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The Berenstain Bears series

Berenstain Bears

Berenstain Bears comes with three different cassette tapes that are designed to be used with the Kid Vid Controller (originally packaged with Smurfs Save the Day - the only other Kid Vid game). The cartridge…

1 November 1983

Berenstain Bears is a puzzle, released 1 November 1983 on Atari 2600.

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What Berenstain Bears is

Berenstain Bears was released in 1983. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Berenstain Bears comes with three different cassette tapes that are designed to be used with the Kid Vid Controller (originally packaged with Smurfs Save the Day - the only other Kid Vid game). The cartridge won't do much without the tapes. At the beginning of each game, Actual Factual Bear takes off while you control Brother Bear on his unicycle. Avoid the boulders and cross the bridge to reach one of the games, chosen by the particular tape you are listening to. The games are: Big Number Hunt: Catch the correct numbers as they fall from the tree Great Letter Roundup: Catch the correct letters as they fall from the tree Spooky Spelling Bee: Spell a word by catching the letters falling from…
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How it plays

Its themes are educational.

Where it sits in the The Berenstain Bears series

Berenstain Bears is the first of 8 entries we hold in the The Berenstain Bears series. The next entry was Berenstain Bears in Big Paw's Cave in 1984.

See all 8 The Berenstain Bears games in release order →

What it launched against

Berenstain Bears launched on 1 November 1983, within three weeks of Lode Runner, Spy Hunter and Track & Field.

Released around the same time: Lode Runner, Spy Hunter, Track & Field.

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When did Berenstain Bears come out?
Berenstain Bears was released on 1 November 1983 for Atari 2600.

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