Big Bird's Special Delivery
Big Bird's Special Delivery is a pre-school computer game where the player can practise classification of objects. In a playful setting of shops, Big Bird and Little Bird work to deliver mail to one of four…
Big Bird's Special Delivery is a puzzle developed by CTW Software Group, released 31 December 1983 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.
What Big Bird's Special Delivery is
Big Bird's Special Delivery is a puzzle game developed by CTW Software Group and released in 1983. It was published by CBS Software. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and TRS-80 Color Computer.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Big Bird's Special Delivery is a pre-school computer game where the player can practise classification of objects. In a playful setting of shops, Big Bird and Little Bird work to deliver mail to one of four locations. This computer activity aims to teach children understanding of form class and function. The objects are controlled by pressing one of three keys on the computer keyboard to control Little Bird. When a round of play is completed the shops will light up after the mail is correctly delivered. If there is a mail mix-up, the shopkeepers gently point out mistakes and encourage the child to try again.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Sesame Street series
Big Bird's Special Delivery is the fourth of 36 entries we hold in the Sesame Street series. The next entry was Big Bird's Funhouse in 1984.
What it launched against
Big Bird's Special Delivery launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, The Witness and Zoo Keeper.
Released around the same time: Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, The Witness, Zoo Keeper.
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