Play with the Teletubbies

Play with the Teletubbies is an educationalvideo game developed by Asylum Entertainment based on the British children's television series Teletubbies, it was released for Microsoft Windows in 1998 and PlayStation in 1999.

The primary gameplay consists of choosing a Teletubby and choosing various activities to perform with them, such as a game of hide and seek, banging a drum, or controlling the speed of a train. Certain activities are unique depending on the Teletubby you choose to perform it with, such as the "Favourite Thing" activity, which features a unique item for each character.^[1]

The game also features 11 live-action clips that can be viewed by interacting with the windmill at the top of the map. These clips feature children telling the audience about what they're doing that day, often something promoting creativity or being outdoors, such as herding sheep. These clips are very reminiscent of an actual segment of the original television series where the same thing happens. Two magical events are also shown: a train and some clouds.^[2]

According to Dave Lee, director of BBC Multimedia at the time of the games development, the gameplay was extensively tested with young children, adding that the company was "delighted to see how quickly very young children adapted to using the PlayStation controls" when playing early versions of the software. The BBC hoped that the launch of the PS2 would cause more PlayStations to be passed on to younger members of the family increasing the possible player base.^[3]

En su reseña de la versión para PC para AllGame , Brad Cook le dio al juego 4 estrellas de 5, diciendo que el juego hizo "un excelente trabajo al transferir el popular programa infantil británico a un videojuego" y elogió sus gráficos y sonido. ^{[ 1 ]} El mismo sitio web le dio a la versión de PlayStation 3.5 de 5 diciendo que había "no había mucho 'juego' en Play with the Teletubbies, al menos no en el sentido convencional de la palabra. Pero eso es exactamente lo que los desarrolladores tenían en mente", pero criticó la interfaz que dijo que "no siempre era obvia para los niños pequeños". ^{[ 4 ]} El crítico de The Sydney Morning Herald elogió la fidelidad del sonido y los gráficos. ^{[ 7 ]}

Steven Poole , en su reseña de la versión de PlayStation para The Guardian , fue extremadamente crítico, calificándola como "una pieza de propaganda electrónica asombrosamente incompetente para niños de dos a cuatro años " ^{[ 6 ].}

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