Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This game for preschoolers, featuring Blinky Bill the Australian koala 🐨 has activities to learn recognition, conceptualizing volume, identifying objects and sorting, weather conditions and social consequences, sorting and categorizing and many more!
This game is the first of three activity edutainment software CDs titled "Play & Learn with Blinky Bill". This one is for preschool users, and features over 200 fun-filled and unique lessons. There's 18 core activities, 14 of which operate on 2 levels. It focuses on developing your child's social and environmental awareness. Two specially designed scoring modes: A 'Reward System' encourages the child to attempt all activities. Blinky Bill is an anthropomorphic koala and children's fictional character created by Australian author and illustrator Dorothy Wall. (LaunchBox Games Database/Wikipedia)
Category: Early Childhood
Perspective:
Year released: 1999
Author: Forest Interactive
Publisher: Yoram Gross EMTV
The disc image is a Mac/PC hybrid.
See also: Play & Learn with Blinky Bill: Kindy
Compatibility
Architecture: PPC x86 (Windows)
SSW 7.5.3
16 MB RAM
At 49 minutes 07 seconds I noticed an error in the video details on the right, which I promptly fixed.
Used emulator: PCem v16
CPU: Pentium MMX 233
OS: Windows 98 Second Edition
Screen resolution: 640x480
Colours: 16 bit
Output scaling: 3x
Scaling: Integer scaling / Nearest
All activities:
From the key map at 37 minutes 52 seconds
1. Free Play activities and Navigation
Large tree trunk door
Access to first seven scoring activities
Large Treehouse
Access to second seven scoring activities
Free Play 1 - Displacement
Conceptualising volume, buoyancy awareness
Free Play 2 - Cooking
Identifying food, sorting & categorising objects, following a sequence/instructions, social skills
Free Play 3 - Weather
Basic weather conditions and social consequences
Free Play 4 - Picture Jumble
Animal recognition, conceptualising illogical combinations, having fun!
Player rewards
A reward based incentive for the player to progress through all activities at all levels.
Player progress
Chart that displays player's progress in games shown as a score and percentage of attempts. Also details learning outcomes.
2. First seven scoring activities
Creature hunt:
Visual discrimination, mouse skills
Sequencing:
Discrimination by size, number and cycles of change, sequencing event, comprehension skills
Positioning: Spatial awareness, positional naming
Feelings: Emotional discrimination, social skills, empathy
Matching: Visual discrimination of shapes, following a pattern, environmental comprehension skills.
Classification: Sorting & categorising things, social comprehension skills.
Money: Conceptualising how money works, basic counting, social skills
3. Next seven scoring activities
Tidy the Room:
Visual discrimination of objects, categorisation, social skills, responsibility
Growing plants:
Environmental awareness, nurturing skills, following directions
Families:
Social awareness, matching skills, memory skills
Animal homes:
Learning about animals, memory skills, mouse skills
Occupations: Social skills, non gender stereotyping, occupational awareness
Shapes: 2D shape recognition developing awareness of shape & position
Counting: Counting to 10 number sequence, mouse skills, social skills, numeral recognition.
Chapters / Timestamps:
0:00 Video intro
0:19 Game intro
1:37 Picture sequence
4:11 Creature hunt
15:13 Self-service shop
19:10 What's what?
22:03 Who's who?
24:11 Positioning game
25:51 Feelings game
29:28 Cooking game
35:34 Bath game
36:52 Progress chart
37:10 Help page
40:56 Who goes where?
44:02 Who does what?
50:06 Tidy the Room
52:06 Counting game
56:42 Shapes game
59:39 Growing plants
1:05:03 Mystery matching
1:09:12 Picture Jumble
1:11:10 Rewards page
1:12:22 Weather conditions
1:18:50 Game credits
1:19:31 Outro
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This game for preschoolers, featuring Blinky Bill the Australian koala 🐨 has activities to learn recognition, conceptualizing volume, identifying objects and sorting, weather conditions and social consequences, sorting and categorizing and many more!
