Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa
Rafiki, Timon and Pumbaa from Disney's Lion King are the tutors in this typing game created for children ages 6 and up. The comedic meerkat and warthog team are "going off on an adventure to broaden their…
Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa is an arcade developed by Disney Interactive Victoria, released 31 December 1998 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa is
Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa is an arcade game developed by Disney Interactive Victoria and released in 1998. It was published by Disney Interactive. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Smack-A-Bug - a simple adaptation of the arcade game Whac-A-Mole, typing the lettered bugs as they pop up causes Pumbaa to shoot them with his pea-shooter. Provides practice in finger placement and home row technique Savannah Water and Power - fill up a water tank for the thirsty pair by typing words as quickly as they appear in this Rube Goldberg-esque assembly. This exercise works on the player's accuracy Grub Getaway - help Timon and Pumbaa find bugs around the rocks by typing words nearby; this provides more practice in typing phrases with accuracy Carnivore Cave - type sentences to move Timon and Pumbaa through a maze ahead of hungry hyenas, practising speed and accuracy Traveler's…
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 Disney's The Lion King series
Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa is the ninth of 29 entries we hold in the Disney's The Lion King series. It arrived 3 years after Disney's Hot Shots: Timon and Pumbaa's Jungle Pinball. The next entry was Disney's The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure in 2000.
What it launched against
Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa launched on 31 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999) and Mario Party.
Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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