LGR - Reader Rabbit - DOS PC Game Review
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- It's Edutainment Month once again! And it's time for some rabbits to get their reading on. Yes, freaking Reader Rabbit, the classic educational game from The Learning Company.
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I played some of the early 2000s Reader Rabbit games as a kid and my god did I love them. They were definitely more fun around that era, I think.
If they made The Organ Trail, I see no reason why Reader Raptor shouldn't be made, because that sounds friggin' awesome.
FUND IT.
Lol I played through the entirety of Organ Trail without realising that Oregon Trail existed
One of the most successful and highly remembered edutainment titles of all time for Edutainment Month? Man, what was I thinking!
Jeez, this one's older than me! XD
I remember playing the later version of this on Windows (and Reader Rabbit 2nd Grade). I also remember how in the math game, Reader Rabbit was called Math Rabbit.
***** There's also *Writer* Rabbit.
Haven't heard of that one before.
Holy nostalgia trip, phreakindee. This is a game that I haven't played or even thought about, in 20 years. Suddenly, my childhood! Thank you for this video.
3:00 Gee, I wonder what the middle one could be. "Crayon" is too many letters...
I don't know if it's your style, but you should definitely. review games like Freddie Fish and Pajama Sam.
Oh the nostalgia! 😆 Used to play this back in 1989 (I was 3). Watching the rabbit spin on the boxes was weirdly satisfying.....
What I love about his reviews is that while he jokes/mocks the game, he doesn't let his own humor influence his -actual- review.
Awww man, this was the first computer game I ever played. I was three years old, it was on a Mac, and it was black and white because it was on a computer that didn't have color. Oh, the nostalgia!
ah my favorite way to learn. also had reader rabbit math.. sadly not renamed math marmoset.
The music makes me very happy. And so do all those floppy disks in the intro.
Reader Rabbit, my first edutainment programs were from the nineties CD series and its sister series for older kids the Cluefinders. Reader Rabbit is the reason I have an edutainment software collection of more than 100 titles, so I can't wait for April
I've been meaning to review it for a while, and decided against it again this month to cover something else instead. But I will eventually!
I remember this!!! I played this and Chip and Dale Rescue Ranger on my uncles pc when I was 3 same with Carmen Sandiego.
You're thinking of The Learning Channel...
I had a newer version of Reader Rabbit: 1st Grade on a CD, that came with another game called Mission: T.H.I.N.K. Both games followed an actual storyline, the Reader Rabbit one being some porcupine guy stole the stuff (scripts, props, costumes, posters, musical scores) for the play that they were going to hold that same night, so playing as the rabbit, you had to go on missions to recreate all the lost stuff. It taught language, math, art, and music.
I applaud the Putt-Putt Goes To The Moon boxed copy on the shelf. Favorite Humongous games ever.
Awesomeness, thank you and I'm glad you're enjoying!
Two recent videos I'm quite proud of are my History of DRM video and SimCity Retrospective. Though really, I'm usually quite pleased with whatever I post, or else I wouldn't post it :)
_"PROGRAM OF THE DECADE"_ - *Sticker blurb on the games cover*
That's slightly overselling it... :3
I played this as a kid back in 1991 in first grade, on a Commodore 64, the original 1984 version, also Number Munchers, and Oregon trail too, good times dying of dysentery!
In Third grade the school switched all the computers over to Macintosh and I was able to get that exact Commodore, still have it, and it still works all these years later.
On a side note, a Compact Flash card adapter is a great thing to have for loading software on one of these, saves a lot of wear on the disc drive.
reader rabbit was my shit as a kid. i played cd rom versions though so i guess they were newer versions.
We all loved reader rabbit!
my friends didnt D:
Tad the Rad omg! how could they! i have a used computer and it has a reader rabit game installed on it and i am kind of tempted to play it.....
late comment I know, but same here!
This is where the bunnies from overgrowth learned to read
Loving the consistent updates bro! Keep it up you're my favorite on youtube.
Ever since I stumbled into your videos on youtube, I remembered more and more why I love computers and IT, and then there are videos like this that remind me how I started getting interested in computers. I loved RR as a child, I still remember going to the "Computer Lab" in elementary school and using the 5 inch floppys to play games on the old macs. I just picked up an old Windows game I used to like called MoneyTown, I'll upload a video when I get it from Amazon.
