Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Version 8
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Version 8 is the 8th entry in a series of instructional typing software featuring Mavis Beacon, a fictional typing tutor. This title uses minigames as teaching aids, teaches typing…
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Version 8 is a video game developed by The Software Toolworks, Inc., released 31 December 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Version 8 is
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Version 8 was developed by The Software Toolworks, Inc. and released in 1997. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Version 8 is the 8th entry in a series of instructional typing software featuring Mavis Beacon, a fictional typing tutor. This title uses minigames as teaching aids, teaches typing posture, stretches, and keyboard placement through a series of short-form videos, and also allows the player to test their typing speed and improve their typing skills by copying various texts, including poetry and classic literature. The minigames in Version 8 are: Rag Time Space Junk Road Race Check-out Time Chameleon Picnic Shark Attack Penguin Crossing
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Version 8 launched on 31 December 1997, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.
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