JumpStart Kindergarten
JumpStart Kindergarten (known as Jump Ahead Starting School in the UK) is an educational video game developed by Fanfare Software and released by Knowledge Adventure on the MS-DOS platform in 1994 (v1.0). It was the first product released in the JumpStart series and, as its name suggests, it is intended to teach kindergarten students. According to the Knowledge Adventure founder Bill Gross, it is the first educational software program that covers the entire kindergarten curriculum. It was ported to the Windows and Macintosh systems in 1995 (v1.2). It was updated with a new version on 24 November 1997 (v2.0). It was updated with additional content in a 2-CD Deluxe version in 2000 (v2.6), that included JumpStart Around the World. Eventually it was replaced in 2002 by JumpStart Advanced Kindergarten.
| JumpStart Kindergarten | |
|---|---|
1994 CD Cover | |
| Developer(s) | Fanfare Software |
| Publisher(s) | Knowledge Adventure |
| Producer(s) | Barton Listick |
| Designer(s) | Barton Listick |
| Artist(s) | Bonnie Bright |
| Series | JumpStart |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Windows, Macintosh |
| Release | 14 November 1994 (MS-DOS/Win 3.x) 28 August 1995 (Win/Mac) 24 November 1997 (Win/Mac Re-Release) |
| Genre(s) | Educational |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
This game was adapted to VHS in 1999 as JumpStart Kindergarten: Why Did the Bus Stop?.