Wow, memory unlocked. I loved this as a kid.
Awesome, thanks man, I'll be sure to watch those!
I can understand your feelings on your stuff - so far I haven't seen any videos that weren't good. You're right in that perfect mix of comedy and information. Keep it up!
I had this as a kid! It was so much fun. It was a newer version that came with out windows 98 computer. Ah, memories. ^__^
OOOOO I see Treasure Mountain in the background of the intro!
My weekly school computer days were filled to the brim with that, Treasure Mathstorm, and Museum Madness!
Oh, and Reader Rabbit I played a lot as a little kid, can't forget that. :)
Yep, my nostalgia meter is full. Thank you kind sir! ^_^
My childhood. It's funny, I remember it so much differently; these kinds of games always seem more, I dunno, epic when you're a little kid playing around on the "family computer" in the "computer room." This, plus a game I don't recall the title of (it was a math skills game with a purple blobbish thing as the mascot?) were my way of entertaining myself.
I've never played the original game , I did play one of the other ones though. I remember I got for my birthday along with a Mic and you could record yourself reading stories and then here your recordings played back too you.
Good times and nostalgia indeed! I think I must have owned about 8 Reader Rabbit games as a kid and I loved them all.
I don't mean this in a weird way, but I LOVE your voice, it's AWESOME! Seriously it is soothing and exciting just to listen to. Yeah, not meant in a weird way. Anyway, your reviews are also entertaining and informative. Well done, I support you good sir!
I remember playing Reader Rabbit 1, 2, and 3 on Windows. Reader Rabbit 3 was my favorite. That was the one where you work for a newspaper. You could even print out a page with all the stories you "wrote". I really had a lot of fun just doing that.
Man thank you LGR, you totally threw me back some 20 years into my childhood again. I cant tell you how much time I wasted on my dad's old IBM/DOS pc playing this game.
Wow, thanks for the list! I actually will watch all of those.
As for the hardware reviews, those are actually what I've -been- watching - I love that kind of stuff, and his are great. I can watch like 50 in a row. XD
I love it when you pull out those big ass floppy disks.
Whoa, those are some really old memories. Probably one of my earliest memories along with Donkey Kong for DOS. I don't just mean earliest gaming memories, I mean earliest memories, period.
I had completely forgotten about this game until I stumbled across this video. It's like unlocking a whole set of childhood memories I didn't know I had.
You sound inspired, Clint. I can tell you especially enjoyed the making of this video and this has definitely left a positive trail. Though I hope you didn't have magenta circles around your eyes.
I had the later PC Reader Rabbit games in the late 90s.
You are most welcome, sir :)
Aww yeah! I knew I recognized old Goblins 3 music! Very clever Clint! If I had never watched Kikoskia I would never have gueesed it.
I didn't even know there was a version of Reader Rabbit around in 1984. This game predates me by almost 20 years!
There isn't one for March, but I'll have one for April!
Was just covered by two other DOS game reviewers in the past few days! Both PushingUpRoses and Ancient DOS Games have reviews up of it, go check them out! I have no intentions of covering it.
I remember playing the Color Mac version when I was in elementary school very fondly
This was the first thing I was ever allowed to do on a computer. It was the commodore 64 version.
Wowwww. I just remembered how old I was from watching this. HUGE Nostalgia!
Well, I played the Duke character in Gas Guzzlers Combat Carnage :)
Heck yeah, it was superior! 1989 is the year the coolest humans were created.
What? No, he said 1984 is superior to 1989. 1989 sucks
This was the first game my parents got for me when I was a kid. Good times.
Also, apparently Reader Rabbit also fills in for Knight Rider at the end there. O.o
It would be fun for you to a lets play of one of the putt putt games, especially with pushinguproses. you two work well together and have good chemistry.
Hands down the best script for an episode :)
I just found you through PushingUpRoses thanks to the LHoD LP you guys have been doing - you're pretty awesome, man. You've got a new subscriber - now, I'm going to go through your backlog watching a ton.
