PokéROM
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PokéROM | |
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A Pikachu PokéROM | |
Basic info
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Platform: | PC |
Category: | Educational |
Players: | 1-4 players |
Connectivity: | None |
Developer: | Mattel Interactive |
Publisher: | The Learning Company |
Part of: | Generation I miscellaneous |
Ratings
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CERO: | N/A |
ESRB: | N/A |
ACB: | N/A |
OFLC: | N/A |
PEGI: | N/A |
GRAC: | N/A |
GSRR: | N/A |
Release dates
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Japan: | N/A |
North America: | 2000 |
Australia: | N/A |
Europe: | ??? |
South Korea: | N/A |
Hong Kong: | N/A |
Taiwan: | N/A |
Websites
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Japanese: | N/A |
English: | Official site (archive) |
PokéROMs are a series of educational CD-ROMs created in 2000 by The Learning Company and Mattel. It can be run on both Windows and Macintosh.
Gameplay
The entire game is guided by Professor Oak, voiced by Stan Hart.
Upon startup, the player is asked to choose a name and difficulty level; there are five difficulty levels, corresponding to the elementary school grades 1-5.
After doing so, the player is shown a 6×4 array of tiles with either natural numbers or elementary arithmetic expressions of natural numbers, which are then concealed after a fixed amount of time. This is a game of Concentration, in which player must reveal two tiles with equivalent values at the same time; doing so causes both tiles to disappear. Underneath the tiles is stock artwork of the Pokémon featured on the disc.
After pairing all the tiles, the player has freed the Pokémon, and gains the option to go to the Pokémon Sanctuary. The loading screen for the Pokémon Sanctuary shows various screenshots from the Pokémon anime. At the Pokémon Sanctuary, the player can either go to the Trainer Center or Observation Lab.
The Trainer Center contains a multiplayer quiz game, that is stylized as a virtual board game; this game can be played by 1-4 players. The players are put on a board with 11 stations; getting a question right advances the player's piece by one station. These questions are on math, science, reading and social studies, as well as occasional Pokémon questions.
The Observation Center allows the player to click on pinging circles on a horizontally scrolling landscape to view various screenshots from the Pokémon anime of that Pokémon.
Releases
The Premier Series contains ten discs: Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Pikachu, Meowth, Psyduck, Poliwhirl, Gengar, Eevee, and Mewtwo. These were primarily single releases in blister packs. These were all available together in the Complete Collection release. Two-disc packs were also available in blister packs.
The Movie Series contains ten discs: Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Hoothoot, Togepi, Marill, Elekid, Ledyba, Slowking, and Lugia. This set is focused on The Power of One, with the anime stills coming from that movie. These were primarily single releases in blister packs. Two-disc packs were also available in sleeves, containing one of these three pairs: Zapdos and Elekid, Articuno and Lugia, Moltres and Togepi.
The Mystery Series contains 30 discs, which were released in Mystery Packs, packs containing two visible discs and one hidden disc; the discs are arranged diagonally from the bottom to the top, with the central disc turned over. The 20 Pokémon released as visible discs are: Butterfree, Arbok, Jigglypuff, Venonat, Geodude, Mr. Mime, Lapras, Exeggutor, Jynx, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Spinarak, Mareep, Bellossom, Sunflora, Quagsire, Snubbull, Scizor, and Stantler. Pokémon released as Mystery Discs are: Charizard, Blastoise, Gyarados, Dragonite, Sentret, Hoppip, Gligar, Heracross, Donphan, and Blissey.
A Mew disc was also released, but it is unknown how.
Images
Premiere Series
Movie Series
Mystery Series
Discs
The discs are mini discs, but also have two opposite sides cut off to create an odd shape. These discs are only intended for use with spinfle-type CD-ROM drives or trays with inner mounting rails; not intended for use with saddy trays, slot-loading drives, and most iMac computers.
External links
This article is part of Project Sidegames, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Sidegames. |