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1. MAGIC WINDOW HOME VIDEO SOFTWARE
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To win the game, the user has to discover the whereabouts of Ms. The user flies the bus to their chosen planet and play experiments and click on things there.

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This game is based on both the book The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System (from the classic series books) and episode The Magic School Bus Gets Lost in Space.

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Original Software The Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System (1994) Games with the Macintosh indication can be used on a Macintosh LC 550 or newer with a minimum of System 7.1, 8 MB RAM, 8 MB hard disk space, color monitor, and 2X CD-ROM drive. System requirements vary among the games. The games include activities to assist the player's learning. The video game series (both original titles and activity centers) are targeted for children ages 5–10. In the other games, there is a "missing collectible" minigame where the player has to find three or four missing collectibles. There is some goal to find a specific number of missing collectibles for the user in almost every game (with the exception of The Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body). Most of the games also have seven different locations, including the classroom.

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(The exception is The Magic School Bus Explores Inside the Earth where it is the gear shift instead of the steering wheel.) Most of the games in the original software were based with the book series (the original series books) and TV series. In all these titles the user gets to "drive" the bus, which almost always involves clicking on the steering wheel and choosing a location. Like the TV series, the bus was animated in the usual way, in the CD-ROM games, it is typically animated with computer generated imagery (or " CGI"). Most recently, Scholastic's The Magic School Bus CD-ROM series by Microsoft received the FamilyPC Family Tested Software Recommended Seal in the education category and was named Top Picks of 1997 by the Toy Testing Council. The series won: Software Publisher's Association Codie award for Best Elementary Educational titles and the National Parenting Center Seal of Approval. The team received feedback from teachers and parents to inform their products. In 1998, Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Adventure Series Volumes 1, 2 and 3 were announced. īy 1997, Microsoft Home was struggling due to a crowded market. The games were based on the books and the PBS show.

After the contract, Music Pen grew from 5 people to 40, and was based in New York. The company hired the garage shop Music Pen to create a program, a company started 15 years prior by concert pianist Wu and composer Philip Lui who wrote programs that taught music comprehension.

At the time, many companies lacked the expertise to develop multimedia project so turned to smaller new media companies. To access the home market, Microsoft created a video game brand called Microsoft Home, and a software series was created under that umbrella. Scholastic, which created the "Magic School Bus" television series on PBS, licensed its content to Microsoft. Most of the original software games were created by the software company Music Pen in collaboration with Microsoft and Scholastic Press, the publisher of the Magic School Bus book series. 4.2.2 The Magic School Bus: Oceans (2010).4.2.1 The Magic School Bus: Dinosaurs (2010).4.1.1 The Magic School Bus: Oceans (2011).1.10.5 The Magic School Bus: Volcano Adventure Activity Center (2001).1.10.4 The Magic School Bus: Discovers Flight Activity Center (2001).1.10.3 The Magic School Bus: Whales and Dolphins Activity Center (2001).1.10.2 The Magic School Bus: Lands on Mars Activity Center (2000).1.10.1 The Magic School Bus: In Concert Activity Center (2000).1.9 The Magic School Bus Explores Bugs (1999).1.8 The Magic School Bus Explores the World of Animals (1999).1.7 The Magic School Bus Explores the Rainforest (1997).1.6 The Magic School Bus Explores in the Age of Dinosaurs (1996).1.5 The Magic School Bus Explores Inside the Earth (1996).1.4 The Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean (1995, Macintosh).

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