The BBC and Master Computer Public Domain Library
EIFFEL TOWER
Professional, Originally Released On Cassette Only
Game Type : Educational
Author : Unknown
Standalone Release(s) : 1984: EIFFEL TOWER, Chalksoft, £9.95
Compilation Release(s) : None
Stated compatibility : Electron/BBC Dual Version
Actual compatibility : Electron, BBC B, B+ and Master 128
Supplier : CHALKSOFT. No further information.
Disc compatibility : Unknown
Instructions
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Review (Electron User)
EIFFEL TOWER is a program designed to help tourists in France or people studying the French language. The basic idea is that you are given a French word and you have to type in its English equivalent.
If you get the correct answer, a small piece of well-known Paris landmark is constructed on
your screen. If you're wrong the correct answer is given and you are asked the
same question again. The program ends when you have built the Eiffel Tower,
which requires 21 correct responses.
Before the program starts you can choose which of twenty different topics you
wish to translate. There are ten on each side of the cassette.
One of the options is to put in your own set of words. It's a pity no
documentation tells you what the topics are before you load them.
This program is really a disappointment. The graphics are of a fairly mediocre standard. And, as is often the case in educational programs, the noise annoys. Fortunately, there is a silent option.
The words - 420 in all - cover a fair vocabulary in basic French and the
arrangement of words in groups should aid revision. The graphic reward of the
Eiffel Tower would only keep young children happy. It doesn't really tie up
with the questions.
There is nothing wrong with the structure of the program. It runs smoothly
without any hitches. However it is not up to Chalksoft's normal high standards.
Unless you
are really addicted to computer learning, a good phrase book might do just as
well.
Rog Frost, ELECTRON USER 3. 2