+Version+of+The+Learning+Company's+'Reader+Rabbit+1'+Hopping+Onto...-a019018221. 
  4. ↑ (in en) Working Mother. Working Mother Media. 1995-03-01. https://books.google.com/books?id=5CmroQQZxTsC&q=%22Reader+Rabbit+3%22&pg=PA54. 
  5. ↑ Annotated Bibliography of Computer Software for Teaching Early Reading and Spelling. Project Rimes 2000. June 12, 2000. p. 19. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/ERIC-ED463618/pdf/ERIC-ED463618.pdf. Retrieved March 3, 2017. 
  6. ↑ Inc, Ziff Davis (1994-04-26) (in en). PC Mag. Ziff Davis, Inc.. https://books.google.com/books?id=G0SCDRC-VPQC&q=%22Reader+Rabbit+3%22&pg=PA415. 
  7. ↑ "History of the Learning Company". 1999. http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/the-learning-company-inc-history/. 
  • MobyGames is a commercial database website that catalogs information on video games and the people and companies behind them via crowdsourcing. This includes over 300,000 games for hundreds of platforms.[1] Founded in 1999, ownership of the site has changed hands several times. It has been owned by Atari SA since 2022.

Features

Edits and submissions to the site (including screenshots, box art, developer information, game summaries, and more) go through a verification process of fact-checking by volunteer "approvers".[2] This lengthy approval process after submission can range from minutes to days or months.[3] The most commonly used sources are the video game's website, packaging, and credit screens. There is a published standard for game information and copy-editing.[4] A ranking system allows users to earn points for contributing accurate information.[5]

Registered users can rate and review games. Users can create private or public "have" and "want" lists, which can generate a list of games available for trade with other registered users. The site contains an integrated forum. Each listed game can have its own sub-forum.

History

Logo used until March 2014

MobyGames was founded on March 1, 1999, by Jim Leonard and Brian Hirt, and joined by David Berk 18 months later, the three of which had been friends since high school.[6][7] Leonard had the idea of sharing information about computer games with a larger audience. The database began with information about games for IBM PC compatibles, relying on the founders' personal collections. Eventually, the site was opened up to allow general users to contribute information.[5] In a 2003 interview, Berk emphasized MobyGames' dedication to taking video games more seriously than broader society and to preserving games for their important cultural influence.[5]

In mid-2010, MobyGames was purchased by GameFly for an undisclosed amount.[8] This was announced to the community post factum , and the site's interface was given an unpopular redesign.[7] A few major contributors left, refusing to do volunteer work for a commercial website.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025} On December 18, 2013, MobyGames was acquired by Jeremiah Freyholtz, owner of Blue Flame Labs (a San Francisco-based game and web development company) and VGBoxArt (a site for fan-made video game box art).[9] Blue Flame Labs reverted MobyGames' interface to its pre-overhaul look and feel,[10] and for the next eight years, the site was run by Freyholtz and Independent Games Festival organizer Simon Carless.[7]

On November 24, 2021, Atari SA announced a potential deal with Blue Flame Labs to purchase MobyGames for $1.5 million.[11] The purchase was completed on 8 March 2022, with Freyholtz remaining as general manager.[12][13][14] Over the next year, the financial boost given by Atari led to a rework of the site being built from scratch with a new backend codebase, as well as updates improving the mobile and desktop user interface.[1] This was accomplished by investing in full-time development of the site instead of its previously part-time development.[15]

In 2024, MobyGames began offering a paid "Pro" membership option for the site to generate additional revenue.[16] Previously, the site had generated income exclusively through banner ads and (from March 2014 onward) a small number of patrons via the Patreon website.[17]

See also

  • IGDB – game database used by Twitch for its search and discovery functions

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sheehan, Gavin (2023-02-22). "Atari Relaunches The Fully Rebuilt & Optimized MobyGames Website". https://bleedingcool.com/games/atari-relaunches-the-fully-rebuilt-optimized-mobygames-website/. 
  2. ↑ Litchfield, Ted (2021-11-26). "Zombie company Atari to devour MobyGames". https://www.pcgamer.com/zombie-company-atari-to-devour-mobygames/. 
  3. ↑ "MobyGames FAQ: Emails Answered § When will my submission be approved?". Blue Flame Labs. 30 March 2014. http://www.mobygames.com/info/faq7#g1. 
  4. ↑ "The MobyGames Standards and Practices". Blue Flame Labs. 6 January 2016. http://www.mobygames.com/info/standards. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Miller, Stanley A. (2003-04-22). "People's choice awards honor favorite Web sites". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 
  6. ↑ "20 Years of MobyGames" (in en). 2019-02-28. https://trixter.oldskool.org/2019/02/28/20-years-of-mobygames/. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Plunkett, Luke (2022-03-10). "Atari Buys MobyGames For $1.5 Million". https://kotaku.com/mobygames-retro-credits-database-imdb-atari-freyholtz-b-1848638521. 
  8. ↑ "Report: MobyGames Acquired By GameFly Media". Gamasutra. 2011-02-07. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/report-mobygames-acquired-by-gamefly-media. 
  9. ↑ Corriea, Alexa Ray (December 31, 2013). "MobyGames purchased from GameFly, improvements planned". http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/31/5261414/mobygames-purchased-from-gamefly-improvements-planned. 
  10. ↑ Wawro, Alex (31 December 2013). "Game dev database MobyGames getting some TLC under new owner". Gamasutra. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/game-dev-database-mobygames-getting-some-tlc-under-new-owner. 
  11. ↑ "Atari invests in Anstream, may buy MobyGames". November 24, 2021. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-11-24-atari-invests-in-anstream-may-buy-mobygames. 
  12. ↑ Rousseau, Jeffrey (2022-03-09). "Atari purchases Moby Games". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/atari-purchases-moby-games. 
  13. ↑ "Atari Completes MobyGames Acquisition, Details Plans for the Site's Continued Support". March 8, 2022. https://www.atari.com/atari-completes-mobygames-acquisition-details-plans-for-the-sites-continued-support/. 
  14. ↑ "Atari has acquired game database MobyGames for $1.5 million" (in en-GB). 2022-03-09. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/atari-has-acquired-game-database-mobygames-for-1-5-million/. 
  15. ↑ Stanton, Rich (2022-03-10). "Atari buys videogame database MobyGames for $1.5 million". https://www.pcgamer.com/atari-buys-videogame-database-mobygames-for-dollar15-million/. 
  16. ↑ Harris, John (2024-03-09). "MobyGames Offering “Pro” Membership". https://setsideb.com/mobygames-offering-pro-membership/. 
  17. ↑ "MobyGames on Patreon". http://www.patreon.com/mobygames. 
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