My Paint - The Animated Paint Program
Paint has never been so animatedGenre: educational - n/a
Publisher: Saddleback Graphics
Year: 1994
System: Sega CD
Gameplay Score: 2
Gameplay Notes:
As far as drawing programs go, this one isn't terrible. It's too basic to have any real use, and is less functional than Mario Paint, but stands above Art Alive for the Genesis. The cursor is extremely slow and can't be calibrated. This is good for drawing, but bad for menu navigation. It's got all of the drawing tools you'd expect in a post-Mario Paint landscape. There's Freehand, Spray, Fill, Line, Box, Circle, and a fun one that replicates your movement in all four quadrants of the drawing area. You can undo your most recent change, cycle between 8 different color palletes, and make a four panel animation. It hides the color selector at the bottom of the page, so you have to mouse down there to allow the screen to scroll to expose the colors. This saves screen real estate, but they could've hidden the menu instead. I guess it's ok.
Level Design Score: 1
Level Design Notes:
It's got 10 or 15 premade pictures so you can paint by number, or a blank slate. There's no music authoring or other modes, so all you've got is a drawing pad. Not much going on here.
Theme Score: 2
Theme Notes:
The premade pictures are of horses and other farm animals. No variety. Besides that there's no presentation.
Art Style Score: 2
Art Style Notes:
It's about what you'd expect. A few of the color pallettes include animated (i.e. flashing) colors, so maybe avoid this if you get motion sick or have epilepsy. Otherwise, enjoy the light show.
Audio Score: 1
Audio Notes:
The music is terrible, but thankfully can be turned off. It's your typical early 90's educational game, juvenile and brass-heavy slop. The sounds are minimal but can also be disabled, for some reason.
Overall Score: 33
Review ID: 12081
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