The game is different depending on your choice of protagonist Lucy or Charlie Brown so kids can play it more than once and have a different experience each time. Kids can click on hotspots in each room and discover hidden items, other clues that will eventually lead them to Linuss blanket, or even such enjoyable mini games as Steer the Bus With Snoopy. The game takes place in various environments that will be familiar to Peanuts fans, such as the Browns house, the red brick wall where the characters often meet to chat, summer camp (which has been updated to computer camp), and Schroeders piano room. (Want to know about the history of Schulzs characters? See 50 Years of Peanuts on page two.) The Peanuts characters have been around since the 1950s, and international project manager Anja Grothe explains that Wheres the Blanket is a great opportunity to invite them to join todays multimedia playroom and let them meet the next generation. Kids can play these games at school and bring them home as well.
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She adds that Tivola supports Macintosh versions of its games because our goal is to make sure that our software is as successful as possible. See all your favorite Peanuts characters from Tivolas exciting Wheres the Blanket Charlie Brown? kids game. Thats why she believes it was a natural match of characters and creative talent when Creative Associates and United Media approached Tivola to create a Peanuts game that would impart valuable lessons while letting kids have fun. Tivolas goal is to engage kids through interactive gameplay and to smuggle in the learning so they dont feel it, explains Tivola president Eve Seber.
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Like all of Tivolas games, you can play Wheres the Blanket? in the Classic mode in Mac OS X or in Mac OS 9. Kids can choose to play as lovable loser Charlie Brown or hard-headed tomboy Lucy as they search for Linuss missing security blanket, which all Peanuts fans know he cant live without. The whole gang is poised to meet the next generation of young fans.