Fun School
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Fun School Logo
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| Genres | Edutainment |
| Developers |
Database Publications (1984) |
| Publishers |
Database Publications (1984) |
| Creators | Derek Meakin Meash Meakin Peter Davidson |
| Platforms |
1989-1994: Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Amiga, DOS 1995-1998: Windows |
| Platform of origin | BBC Micro |
| First release |
Fun School 1 1984 |
| Latest release |
Fun School 7 1998 |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Publication | Score |
| Amstrad Action | 89% (Amstrad CPC) |
| Your Sinclair | 89% (ZX Spectrum) |
| 14/20 (Amstrad CPC) | |
| Commodore Format | 62% (C64) |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Publication | Score |
| Amstrad Action | 89% (Amstrad CPC) |
| Your Sinclair | 89% (ZX Spectrum) |
| Commodore Format | 60% (C64) |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Publication | Score |
| Amstrad Action | 89% (Amstrad CPC) |
| Your Sinclair | 89% (ZX Spectrum) |
| Commodore Format | 64% (C64) |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Publication | Score |
| Crash | 84% (ZX Spectrum) |
| Amiga CD32 Gamer | 80% (Amiga) |
| CPC Attack! | 90% (Amstrad CPC) |
| 8000 Plus | 18/20 (Amstrad PCW) |
| ST Format | 91%(Atari ST) |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Publication | Score |
| Amstrad Action | 90% (Amstrad CPC) |
| Crash | 86% (ZX Spectrum) |
| CPC Attack! | 90% (Amstrad CPC) |
| 8000 Plus | 4/5 (Amstrad PCW) |
| ST Format | 94%(Atari ST) |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Publication | Score |
| Amstrad Action | 92% (Amstrad CPC) |
| CPC Attack! | 90% (Amstrad CPC) |
| ST Format | 90%(Atari ST) |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Publication | Score |
| Amstrad Action | 93% (Amstrad CPC) |
| Crash | 86% (ZX Spectrum) |
| Sinclair User | 80% (ZX Spectrum) |
| Your Sinclair | 9/10 (ZX Spectrum) |
| CPC Attack! | 90% (Amstrad CPC) |
| CU Amiga |
  (Amiga)
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| ST Format | 82% (Atari ST) |
| Commodore Format | 75% (C64) |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Publication | Score |
| Amstrad Action | 93% (Amstrad CPC) |
| Crash | 86% (ZX Spectrum) |
| Sinclair User | 81% (ZX Spectrum) |
| Your Sinclair | 8/10 (ZX Spectrum) |
| Zzap!64 | 79% (C64) |
| CPC Attack! | 90% (Amstrad CPC) |
| ST Format | 82% (Atari ST) |
| Commodore Format | 68% (C64) |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Publication | Score |
| Amstrad Action | 93% (Amstrad CPC) |
| Crash | 85% (ZX Spectrum) |
| Sinclair User | 83% (ZX Spectrum) |
| Your Sinclair | 84% (ZX Spectrum) |
| Zzap!64 | 82% (C64) |
| CPC Attack! | 90% (Amstrad CPC) |
| CU Amiga |
(Amiga)
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| ST Format | 82% (Atari ST) |
| Commodore Format | 70% (C64) |
Database Publications (1984)
Database Educational Software (1989)
Database Publications (1984)
Database Educational Software (1989)
Fun School is the name of a series of educational packages developed and published in the United Kingdom by Europress Software, initially as Database Educational Software. The original Fun School titles were sold mostly by mail order via off-the-page adverts in the magazines owned by Database Publications. A decision was made to create a new set of programs, call the range Fun School 2, and package them more professionally so they could be sold in computer stores around the UK. Every game comes as a set of three versions, each version set to cater for a specific age range.
Fun School 1 is the first set of educational games, created in 1984 by Database Educational Software for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro computers. The three individual games catered for children aged under 6 years, between 6 and 8 years and over 8 years respectively. They also includes five children's Nursery Rhymes. The products were tested in classrooms and were educationally approved.
Fun School 2 is the second set of educational games, created in 1989 by Database Educational Software. It was released on more computers than its predecessor including Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Amiga, DOS and RISC OS. The three individual games catered for children aged under 6 years, between 6 and 8 years and over 8 years respectively.
The Fun School 2 games were programmed using the STOS (derived from BASIC) programming language with the STOS Compiler Engine. The previous year, the educational market was dwindling and the release of "Fun School 2" was an outstanding success. The games sold over 60,000 copies by February and by this time a German Amiga package was developed. By April the games sold over 100,000 copies. During August in 1990, over 150,000 copies had been sold (including 30,000 Amstrad CPC copies). During the development of "Fun School 3" by December, 250,000 copies of the games had been sold.
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