Runaway

MS-DOS · 1990 · WOR

Also known as: Runaway (1990)

Publisher: Natural Software · Developer: Natural Software · Genre: Educational

The Runaway program is a simple, fun program for children between 3 and 8 years old. Runaway is educational in that it encourages children to learn the location of the keys on the PC keyboard. Runaway simply displays the alphabet across the top the the screen. Then letters at random begin falling to the bottom of the screen. If one of the letters piles up to the top of the screen, "You Lose". By hitting the correct key for a falling letter, that letter is highlighted and removed from play. If all the letters of the alphabet are correctly "caught" before any one piles up to the top, "You Win". You can quit at any time by pressing the Esc key (followed by pressing 'Y' in response to the "do you want to quit" prompt. Runaway adjusts to your display type. If you have a VGA it uses 640 x 480 16 color mode. If you have an EGA it uses 640 x 350 16 color mode. If you have a CGA, it uses 320 x 200 4 color mode. IF you have a Hercules, it uses 720 x 348 2 color mode.