Living Books: Aesop's The Tortoise and the Hare
An educational game which reads the story of "The Tortoise and the Hare" to young players while including point-and-click elements.
Living Books: Aesop's The Tortoise and the Hare is a point-and-click developed by Living Books, released 12 September 1993 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Living Books: Aesop's The Tortoise and the Hare is
Living Books: Aesop's The Tortoise and the Hare is a point-and-click game developed by Living Books and released in 1993. It was published by Brøderbund Software. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story starts off with the narrator, a purple bird named Simon, explaining how the Tortoise was a slow but steady person, while the Hare was busy and was "always on the move." One day, when they meet up each other twice, the Hare complains that the Tortoise never does anything, and that he could do "a hundred things in the time it takes [him] to go one block." Fed up with this, the Hare challenges the Tortoise to a race. The Hare ends up so far in the lead during the race that he starts wasting time elsewhere, choosing to eat after getting very hungry and sleeping after getting worn out. While he is sleeping, i Sure am he walked by very quietly shhh he's sleeping yeah he doesn't notice…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are educational and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Living Books: Aesop's The Tortoise and the Hare launched on 12 September 1993, within three weeks of Sonic CD, Master of Orion, Ridge Racer and Myst.
Released around the same time: Sonic CD, Master of Orion, Ridge Racer, Myst.
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