This game is the first of three activity edutainment software CDs titled "Play & Learn with Blinky Bill". This one is for preschool users, and features over 200 fun-filled and unique lessons. There's 18 core activities, 14 of which operate on 2 levels. It focuses on developing your child's social and environmental awareness. Two specially designed scoring modes: A 'Reward System' encourages the child to attempt all activities. Blinky Bill is an anthropomorphic koala and children's fictional character created by Australian author and illustrator Dorothy Wall. (LaunchBox Games Database/Wikipedia)
Category: Early Childhood
Perspective:
Year released: 1999
Author: Forest Interactive
Publisher: Yoram Gross EMTV
The disc image is a Mac/PC hybrid.
See also: Play & Learn with Blinky Bill: Kindy
Compatibility
Architecture: PPC x86 (Windows)
SSW 7.5.3
16 MB RAM
At 49 minutes 07 seconds I noticed an error in the video details on the right, which I promptly fixed.
Used emulator: PCem v16
CPU: Pentium MMX 233
OS: Windows 98 Second Edition
Screen resolution: 640x480
Colours: 16 bit
Output scaling: 3x
Scaling: Integer scaling / Nearest
All activities:
From the key map at 37 minutes 52 seconds
1. Free Play activities and Navigation
Large tree trunk door
Access to first seven scoring activities
Large Treehouse
Access to second seven scoring activities
Free Play 1 - Displacement
Conceptualising volume, buoyancy awareness
Free Play 2 - Cooking
Identifying food, sorting & categorising objects, following a sequence/instructions, social skills
Free Play 3 - Weather
Basic weather conditions and social consequences
Free Play 4 - Picture Jumble
Animal recognition, conceptualising illogical combinations, having fun!
Player rewards
A reward based incentive for the player to progress through all activities at all levels.
Player progress
Chart that displays player's progress in games shown as a score and percentage of attempts. Also details learning outcomes.
2. First seven scoring activities
Creature hunt:
Visual discrimination, mouse skills
Sequencing:
Discrimination by size, number and cycles of change, sequencing event, comprehension skills
Positioning: Spatial awareness, positional naming
Feelings: Emotional discrimination, social skills, empathy
Matching: Visual discrimination of shapes, following a pattern, environmental comprehension skills.
Classification: Sorting & categorising things, social comprehension skills.
Money: Conceptualising how money works, basic counting, social skills
3. Next seven scoring activities
Tidy the Room:
Visual discrimination of objects, categorisation, social skills, responsibility
Growing plants:
Environmental awareness, nurturing skills, following directions
Families:
Social awareness, matching skills, memory skills
Animal homes:
Learning about animals, memory skills, mouse skills
Occupations: Social skills, non gender stereotyping, occupational awareness
Shapes: 2D shape recognition developing awareness of shape & position
Counting: Counting to 10 number sequence, mouse skills, social skills, numeral recognition.
Chapters / Timestamps:
0:00 Video intro
0:19 Game intro
1:37 Picture sequence
4:11 Creature hunt
15:13 Self-service shop
19:10 What's what?
22:03 Who's who?
24:11 Positioning game
25:51 Feelings game
29:28 Cooking game
35:34 Bath game
36:52 Progress chart
37:10 Help page
40:56 Who goes where?
44:02 Who does what?
50:06 Tidy the Room
52:06 Counting game
56:42 Shapes game
59:39 Growing plants
1:05:03 Mystery matching
1:09:12 Picture Jumble
1:11:10 Rewards page
1:12:22 Weather conditions
1:18:50 Game credits
1:19:31 Outro
Early Learning-Preschool, Learning for preschoolers
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![Blinky Bill Play and Learn: Year One (1999, PC) - Longplay
Play and learn with Australias favourite Koala for children ages 5-7. Learn sorting & categorising, cleaning up, how to save water, animal sounds and a lot more!
