Discover the Universe with Pipo

Discover the Universe with Pipo is a practical program in which children travel through Space, with no effort and having fun. With Pipo's and Cuca's space ship, you'll blast off from the Earth for the Moon, the Solar System, the Galaxy and to outer reaches of the Universe, to discover the secrets of the Stars.

DISCOVER THE FASCINATING WORLD OF ASTRONOMY AS YOU PLAY!

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Constellations (north and south celestial vaults, the Zodiac, find constellations)

The Earth's rotation (night and day, geometrical concepts)

The Moon (the side we can see, the tides, eclipses)

The Earth's movement (the seasons and the calendar)

The Solar System (the Sun and the planets)

The Asteroid Belt (comets, asteroids, meteorites and falling stars)

Our Galaxy "The Milky Way" (types of galaxies, the life and death of a star)

The Universe (the size of the Universe, types of stars and heavenly bodies in the Universe)

Who is who? (a brief history of the personalities and main facts in Astronomy)

Advice for better star watching.

Space ships

Mission: Explore the Universe

From the ship, you can reach the explanation screens.
There you'll find the reconnaissance robots, which an energy failure left disabled.
Your mission will be to find them, get them working again and transmit their data. Depending on the number you find, you can play the Astronomer game and get parts for your ship.

OUTSTANDING FEATURES:

In the first screen, the children can type in their names. For Pipo to accept a name, it must be typed twice, so if children write something unintentionally or by mistake, it will not be accepted. Up to 99 names may be typed in.

In the progress screen (F9 key), the progress of each child is shown. With the robots, it is possible to see what they have already listened to.

A Help key (F1) is available for every game and screen, which explains how to play and the options for each game. Clicking on the large question mark button takes them to a general help screen for the whole product, which they can print.

The F5 key (Options): visualisation of the games, explanation screen and demo of other products

The games are intended mainly for children from 5 to 12 years of age, but in the simplest levels a child of 4 may fin¡d some of the games very stimulating, especially the puzzles, the pair games, and the join the dots or colouring in. Other activities may even be interesting to adults, as an easy way of beginning to learn about astronomy.

Configuration: clicking on the A and F8 keys will allow you to configure the following options: printing, the default hemisphere, and the number of active robots necessary to do the Astronomer's Test.

The cursor which appears when there is a clickable object is a mouse. The active part of the mouse is its nose. Use the nose of the mouse to click on an object.

The level icon allows you to change the level of difficulty of the game at any moment.

In some games, you can see the correct and incorrect answers given.

MINIMUM REQUISITES FOR USING DISCOVER THE UNIVERSE WITH PIPO:

Pentium 75 MHz or higher with 8 MB RAM and 20 MB free disk space.
    Super VGA graphics card (640 x 480, 256 colours)
    Sound Blaster compatible sound card.
    Mouse
    CD-ROM (or higher)
    Windows 95 (or higher)
    Compatible with NT 4.0 (or higher) and Windows 2000