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The icon Mario Teaches Typing 2 is the sequel to Mario Teaches Typing. It was released on October 31, 1996[1]. This sequel includes several new features, including a certificate of achievement, a keyboard that is color-coded for easy reference, an on-screen keyboard, specially customizable lesson plans, and new levels. Additionally, Mario's head also makes small talk with the player throughout the levels. Many of the antics of Mario's head in this game are cultural references. This is also the last educational Mario game to be released. Compatibility[edit]The Windows version of the game can be installed and will work on Windows 3.1, Windows NT 3.1/3.5/3.51, Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98/Me, Windows 2000, and Windows XP/Server 2003 (32-bit versions only; the 64-bit versions for both Intel Itanium- and X86-64 (AMD64)-based systems do not work as they lack both the NTVDM and the WOW subsystem to play it1). It will not work in 32-bit installations of Windows Vista as it will have problems installing. The program will install correctly in 32-bit installations of Windows 7 even without graphics card drivers. The game, however, is back to being broken in 32-bit versions of Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10 even if it is installed using compatibility settings. The Mac OS version will work on System 7 all the way up to Mac OS 9. Compatibility is not guaranteed under the Classic environment of PowerPC versions of Mac OS X up until Mac OS X Tiger, as Mac OS X Leopard removed the Classic environment for PowerPC based systems. It will not run on Intel-based Macs or the latest Apple Silicon Macs due to their inability to run Mac OS 9 and below which is required to run pre-Carbon applications on Mac OS X/macOS as Rosetta (used in Intel versions of Mac OS X Tiger up until Mac OS X Snow Leopard which runs exclusively on X86) only supports PowerPC Mac OS X applications and Rosetta 2 (used in macOS Big Sur) will only run X86 Mac apps. Modern Mac users however can use programs like SheepShaver or Basilisk II which emulate older Macs that use Motorola 68000 or PowerPC-based Macs. Users of Intel-based Macs produced between 2006-2011 can also install Windows XP or a 32-bit version of Windows 7 using Bootcamp and run the Windows version of the game. 1 - In the case of Windows XP, only the Professional edition has a 64-bit version as all of the other editions such as Home Edition, Tablet PC Edition, Media Center Edition, etc. are 32-bit only for X86 based systems. There are two versions of Windows XP for Itanium-based systems: Version 2002 (based on the same Windows NT 5.1 codebase as the regular XP for IA-32 (32-bit X86) based systems) and Version 2003 (built on the Windows NT 5.2 codebase used in Windows Server 2003). Windows XP Professional X64 Edition for AMD64 (x86-64) based systems is also built from the NT 5.2 (Server 2003) codebase, but with Service Pack 1 already incorporated. This limitation (of not being able to run 16-bit Windows applications on 64-bit Windows) is also carried over to versions past XP/Server 2003 such as Vista, 7, 8/8.1, and 10 (for both AMD64 and ARM64 based systems). Workarounds, however, do exist to get 16-bit Windows applications running on 64-bit Windows versions. Story[edit]Mario and Luigi are walking by Bowser's Castle when a mysterious typewriter suddenly appears in front of them. To their amazement, the typewriter starts typing by itself. When it is finished, Mario takes the paper out of the typewriter, causing it to transform into a scroll. The scroll reads:
The Magical Typewriter then floats in front of Mario. Mario pockets the scroll and types:
An in-game screenshot. Before Mario can go on any further, the Magical Typewriter explodes into three pieces, which land in different places: one into a river, another somewhere on Mario and Luigi's side of the river, and the last one on the other side of the river. Mario and Luigi decide to recover all of the pieces and improve Mario's typing skills in order to type the spell correctly and ensure their victory. As Mario and Luigi get the first piece from a dim Koopa Troopa, a Red Koopa Troopa detonates the river bridge with TNT and takes one of the pieces back to Bowser's Castle. Mario then dons a snorkel and dives into the river, attempting to get the piece that fell into it. Luigi goes in also after defeating some Cheep Cheeps that are attacking Mario. Mario and Luigi, in their snorkels, dive to a sunken ship in the river, taking the typewriter piece from a sleeping octopus. However, the octopus awakens and chases the brothers, though they escape through the ship's windows. Mario and Luigi then walk up to Bowser's Castle and knock on the door. They are surprised when the castle turns out to be alive, and swallows them. Mario and Luigi run into several traps until finally defeating some Koopas playing poker for the final typewriter piece. The brothers then escape from the castle, and Mario types on the restored typewriter:
A giant typewriter suddenly falls from the sky and destroys Bowser's Castle. Mario and Luigi celebrate. Levels[edit]
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| The Fool's Errand | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Cliff Johnson |
| Publisher(s) | Miles Computing |
| Platform(s) | Mac OS, MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST |
| Release | 1987 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Fool's Errand is a 1987 computer game by Cliff Johnson. It is a meta-puzzle game with storytelling, visual puzzles and a cryptic treasure map. It is the tale of a wandering Fool who seeks his fortune in the Land of Tarot and braves the enchantments of the High Priestess.
A sequel titled The Fool and His Money was released October 25, 2012.
Release information[edit]
Conception and design[edit]
Cliff Johnson, who at that point had worked as a filmmaker, was inspired by films like Sleuth and The Last of Sheila which included puzzle-mysteries for the viewer to solve; he aimed to host 'mystery' dinner parties where players would uncover clues to find the hidden secrets.
