Living Books: The New Kid on the Block
The New Kid on the Block is the fourth Living Books game based on the 1984 storybook written by Jack Prelutsky, and was released in 1993. Instead of just one story, it was a collection of 17 poems. It is…
Living Books: The New Kid on the Block is a point-and-click developed by Living Books, released 10 December 1993 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Living Books: The New Kid on the Block is
Living Books: The New Kid on the Block is a point-and-click game developed by Living Books and released in 1993. It was published by Brøderbund Software. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The New Kid on the Block is the fourth Living Books game based on the 1984 storybook written by Jack Prelutsky, and was released in 1993. Instead of just one story, it was a collection of 17 poems. It is hosted by Jack Prelutsky as he voiced the cartoon counterpart of himself.
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: The New Kid on the Block launched on 10 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, SimCity 2000 and Romancing SaGa 2.
Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, SimCity 2000, Romancing SaGa 2.
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