Adiboo Magical Playland
Windows - 1996
Also released on: Mac
Description of Adiboo Magical Playland
From the Readme file:
Welcome to the magical world of Adiboo.
We are pleased to introduce you to Adiboo, our wise and acclaimed extraterrestrial.
Adiboo introduces your child into his colourful and lively land, where there are a lot of things to do and many friends to be made.
Intelligent Adiboo is an expert in teaching children how to read and count in a most entertaining and supporting manner. As a result, your child will be drawn back to Adiboo time after time, whilst developing a lifelong love of learning.
In his wonderful world, Adiboo offers your child two sections:
Adiboo's Land: discover the 10 activities in Adiboo's land, look after the animals and plants in the garden, play fun games in the house... Adiboo's land is a 'living' world that grows with your child whilst teaching responsibility and creative skills.
The Lessons: I can read and I can count access Adiboo's world of knowledge with, in total, 30 exercises covering 3 levels of difficulty.
Adiboo I can read and I can count is available for ages 4-5 and 6-7. For the older age group, Coktel has developed Adi (English and Maths) a unique series that teaches children in-depth on the two core subjects. Adi is based on the National Curriculum and Scottish National Guidelines and supports SATS and GCSE. Adi (English and Maths) is available for Year 3 to 10 (age 7 to 15.) Please ask your retailer or contact our Customer Services for more information on Adi.
The base games had 5 expansion disks released between 1996 et 1999.
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How to play Adiboo Magical Playland Windows
Retroger Alex contributed the German version and left this comment :
The easiest way I was able to get it working is by extracting the .bin or .cue files into a folder then using the ScummVM emulator that you can download for free. Go to "add game" on ScummVM and choose the folder where you extracted the game files. 3 options should pop up, French, German and Italian, all 3 have German audio, but French and Italian have their respective language in what's written.
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Comments and reviews
Howdy!!! 2024-05-15 0 point Windows version
Is there a US version out there? I grew up with that one!
Bob 2024-02-11 0 point
ok got working on SteamDeck with ScummVM
TLDR:
Extract ADIBOO.iso & put folder into ScummVM roms folder.
Add scummVM shortcut to steam with param for adibou2-win-gb.
"/usr/bin/flatpak" run org.scummvm.ScummVM adibou2-win-gb
Full process:
SteamDeck DesktopMode
- DiscoverStore ScummVM (may already have it installed from EmuDeck)
- Dolphin (folderBrowser) /home/deck/Downloads (or where ever you downloaded the ADIBOO.iso
- ADIBOO.iso RightClick Extract Extract here to AutoDetect Subfolder
- Drag/Cut the new ADIBOO folder into
/home/deck/Emulation/roms/scummvm/
- Steam Add a Game ScummVM
- Steam ScummVM Manage (cog) Properties
TARGET : "/usr/bin/flatpak" run org.scummvm.ScummVM adibou2-win-gb
START IN : /user/bin
LAUNCH OPTIONS :
- Play :)
For the expansions, apparently you repeat the same but have them in separate folders
roms/ScummVM
-Adiboo
-ReadCount45
-ReadCount67
Explained here - https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Adibou_2
https://old.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/po1vg0/add_scummvm_games_to_your_steam_launcher/
bob 2024-02-11 0 point
is there a no cd patch?
put on SteamDeck, but even though i copied content of CD out into a folder before installing from that directory, soon as I UnMount the iso, game stops working, although the contents still on SSD
Kiwi 2023-09-27 -1 point
Despite what the description says, this is not the United States release. This is the european english release. There is a difference in the dubbing.
Adiboo 2022-04-20 2 points
@DAY
To get this to work you have a number of options. Some here have suggested using a virtual machine to run win 98 and to then use the VM to boot the game. I went a different route and installed a PC emulator (PCem v17) which essentially emulates the physcial components of a retro PC like cpu/gpu and installed Win 98 SE to that emulated PC. There are many guides about this on youtube but you need at least somewhat descent specs on your rig to run it.
Day 2022-01-31 0 point
How can I download this?! I have Windows 11 on my Microsoft Surface Pro. I have downloaded it from so many sites, including this one, and I cannot get it to work. I downloaded virtual box and cannot figure out how to get it to work. I cannot find any tutorials online. Ugh, I am so frustrated.
fancy moth 2022-01-05 1 point
ooo i've never seen an english version. i only got the french version rn
Nokes 2021-12-26 0 point
Does anyone have the US version "Adi Jr.'s Magical Playland" I just remember him having an American accent.
Rayray 2021-08-15 1 point
Same with me Neya it says cant run on pc. No idea what to do. completely new to this
Neya 2021-08-04 -1 point
When I downloaded the game its says the app cannot run on my pc. Can you help me?
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Game Extras
Various files to help you run Adiboo Magical Playland, apply patches, fixes, maps or miscellaneous utilities.
109 MB
MiscAddon "anglais" 4-7 ans 377 MB
MiscAddon 119 MB
MiscAddon "je lis, je calcule" 6-7 ans 147 MB
MiscAddon music 4-7 ans 551 MB
MiscAddon Science 520 MB
MiscAddon Mazes Numbers and Puzzles 64 MB
MiscAddon Music Melody and Rhyme 506 MB
MiscAddon Nature Animals and Plants 473 MB
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