Reader Rabbit (video game)
| Reader Rabbit | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | The Learning Company The Connelley Group (Atari 8-bit) |
| Publisher(s) | The Learning Company |
| Series | Reader Rabbit |
| Platform(s) | Original Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Mac Talking Apple IIGS Reader Rabbit 1 MS-DOS Deluxe MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Mac Reader Rabbit's Reading 1 Windows, Mac |
| Release | 1984 (Original) 1989 (Talking) 1991 (Reader Rabbit 1) 1994 (Deluxe) 1997 (Reading 1) |
| Genre(s) | Educational |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Reader Rabbit (fully titled "Reader Rabbit and the Fabulous Word Factory" or alternatively known as "Reader Rabbit Builds Early Learning & Thinking") is a 1984 educational video game and the first of the long-running Reader Rabbit edutainment series. It was made by The Learning Company for Apple II and later for other computers. It supports the KoalaPad graphics tablet. The Connelley Group helped with the Atari 8-bit computers conversion in 1984. A Talking version was developed for the Apple IIGS in 1989. An enhanced version was released for MS-DOS in 1991. A Deluxe version was released in 1994 for Mac and Windows 3.x. In 1997, the game was remade for Windows and Macintosh under the title "Reader Rabbit's Reading 1".