Southpeak Software Review

This is the second of Southpeak Interactive Software's titles that we have reviewed. Overall we found it to be fantastic. If your kid loves to draw they will get a kick out of this program for sure. Below you will find details of the program itself plus our thoughts on it. You will also find the others titles they have projected to come out and their release dates.

Features	Minimum System Requirements
20 images, including connect-the-dots and panoramics	Pentium 133 processor
36 colors to use	Windows 95/98
20 textures, including 8 animated ones	16 MB RAM(32 recommended)
13 "crazy tools" for painting	4X CD-ROM
You can save and print the completed image	16 Bit Sound Card
3D rendered interface	SVGA Graphics Card
Voice cues for tools	2 MB Video RAM
For ages 3 to 8	Microsoft Compatible Mouse
	50 MB free disk space

Suggested Retail Price:$19.95, Available Now
(You can see a list of stores that
carry their titles on South Peak's site under Shopping)

Program Details

In Crazy Paint you can select from 21 pictures and paint them in many ways.

Installation & Registration:

The game can be installed with minimum(50 MB) or full size(100 MB) installations. We used the minimum install and it went flawlessly. We registered through the internet and had no problems.

Gameplay:

Our system is on the lower end of their recommendations. Despite this the program played well. The 3D interface was easy to navigate and the audible cues provided the information that we couldn't figure out visually. We had fun playing with the interface for a while before we ever really got around to painting! The intro is well worth sitting through too-it plays the Rube-Goldberg machine music from the cartoons while you watch it. You get access to 12 colors and 4 animated fills at any give time and there are lots of different tools to paint with. Kids will enjoy doing the same picture in different ways.

Our Thoughts:

We put this one to the grandkid test too. It was a big success with him and both of us(thought eh Duckbumps title would probably have thrilled him even more!) We'd definitely give it 5 out of 5 stars. The interface and animated textures went over big. The textures make the picture more exciting by adding movement to it. The only problem we had with anything was the Pogostick paint tool which none of us could get to work the way we thought it should. If your kids like Looney Tunes you can't go wrong with this one!

Other Titles Coming Out:

(Please check South Peak's site for more information)

Other Animated Jigsaw Puzzles: All will have similar features to the Cosmic Capers title.

Assorted Nuts: Out Now
Merrie Masquerades: Out Now
Wuv & Marriage: Out Now
Assorted Nuts 2: January 1999
Everything's Daffy: March 1999
Show Pieces: March 1999
The Complete Bugs: 1999

Crazy Paint: A line of kids drawing programs featuring line art in 3D scenes.

Duckbumps: Out Now
Home Tweet Home: Out Now
Great Chases: January 1999
Around the World in 80 Shades: March 1999
Hare Goes the Neighborhood: 1999

For the animation fan in general they will also have the following non-Looney Tunes titles:

Pinky & The Brain-World Conquest: Fall 1998(Maze Game)
Animaniacs-A Gigantic Adventure: Fall 1998(Explore the WB Backlot)
Animaniacs-On Location: Out Now(Crazy Paint)
Pinky & The Brain-Back to the Drawing Board: Out Now(Crazy Paint)
Animaniacs-Hysterical: January 1999(Crazy Paint)

There are also 3 calendar titles called Daily Desktops scheduled to come out(1 Looney Tunes, 1 Animaniacs and 1 Pinky & The Brain) but there was no release data on them yet.