Activities
Free Play activities
Free play - Dominoes
Sorting & categorising animals and their homes, following a pattern, comprehension skills
Free play - Clean up game: Mouse manipulation, environmental care, speed and accuracy
Free play - Slip Slap Slop: Sun and weather safety awareness, helping friends, health
Painting game: Visual discrimination, creativity, object manipulation
Scoring Activities
Matrix Game: Following a matrix, visual discrimination of 2D shapes, matching skills
Categorising by shape, number, size and use, following instructions
Whats that sound: Audio discrimination, learning animal sounds
Number order: Ordering numerals to 100, following a sequence
Save water maze: Environmental care
Subtraction: Developing subtraction skills to 20, following instructions
Find the missing piece: Advanced visual discrimination, understanding 2D shapes, developing visual memory
Multiplication: Developing multiplication skills to 20, following instructions, sharing
Memory game: Developing visual memory
Clock Bingo: Telling the time to 1/2 hour building speed an accuracy
Addition: Developing addition skills to 20 and mental calculation skills including speed and accuracy with addition
Coin addition: Developing addition skills with money, comprehension of the value of money, coin recognition
Secret Code Game: Various health and safety issues, matching skills, comprehension skills
3D Shape Game: 3D shape recognition, visual discrimination
Video creator notes
Other titles by the same developer: http://web.archive.org/web/20031212212257/http://www.forestint.com.au/forest/html/cdrom2.html
Developer description
No description was found as information on this game is lacking on the internet.
Information from Worldcat
Play and learn with Australias favourite koala Blinky Bills [i.e. Bill] : year 1, ages 5-7.
Author: Yoram Gross; Forest Interactive Pty. Ltd.; Roadshow Interactive.; Yoram Gross EMTV Pty Ltd.
Publisher: Yoram Gross EMTV/Forest Interactive : [Sydney] : Roadshow Interactive [distributor], ©1999.
Edition/Format: Computer file : CD for computer
Summary:
Uniquely Australian educational package developed by Australian teachers to promote local standards of spelling, numeracy and safety. Offers children educational continuity over the most important educational years in maths, language, social skills and the environment. Printable progress reports, reward system to encourage children to try their least favourite subjects and over 200 unique lessons.
Subjects: Early childhood education
Material Type: Document
Document Type: Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Yoram Gross; Forest Interactive Pty. Ltd.; Roadshow Interactive.; Yoram Gross EMTV Pty Ltd.
OCLC Number: 222671750
Description: 1 computer optical disc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([4] pages ; 13 cm)
Details: System requirements: Windows, 133 MHZ Pentium processor or better; 16 Mb of RAM (24 Mb preferred); Windows compatible 16 bit sound card; 14 monitor set to 640 x 480; quad spped CD-ROM drive or better; Windows 95 or later compatible system; mouse or other pointing device. Apple Macintosh, Power PC 100 Mhz or better; 16 Mb RAM or better preferred; sound manager 3.0; quad speed CD-ROM drive or better; system 7.5.3 or later; mouse or other pointing device.
Related Subjects: Early childhood education.
(https://www.worldcat.org/title/play-and-learn-with-australias-favourite-koala-blinky-bills-ie-bill-year-1-ages-5-7/oclc/222671750)
Timestamps
0:00 Video intro
0:20 Game intro
2:00 Animal recognition
16:21 Number puzzle
22:51 Free play - Clean up game
26:43 Save water maze
30:52 Subtraction - Tadpole game
36:12 Find the missing piece
38:37 Multiplication - Gumleaves game
44:39 Memory game
56:49 Clock Bingo game
1:11:56 Addition - Pebbles game
1:18:05 Score page
1:18:27 Coin addition - Music machine game
1:26:55 Help page
1:30:53 Free play - Slip Slap Slop / Weather awareness
1:32:33 Secret Code Game
1:41:58 3D Shape Game
1:44:31 Painting game
1:51:41 Free play - Dominoes
1:57:44 Matrix Game - shapes
2:10:21 Matrix Game - shape, number, size and use
2:13:46 Rewards page - Videos not shown fully
2:27:21 Game credits
2:28:17 Video outro
Game Credits
Blinky Bill - Play & Learn - Year One
Produced by: Yoram Gross EM TV Pty Ltd
Developed and created by: Forest Interactive
Activities Devised by: Melany Alexander Dip. Ed.
Voice actors: Keith Scott, Robyn Moore
Settings and application information
Used emulator: PCem v16
CPU: Pentium 233 MMX
OS: Windows 98 Second Edition
Screen resolution: 640x480
Output scaling: 2x
Scaling: Integer scaling / Nearest
#Learn #Koala #Children #Education
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