Title: Woodstock 3 Days of Peace and Music
25th Anniversary
Overall Rating:
C+
Source: Time Warner Interactive
Playing Time: hours
Date: 1994
Cost: $43.00 (http://cheap-cds.com/surf/disps/013328)
Number of Players: 1
Special Equipment/Facilities Needed: No
special needed
Subject Area: Woodstocks 25yh Anniversary
celebration
Objectives/Brief Description: This is
based on Michael Wadleigh's brillant Academy award winning film,
"Woodstock." Featuring previously unseen footage from the directors
new cut, this interactive CD-Rom brings dynamic new dimensions to the woodstock
experience.
Entry Capabilities Required: Prior subject-matter
knowledge needed. You must have some idea of what woodstock was,
tyhe people involved andthe music associated with it.
Rating: (1-5) Please
be aware that only 2 of the menus 5 components were working!!!
Relevance to objectives: 3(If all parts
are working)
Provides practice of relevant skills:
2 (Opinion of the operator)
Likely to arouse/maintain interest: 3
(If interested in woodstock)
Likely to be comprehended clearly: 2(Hard
to understand where to go and what to do)
Technical quality (durable, attractive): NO
opinion
Game: Winning dependent on player actions (rather
than chance): N/A
Simulation: Validity of game model (realistic,
accurate depiction): 3 (Depends on what woodstock
was like, which I wasn't there.)
Evidence of effectiveness (e.g. field-test results):
N/A
Clear directions for play:
2 (There was a booklet that shos and tells what to do, but this seemed
easy to read and use, but not so when you tried to play and use the menu
options.)
Effectiveness of debriefing:1
(No debriefing available, didn't even tell you where you where, i.e. in
the "people menu."
Strong Points: For someone
that was interested in Woodstock, this would be a good an excellent CD-Rom
for them. But I was not impressed!!
Weak Points: Have
to install the program on the hard drive which took a while. A high
school student would have to have guidance for this as well as how to open
the program. There is NO!! Exit feature in the progrm. There
is a back icon which is labled"TAKE ME HIGHER" I had dificulty finding
it as well as remembering that this was the back icon.
Reviewer: Heather Marie Kenney
Position:Graduate Student MST--Chemistry
Date:3/24/98
Computer System Reviewed on: Macintosh
PowerPC 6500/250, 32mb ram.
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