If anyone (including yourself, sir) knows of particular videos on this channel I shouldn't miss, please let me know!
Great informative review
One possible answer to that would be
LGR - Extreme Rock Climbing - PC Game Review
because a) it's really funny b) it is the origin of a running gag
I loved Reader Rabbit when I was a kid! I played this, the JumpStart series, and the Math Blasters series!
Dude, your copy in this video is fantastic!
Am I the only one that hears the opening of the Knight Rider theme when the train starts moving?
I remember this as a kid. Awesome!
Finally! Feels like it's been forever since the last LGR video(even though you've probably been on schedule. lol).
Come back next week for all three :)
I remember playing a updated graphics version of this game as a kid. I loved it.
I remember this game I played it when I was a kid
Holy shit, I distinctly remember playing this when I was very young. Though I was born in '90, so I'm not sure when I was playing it. Maybe at school, or if there was a later release, since we didn't get a computer 'til I was at least 5.
I was in kindergarten in 2004, and I absolutely loved Reader Rabbit.
Yup I have that one too, along with Writer Rabbit. Was a wise move to stick with Reader Rabbit, because otherwise it's just a weird rabbit dissociative identity disorder thing going on.
I feel like playing every game you review
OMG, I didn't realize THE Sir Sebastian was watching this video around the same time as me! Your presence is starting to follow me everywhere! You're like a plague....a plague of awesome.......a plague of awesome taste in videos. :D
Will you ever do a review of the later one? That one was great.
SWEET MOTHER OF GOD! This game is part of my early childhood! I didn't knew anybody until today that had also played any game of reader rabbit. Here in Brazil it's named Coelho Sabido.
I grew up with the reader rabbit first grade game.
I remember this game as a kid. My mom's kindergarten class still uses it on the classroom IIGS.
I liked the music at the end
Jesus has edutainment month come round again all ready? Must have been through atleast 3 of these I've been subscribed to your channel for such a long time :)
Came across reader rabbit on the streets the other day.... he was laying in his own vomit trying to trade me food stamps for cigarettes and liquor.... RIP his career.
I want my rabbit to read. Time to get this game!
I loved the Reader rabbit games!
this is such nostalgia
I would appreciate a review of Reader Roundworm. The host really helps kids digest so much
Bu-dum-tsssssh
Yes! Edutainment month. I expect an I.M. Meen review very soon. :D
Reader Raptor sounds awesome.
this video sums up why you are so great! although you are covering a children's edutainment game which i would otherwise have no interest in, your humour manages to make it a highly enjoyable watch :) well done clint!
also have you ever played evil genius, i loved that game as a kid and would love to see a review or lgr plays :D
Was there a version that with a VERY slight graphical improvement? This version is a year or two past my time but I really feel like I've played this.
I played several copies of this series as a kid, but all on discs. I think they also owned the Cluefinder series, which were incredibly awesome. Cluefinders was a scooby doo like adventuring team that went all around the world to solve puzzles related to math, logic, and reading. They were only ever on disc though, so I don't know how interested you'd be.
I had this game when I was a kid! Holy shit I forgot all about it, nostalgia!
The thought of Phreakindee sitting alone in a dark room playing childrens DOS games creeps me out
We had this + the Oregon Trail on our school compy in first grade.
Reading Raptor.
Best idea ever.
Wow, it's like I'm listening to a highly articulated Duke Nukem Reviewing an old PC game. Awesome!!
Hi LGR. I know you probably wont see this butI would lose my poop if you did a review on Lionel Train Town. Long time viewer. Love you man ✌
2,100 or so currently.
My heart stopped when I saw this on my front page. NOSTALGASM.
The CIB Shock 2 made me pause for a moment, and offer a polite nod of respect for it's existance in your collection.
I fucking LOVED Reader Rabbit! It's my childhood! But I had it for Macintosh. I played it on an SE. I remember the train game!
Reader Rabbit 12: Reader's Astronomical Bender
The Gobliiins floppy version soundtracks make everyone happy. Except the first game.
My favourite TLC game by far was Challenge of the Ancient Empires. Puzzle platformer. Loved it. :)
I played the Apple IIGS version of this in 1990 when I was 6, I remember that it had speech in it.