Cheap Rugrats In Paris (Software) (Windows NT, Macintosh, Linux, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows 2000) Price

Those rascally Rugrats are back again, bringing the usual chaos and dirty-diaper jokes along for the ride. Not surprisingly, Rugrats in Paris is more about the Rugrats than about Paris; its five games starring the adventurous ankle biters all lead to the return of poor Chuckie's beloved Wawa. Each game needs to be discovered on the main board before it can be played, and hunting them down can be pretty time-consuming. During your search, you'll find plenty of goofy animations to click on; each one is highlighted when the cursor changes into a bright-red exclamation point.

The games can be played using three skill levels--if you start a game on a level that is too hard, simply restart the game by clicking on the Change Level icon. In addition to existing as stand-alone activities, each game--from Ooey-Gooey Land to Ninja Chase--brings the kids one step closer to reclaiming Chuckie's lost Wawa. And the pursuit of keys, shovels, and chocolate bonbons for Angelica leads to more information and new areas to explore. None of the games are particularly difficult, nor are they especially educational. But, by focusing on simple pointing and clicking to win, kids will use motor skills and problem-solving abilities to earn the final prize: the Wawa.

Installation is quick, and the program runs smoothly on machines beefy enough to meet the minimum system requirements. Each time the game is started, a total of six animated scenes advertising the makers of the game needs to be skipped; while some animations are cute the first time, seeing these in every subsequent gameplay gets annoying. --Jill Lightner

PLATFORM:	Windows NT, Macintosh, Linux, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows 2000
CATEGORY:	Software
MANUFACTURER:	Mattel Media
MEDIA:	CD-ROM
# OF MEDIA:	1
UPC:	074299263514