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this is insanely impressive work, and i don’t think i’ve ever seen people talk about it. lots of us remember Broderbund’s Living Books series from the 90s - like Just Grandma & Me or Arthur’s Teacher Trouble. the cartooning was exquisitely well done, and the voice work was top notch. they completely disappeared in the late 90s because they were built for 16-bit Win 3.1, and compatibility problems only got worse with every revision of Windows into the 32-bit era apparently back in 2010, one of the original managers from the Living Books team hired several programmers who had built the runtime. they either had access to the source (likely) or reversed it, bought the rights back from the holders, and released 32 and 64 bit iOS and Android editions of the Living Books titles with tap support and a nice launcher. this is really, really well done. the art and sound have aged very well despite not having any remastering. it’s called Wanderful Interactive Storybooks on the play and apple stores. there is a free version with samples from 7 books. #android #ios #retrogaming #macintosh #win31 #kids #edutainment #multimedia