Bop-A-Bet

Bop-A-Bet
Original author(s) Al Lowe(Programmer)
Margaret Lowe
Michael "Mike" McChesney(Graphics)
Rae Lynn McChesney[1][2]
Developer(s) Sunnyside Software, Fresno, CA, USA[3]
Sierra On-Line
Initial release 1982 (1982)[4][5]
Operating system Apple DOS 3.3
Platform Apple II,Apple II+, Apple 2E
Size 48K
Type computer game

Bop-A-Bet is a 1983 computer game developed by Al Lowe (in 1982) for the Apple II and published by Sierra On-Line.

The game teaches letter recognition and alphabetization. The speed of the game increases as the child becomes more proficient.[6]

References

  1. Page 16, Education:Neighbours form game-software firm, By Scott Mace ,InfoWorld 17 Jan 1983, ..Sunnyside Soft, which last month released two educational games for the Apple,..In Bop-A-Net, the player maneuvers through a maze and tries to "bop" letters in alphabetical order for points...sells for $34.95..requiring 48K
  2. Software box:Apple Bop-A-Bet, The Strong Museum, International Center for the History of Electronic Games, A HI-RES LEARNING GAME..Ages 5 to 8..Created by..AL LOWE, MARGARET LOWE, MICHAEL MacCHESNEY, RAE LYNN MacCHESNEY
  3. Page 3 1983-04-10, Volume One, Number Eighteen, Arcade Express(Reese Communications, Inc..New York, NY), "SIERRA GOES ON LINE WITH SUNNYSIDE SOFT" Sierra On-Line has acquired the product line originally developed by Sunnyside Soft. ...The three educational programs developed by...are "Bop-A-Bet", "Dragon's Keep" and "Troll's Tale"..
  4. Page 171, The Book of Games, Volume 2, By Bendik Stang, Morten A. Osterholt, Erik Hoftun, ISBN 9788299737821, GAMES CREDITED AL LOWE...1982 Bop-A-Bet
  5. The Learning Game: Juggle's Rainbow, Bop-A-Bet, Page 36-37, Review by Bob Proctor, Computer Gaming World 3.2 (March - April 1983),When your child begins to learn the alphabet consider getting Bop-A-Bet. This is a maze game where you steer a boxing glove using four keys. You bop letter in alphabetical order by pushing the space bar and if you bop them out of sequence nothing happens. The object is to bop as many as you can within a time limit. When you boot the disk, there are some questions that let you change the time limit, the speed of the bopper, the keys used, and choose upper or lower case. This part requires an older person who can read but once started, four or five year-olds will have no trouble.
  6. Page 364, Compute, December 1983, Bop-a-Bet is an action game...

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