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Game info:
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Game title:
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing!
Platform:
MS-DOS
Author (released):
The Software Toolworks (1987)
Genre:
Educational
Mode:
Single-player
Design:
Walt Bilofsky, Michael E. Duffy, Norman Worthington, ...
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is an application software program designed to teach touch typing. Released in late 1987 by The Software Toolworks, the program aimed to enhance users' typing skills through a series of interactive lessons and games. Mavis Beacon is an entirely fictional character, created for marketing purposes.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing (MS-DOS)
Founded by Les Crane, Walt Bilofsky, and Mike Duffy, The Software Toolworks became widely known for developing Chessmaster 2000, a popular chess simulator. Norm Worthington and Mike Duffy also contributed significantly to the development of the program.
The character Mavis Beacon, famously associated with teaching typing, was originally portrayed by Haitian-born model Renee L'Esperance. The name 'Mavis' was inspired by Mavis Staples, the lead vocalist of The Staple Singers, while the surname 'Beacon' was selected for its connotation of guidance and light. Les Crane, a former talk-show host and an early partner in The Software Toolworks, played an integral role in creating the persona of Mavis Beacon.
The program's early versions supported both the traditional QWERTY keyboard layout and the alternative Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout. Since its initial release in 1987, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing has undergone numerous iterations. The 2011 Ultimate Mac Edition by Software MacKiev introduced two-player competitive typing network games, integration with iTunes, Dvorak keyboard support, practice typing song lyrics, RSS news feeds, and classic novels. In 2021, Encore, Inc. released Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 2020. In 1999, the series had sold over six million copies.
Users can find themselves racing a virtual car by accurately typing words that appear on the screen. The program also includes typing drills that present users with passages of text to type out, which provides a comprehensive overview of their progress. Successful completion of lessons and tests can result in the achievement of certificates.
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This version of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing! was designed for personal computers with operating system MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System),
which was operating system developed by Microsoft in 1981. It was the most widely-used operating system in the first half of the 1990s. MS-DOS was supplied
with most of the IBM computers that purchased a license from Microsoft. After 1995, it was pushed out by a graphically more advanced system - Windows and
its development was ceased in 2000. At the
time of its greatest fame, several thousand games designed specifically for computers with this system were created. Today, its development is no longer continue
and for emulation the free DOSBox emulator is most often used. More information about MS-DOS operating system can be found
here.
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