Elegibility of the Thumbelina multimedia CD-ROM
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2024 8:43 pm
I've recently found a Spanish-language edition of the obscure multimedia CD-ROM for Windows 3.x by Epic Multimedia & Time Warner Interactive based on Thumbelina (more specifically the 1994 Don Bluth film). It features the cast of the Latin American Spanish dub of the actual film, but the songs are only in English for some reason.
It has three games, a painting game [krnl386_001.png] (after you finish painting the illustration, you can see it moving), a word association game [krnl386_005.png] (you are given some words describing things in a picture, and you have to drag them so they point to the right place), and a very basic puzzle [krnl386_007.png]. Not all pages are interactive. It's very similar in structure to the Living Books series, but with even less interactivity.
Here's footage of the English version of this CD-ROM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrZ3Pn92wBY
And here's a picture of the disc label of the American release:
https://www.deviantart.com/mileymouse10 … -614433875
It should be noted than this Spanish release has the same serial number but with a "-SA" suffix, which likely indicates a South American release.
It's apparently identical in content to the Philips CD-i disc that can be found in the database here, if the sources I've found are accurate. I doubt this is relevant, but I felt it was at least worth mentioning it.
It has three games, a painting game [krnl386_001.png] (after you finish painting the illustration, you can see it moving), a word association game [krnl386_005.png] (you are given some words describing things in a picture, and you have to drag them so they point to the right place), and a very basic puzzle [krnl386_007.png]. Not all pages are interactive. It's very similar in structure to the Living Books series, but with even less interactivity.
Here's footage of the English version of this CD-ROM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrZ3Pn92wBY
And here's a picture of the disc label of the American release:
https://www.deviantart.com/mileymouse10 … -614433875
It should be noted than this Spanish release has the same serial number but with a "-SA" suffix, which likely indicates a South American release.
It's apparently identical in content to the Philips CD-i disc that can be found in the database here, if the sources I've found are accurate. I doubt this is relevant, but I felt it was at least worth mentioning it.