The 1979 work Masquerade by Kit Williams served as further inspiration.[1] The final chapter of the picture book revealed that the protagonist bunny had lost his treasure, and dared the reader to uncover the clues throughout the book to work out where on Earth it is located; this book sold over 2 million copies and while Johnson was not personally enamoured by the work he felt the idea behind it was exciting.[2]
Johnson decided to create a similar work which he would distribute to his friends as a 1984 Christmas present. The concept, a series of puzzles and a narrative that fit together into an overarching mystery like a jigsaw, was an early incarnation of what became The Fool's Errand. Having recently purchased his first PC, a Macintosh, Johnson began coding the game in 1985.[1] He learned to program specifically to bring the idea to the interactive entertainment format.[3] His goal was to “make the experience pleasant and solvable in a single afternoon.”[4] Johnson took out a $50,000 loan to finance the project himself, and he had a nervous breakdown during development.[5] By 1986 he had created over 30 individual, which then unlocks part of the story in which a watchman indeed reports that no ship has been sighted and deals with the consequences. Other puzzles feature pictures which portray parts of the story, or even clues to other puzzles.
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The first chapter, The Sun, features the puzzle The Sun's Map. This is a jigsaw puzzle with one piece for every chapter in the story; each puzzle piece appears only when the appropriate chapter is unlocked. Each piece contains a symbol representing the chapter from which it came, plus part of a continuous path which flows through all pieces in the order in which they are mentioned in the narrative. Once the map is successfully completed, other designs on the map become active click targets and can be used as clues or processes to decipher the true final puzzle: The Book Of Thoth, hidden within the chapter The High Priestess, which requires the reader to peruse the entire story as continuous prose and identify a number of phrases hidden within the narrative.
Plot[edit]
The plot focuses on The Fool card of the tarot, who is portrayed as a silhouette of a young man wearing a peaked, feathered cap, curled-toed shoes, and carrying a knapsack on a stick. The Fool is the protagonist of the story, and he encounters various other cards from the tarot. In the beginning of the story, The Sun gives him a map, which has been scrambled, and directs him to find the 'Lost 14 Treasures of the World.' The Fool journeys through four kingdoms (each representing a suit from the minor arcana of the tarot), where he encounters other characters, who either give him more information, or provide him with additional tasks. The High Priestess card of the tarot is set up as the villain of the story, and all the characters he meets are other cards from the tarot. Each character is drawn as a black silhouette, as is the background art.
Critical reception[edit]
The Fool's Errand did not sell well at first, but after a very positive July 1988 review in MacUser it became very successful, causing Miles Computing to port the game to other platforms. 100,000 copies were sold by the end of 1989.[7]Computer Gaming World praised the game, stating 'You feel like you're matching wits with the author directly, instead of playing 'hunt the parser';[9] the magazine's Scorpia described it as 'one of the best games I've ever played'.[10]STart's reviewer confessed that he had come close to finishing The Fool's Errand but that 'I felt like I'd run, and lost, a mental marathon'.[11]
The Fool's Errand won the following awards:
- 1988 MacWorld Game Hall of Fame
- 1989 GAMES Magazine Best Puzzle Game of the Year
The editors of Game Player's PC Strategy Guide presented the game with their 1990 'Best PC Puzzle Game' award. They wrote, 'One of the best puzzle games ever produced — everything from mazes to cryptograms worked into an elaborate, witty narrative, and presented with exceptional graphic flair.[12]
Retrospective reviews[edit]
Inside Mac Games described it as 'intriguing and visually-rich', with a story that was both original and compelling .[13] Game Set Watch deemed it ' one of the greatest puzzle games in personal-computing history'.[14] Wired crowned it 'the greatest puzzle game of all time'.[15] PC Gamer felt the 'whimsical fantasy' would challenge the player's brain.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ abcd'GameSetWatch COLUMN: 'Beyond Tetris' - The Fool's Errand'. www.gamesetwatch.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^'» Cliff Johnson's Fool's Errand The Digital Antiquarian'. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^'Just Adventure 2012'. www.fools-errand.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^'Gaming Obscura: The Fool's Errand'. Gaming News, Reviews, and Articles - TechRaptor.net. April 2, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^Wallis, Alistair. 'Gamasutra - The Art & Business of Making Games'. www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^'Sea Jay'. www.fools-errand.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ abMaher, Jimmy (November 20, 2015). 'Cliff Johnson's Fool's Errand'. The Digital Antiquarian.
- ^'Cliff Johnson's classic Mac games get new lease on life'. Macworld. July 11, 2002. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^Roberts, Alan (October 1988), 'the fool's errand', Computer Gaming World, p. 18
- ^Scorpia (February 1990). 'Scorpion's Mail'. Computer Gaming World. p. 30. Retrieved November 15, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Gregg, Dave (February–March 1991). 'For The Fun Of It'. STart.
- ^Editors (January–February 1991). 'Game Player's Annual PC Game Awards 1990'. Game Player's PC Strategy Guide. 4 (1): 10, 12, 14.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- ^'Inside Mac Games Feature: The 20 Mac Games that Mattered Most'. www.insidemacgames.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^'GameSetWatch COLUMN: 'Beyond Tetris' - The Fool's Errand'. www.gamesetwatch.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^Selinker, Mike (October 29, 2012). 'Fool's Gold: Cliff Johnson Puts His Money Where His Mouth Is'. Wired. ISSN1059-1028. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^Sykes, Tom (December 12, 2018). 'Free games of the week'. PC Gamer. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
External links[edit]
- Official site, with author's information page, including download options.
- The Fool's Errand at MobyGames
- The Fool's Errand at Hardcore Gaming 101
- Hints and Answers from Balmoral Software.