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Living Books: Just Grandma and Me

Just Grandma and Me was the very first Living Books PC CD-Rom game from 1992 based on the 1983 book of the same name written by Mercer Mayer. It is an interactive storybook about a boy and his Grandma at the…

7 February 1992

Living Books: Just Grandma and Me is a point-and-click developed by Living Books, released 7 February 1992 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Living Books: Just Grandma and Me is

Living Books: Just Grandma and Me is a point-and-click game developed by Living Books and released in 1992. It was published by Brøderbund Software. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

One sunny day, Little Critter and his grandmother went to the beach. A bus came to pick them up, and they were on their way. When they arrived, Little Critter tried to set up the beach umbrella, but was lifted up into the air by the strong winds, and his visor fell off. The lifeguard blew his whistle and motioned him to come back down, and Little Critter and the umbrella landed down onto the ground. He decided to fly his kite instead, but it accidentally landed onto the mother cow's head. After his kite was a disaster, Little Critter bought hot dogs for himself and Grandma to have for lunch, alongside soft drinks, but he unexpectedly tripped over a ball, and dropped the hot dogs into the…
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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.

Where it sits in the Little Critter series

Living Books: Just Grandma and Me is the first of 2 entries we hold in the Little Critter series. The next entry was Living Books: Little Monster at School in 1993.

See all 2 Little Critter games in release order →

What it launched against

Living Books: Just Grandma and Me launched on 7 February 1992, within three weeks of X-Men and Romancing SaGa.

Released around the same time: X-Men, Romancing SaGa.

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When did Living Books: Just Grandma and Me come out?
Living Books: Just Grandma and Me was released on 7 February 1992 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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