- Release Date: November 12, 1999
- Genre: Educational
- Style: Social Interaction
- Similar Games: Rockett's Collection (Hybrid Windows/Mac), Wimzie's House: A Surprise for Horace (Hybrid Windows/Mac), Jim Henson's Bear in the Big Blue House: Bear's Imagine That! (IBM PC Compatible), VeggieTales: The Mystery of Veggie Island (IBM PC Compatible)
Game Description
Wimzie's House: Play Along with Wimzie is based on the top tenWimzie's House emphasizes pro-social themes surrounding issues such as friendship, generosity, loneliness, jealousy, diversity and sibling rivalry. Like the series, the CD-ROM features the puppet/characters that preschoolers have come to know, including
The software contains five games that are designed to develop important thinking and social skills. Preschoolers are challenged to develop memory and logical thinking skills. They are also taught to identify feelings, both their own and those of others.
Of the five games included in Wimzie's House, Rousso's Memory Challenge is a memory exercise in which children must identify and link together various objects while The Bickering Bunch is a fast-paced game where children must identify different types of emotions.
Other games include Wimzie's Family Portrait, in which children must identify personality traits of
Wimzie's House: Play Along with Wimzie also offers three levels of difficulty for all five games.
~ Tara Hernandez, All Game Guide
Roots & Influences
Wimzie's House: Play Along with Wimzie is based on the top ten~ Tara Hernandez, All Game Guide
Production Credits
Executive Producer CINAR: Micheline Charest, Ronald A. Weinberg; Executive Producer Micro-Intel: Serge Carrier; Producer CINAR: Patricia Lavoie, Robert Armstrong; Producer Micro-Intel: Mario Carrière; Concept Designer: Danielle Marleau; Director: Danielle Marleau; Director's Assistant: André Minotti; Writer: John Boni; Script Supervisor: Élise Cartier; Script Coordinator: Toula Gagnon; Art Director: Danielle Marleau; Computer Graphics Lead Artist: André Minotti; Computer Graphics Artist: Alain Lemay, Antoine Guignard; Business Affairs: Dan Tierney; Music and Effects Editor: Serge Lafortune; Video and Sound Editor: Antoine Guignard; Programmer: Perry Lake, Houman Zolfaghari, Martin Longpré, Frédéric Bergeron; Special Effects: Yves Béland; Technical Consultant: Jean Berthold; Testing: Sylvain Bernier; Line Producer: Rachel Verdon; Production Manager: Jacques Ouimet; Footage Director: Danielle Marleau; Footage Script Assistant: Lyne Guimont, Manon Corbeil; Footage Production Coordinator: Lucie D'Amour; Footage Production Assistant: Marc Rainville; Director of Photography: Carole Gosselin; Lighting Assistant: Éric Tremblay; Technical Director: Mario Lemieux, Stéphane Cloutier; Image Quality Control: Mario Lemieux; Switchers: Mario Bourassa, Yves Béland; Floor Director: Manon Thibodeau; Property Master: Lise Éthier; Assistant Property Master: Daniel Germain; Set Dresser: Paul Chartrand; Puppet Master: Sylvie Gauthier; Key Grip: Marcel Prince; Grip: Gabriel Pérusse, Michel Audy; Cameraman: Pierre Vanier; Sound Recordist: Marc Girard; Set Photographer: Pierre Lavigne, Bernard Petit; Wimzie Puppeteer: Brigitte Brideau; Voice of Wimzie: Sonja Ball; Bo Puppeteer: Lucie Beauvais; Voice of Bo: Liz MacRae; Loulou Puppeteer: Sylvie Comtois; Voice of Loulou: Holly Gauthier-Frankel; Jonas Puppeteer: André Meunier; Voice of Jonas: Thor Bishopric; Horace Puppeteer: Richard Lalancette; Voice of Horace: Bruce Dinsmore; Graziella Puppeteer: Michel Ledoux; Voice of Graziella: Jennifer Séguin; Rousso Puppeteer: Michel Ranger; Voice of Rousso: Tyrone Benskin; Yaya Puppeteer: Johanne Rodrigue; Voice of Yaya: Jane Woods; Company 1: CINAR Studios; Post-Production Voice Director: Richard Dumont, Élise Cartier; Post-Production Script Adaptation: Jane Woods, Élise Cartier, Arthur Holden; Post-Production Supervisor: Chantal Pagé; Post-Production Coordinator: Marie-Andrée, Bédard; Post-Production Recording Engineer: John Nestorowich, Julian Fischer, Pierre Bourcier, Mario Rubnikowich; Technical Crew: APVQ; Background Music: Daniel Scott; Theme Song: Jeff Zahn, Sarah Zahn; Recorded at: Studio B at Mel's Cité du cinéma, Covitec Éclair; Equipment Rental: Michel Trudel Inc.
~ Michael L. House, All Game Guide
