Follow the Reader
Follow the Reader is an abandoned adventure game for children, set in the Disney universe featuring Disney Characters. Practice your reading through an interactive storybook experience and live one day as…
Follow the Reader is a visual novel developed by Distinctive Software, released 31 December 1993 on DOS.
What Follow the Reader is
Follow the Reader is a visual novel game developed by Distinctive Software and released in 1993. It was published by Walt Disney Computer Software. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Most of the game takes place in Mickey's house with Mickey being able to play musical instruments, order a pizza, watch TV, read a book or a magazine, cook, eat and drink whatever he has, feed his dog Pluto, as well as plant seeds and water them. He can also take care of his hygiene, write letters to his friends and give them calls. Mickey can invite his friends over to his house or go on a picnic with one of his friends to the park or the beach. The game ends once Mickey goes to bed.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Disney series
Follow the Reader is the 64th of 516 entries we hold in the Disney series. The next entry was Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Roar of the Beast in 1993.
What it launched against
Follow the Reader launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.
Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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