Living Books: The New Kid on the Block 1993
Developed by Living Books
- Point-and-click, Visual Novel, Educational, Kids
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.
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Warm, spare, contemplative and earnest.
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- Living Books
- Publisher
- Brøderbund Software
- Released
- December 10, 1993
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person, Text
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