🕹️ Alpha Build

Platforms Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS, Thomson MO, Thomson TO Developed by ChildWare Corporation Published by Fisher-Price Learning Software Released 1985 Genre Educational Perspective Side view Interface Direct Control Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Educational Reading / Writing Description Alpha Build is an educational game that teaches alphabet skills to children. The player controls a penguin called Perry who has to climb ladders to pick up letters and then drop them onto the correct truck. The aim of the game is to build a city and to do so three sets of trucks have to be loaded with letters. Each stage involves loading eight trucks which will then drive away and construct the city. First the frame is built, then the surface and finally it is coloured. There are eight levels of play. The first four levels involve simple letter recognition, upper and lower case matching and alphabetical order. Level 5 adds words to the game while level 6 to 8 are word challenges in which some of the needed letters are hidden. From Mobygames.com. Original Entry