Mario Teaches Typing

Genre:

Other

Year:

1992

Developer:

Interplay Entertainment

Publisher:

Interplay Entertainment

Perspective:

Side-view

Theme:

Educational

Releases:

DOS (1992), Macintosh (1993)

Teaching through the game is definitely the best form of teaching, because you learn something and have fun at the same time. Mario Teaches Typing is exactly that form of teaching - a fun way to learn how to type on a keyboard. At the beginning you create a new student and choose a difficulty (from the lightest, which represents Mario, Luigi represented by the middle through to the most difficult level- Princess). You start simply, by hitting single characters only (letters and symbols), but you’ll progress to typing whole sets of words and numbers! It doesn’t only help you learn how to type, it also works on your reading and memorising and even your spelling skills. Every session is time-limited, so you need to be somewhat fast to complete it successfully. It won’t represent a real challenge to a normal grown up typist, but if you’re one of those people who still use CAPS LOCK every time they want to make a capital letter – then you don’t stand a chance. At each level there are 4 typing games: Mario's Smash & Dash - press letters labeled on the obstacles and help your character overcome them; Mario's Wet World Challenge - with typing whole words you help your character to swim faster from the hungry sea monster; Mario's Tunnel Of Doom - you have to write the whole sentences to help Mario overcome underground obstacles; Mario's Expert Express - retype full paragraphs under the Mario's supervision. Mario Teaches Typing is really fun and I highly recommend it for all kids.