1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krolewnasniezkalongsoft_okladka_3.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Yes, that's where some of Phoenix Games' output comes from.]] |
3 | |
4 | ''Familijny CD-Romek'' was a Polish series of [[Main/EdutainmentGame educational games]] aimed at children produced and published since September 1999 by Creator/{{Longsoft Multimedia}} based in Wrocław and distributed on CD-ROM for Platform/MicrosoftWindows. |
5 | |
6 | The games consist of specially-produced animated and slightly modernised adaptations on popular children's literary works (especially the ones well-known in Poland)[[note]]Similiar to what VideoGame/LivingBooks or VideoGame/DisneysAnimatedStorybook did before but without any interactive elements[[/note]], which are characterised by traditionally animated characters being put on [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects CGI backgrounds]] and minigames, puzzles and activities related to the stories. |
7 | |
8 | If you happen to be familiar in any way with Longsoft's adaptations (and you are from outside of Central and Eastern Europe), then you must have heard of the Platform/PlayStation2 ports released by Creator/PhoenixGames in association with Aqua Pacific (yes, that's not their own original product), which are mainly characterised by their poor quality English dubs. |
9 | |
10 | The series consists of:[[note]]Titles exported by Phoenix Games are marked in bold[[/note]] |
11 | * ''Brzydkie kaczątko'' (''The Ugly Duckling'') |
12 | * ''Czerwony kapturek'' (''The Little Red Riding Hood'') |
13 | * ''Dziewczynka z zapałkami'' (''The Little Match Girl'') |
14 | * '''''Jaś i Małgosia''''' (''Hansel and Gretel'') |
15 | * '''''Kopciuszek''''' (''Cinderella'') |
16 | * '''''Królewna Śnieżka i Siedmiu Wspaniałych''''' (''Snow White and the Magnificient Seven'', the English version's title was renamed to ''Snow White and the Seven Clever Boys'' probably to avoid [[ScrewedByTheLawyers a lawsuit from MGM]].) |
17 | * ''Królowa Śniegu'' (''The Snow Queen'') |
18 | * ''Księżniczka na ziarnku grochu'' (''The Princess and the Pea'') |
19 | * ''Nowe szaty cesarza'' (''The Emperor's New Clothes'') |
20 | * ''Opowieść wigilijna'' (''A Christmas Carol'') |
21 | * '''''Pinokio''''' (''Pinocchio'') |
22 | * '''''Piotruś Pan''''' (''Peter Pan'') |
23 | * ''Złota kaczka'' (''The Golden Duck'', a Polish folk tale) |
24 | ---- |
25 | !!These games provide examples of: |
26 | * TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Most of these games feature 2D animated characters over [=CGI=] backgrounds and objects. |
27 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: ''Snow White'' replaces the seven dwarfs with human boys. |
28 | %%* AfterTheEnd: Believe it or not, Longsoft's adaptation of ''The Little Match Girl'' is this [[https://merlin.pl/familijny-cd-romek-7-dziewczynka-z-zapalkami-longsoft-multimedia/1525006/ according to its description]]. |
29 | * AnthropomorphicAnimalAdaptation: Longsoft's adaptation of ''A Christmas Carol'' is this with Scrooge and Cratchit as a wolf and a rabbit respectively. |
30 | * ArtShift: Some of games in the series deviate from the 2D characters/3D backgorunds combo for other art styles: |
31 | ** Longsoft's ''The Little Matchmaker'' adaptation is made [[AllCGICartoon completely in CGI]]. |
32 | ** ''The Little Red Riding Hood'' is a Main/PuppetShow instead. |
33 | * TheArtifact: Remember that cartoony arrow which had to be moved with a controller on the [=PS=]2 ports? In the original [=PC=] version it was a cursor that was controlled with your mouse. |
34 | * BlackfaceStyleCaricature: Sonny from ''Snow White'', with his bright-red GagLips, looks like he walked straight out of a 1930's cartoon. |
35 | ** To make matters worse, his name in the original Polish version was ''Blacky''. |
36 | * CompressedAdaptation: The animated shorts clock in at around 7 minutes each, so large sections of the story have to be left out. ''Pinocchio'' deserves an award for having a song that's less than a minute long covering ''everything'' (and we mean ''everything'': as soon as the song ends, it's back to the FramingDevice) after the first encounter with the Blue Fairy. |
37 | * GreenAesop: ''Peter Pan'' features the following line, in response to being told that Never Land looks very green: |
38 | --> '''Peter Pan:''' Yes. The Never Land residents care about nature. They love animals and don't destroy the gifts given to them by the earth. |
39 | * InformedAttribute: In ''Snow White and the Seven Clever Boys'', the narrator gives the boys sans Joseph Jr. various attributes, but we see little to none of them in action. |
40 | * SettingUpdate: ''Cinderella'' is set in modern times, with Cinderella driving a car to meet the prince at a nightclub. However, the narrator still calls these things a carriage and castle (which seems to be intentional, since he also mentions skyscrapers at the end). |
41 |
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/context.php
FollowingContext VideoGame / FamilijnyCDRomek
Go To
- Show Spoilers
- Night Vision
- Sticky Header
- Wide Load