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| |title = Computerized Coloring Books
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| |image = File:FernGully Amiga Box art.png
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| |caption = Box Art of "The FernGully Computerized Coloring Book"
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| |developer = [[Capstone Software]]
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| |publisher = [[IntraCorp]]
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| |genre = [[Video game art|Art tool]]
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| |platforms = [[DOS]], [[Amiga]]<ref>{{cite magazine|last= |first= |title=Educational Games move Forward |url=https://archive.org/stream/Electronic-Games-1992-10/Electronic%20Games%201992-10#page/n63 |magazine=[[Electronic Games]] |volume=1 |issue=1 |publisher=Decker Publications |date=October 1992 |page=64}}</ref>
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| The '''''Computerized Coloring Books''''' is a collection of three games developed by [[Capstone Software]] and published by its parent company [[IntraCorp]] for both the [[DOS]] and [[Amiga]] systems. A port for the [[Windows 3.1]] operating system was planned but never took place.<ref name="FernGully-Buffalo">{{Cite news|last1=Hudkins |last2=Allen |first1=Lonnie |first2=Carl |url=https://buffalonews.com/1992/04/26/ferngully-program-both-fun-educational-children-create-color-and-print-pictures-from-their-own-computers/ |title=The FernGully Computerized Coloring Book |date=1992-04-26 |newspaper=The Buffalo News |access-date=2018-07-31 |language=en-US |issn=}}</ref> The games are based on [[Bill Kroyer]]'s film ''[[FernGully: The Last Rainforest]]'', [[Don Bluth]]'s film ''[[Rock-a-Doodle]]'' and [[John Hughes (filmmaker) |John Hughes]]'s film ''[[Home Alone]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Eiser |first=Leslie |title=The Learning Game - Preschool Picks |url=https://archive.org/stream/GPPCEVol5No4/GPPCE_Vol_5_No_4#page/n43 |magazine=Game Players PC Entertainment |volume=5 |issue=4 |publisher=GP Publications |date=September 1992 |page=42}}</ref> The Rock-a-Doodle game was as released with [[Trolls (video game)|Trolls]] and [[An American Tail: The Computer Adventures of Fievel and His Friends]] on the Capstone CD Game Kids Collection.<ref>{{cite web|title=Capstone CD Game Kids Collection |url=http://www.elisoftware.org/index.php?title=Capstone_CD_Game_Kids_Collection_(PC,_CD-ROM)_Ultra_Media_-_1994_USA,_Canada_Release |publisher= |accessdate=August 2, 2018}}</ref>
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| ==Gameplay==
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| The games work as basic computerized coloring books, which require the player to fill in a lineart picture. There are 16 colors available, although they can be mixed to get up to 256 colors.<ref>{{cite magazine|last= |first= |title=Computerized Coloring Books - Taking a Peek |url=https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_96#page/n9 |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |issue=95 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=July 1992 |page=10}}</ref> The player can choose from a selection of backgrounds and add any characters to the picture, both of which are based on scenes and characters of the respective films.<ref>{{cite book |title=Capstone 1993 Product Line |url=http://mocagh.org/miscgame/intracorp-93catalog.pdf |publisher=[[Capstone Software]] |location= |date=1993 |page=14}}</ref> The products support a wide range of printers for the time of its release, including dot matrix, colour and laser printers.<ref name="FernGully-Buffalo"/>
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| ==Promotion==
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| |text="In the spirit of FernGully -- color on your computer and save a tree."
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| |author=Angie Niehoff
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| The FernGully product was designed to follow an environmental-friendly policy, including the use of recycled paper.<ref>{{cite magazine|last= |first= |title=FernGully - Taking a Peek |url=https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_95#page/n9 |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |issue=95 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=June 1992 |page=10}}</ref> After the release of the games, Capstone sent entry forms with the boxed products for a colouring contest.<ref name="FernGully-Buffalo"/> The prize for the best pictures were $100 each.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=DeCoster |last2=Crook |first1=Jeane |first2=David |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-04-18/entertainment/ca-518_1_color-book-lines |title=Coloring Book Caper |date=1992-04-18 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2018-07-31 |language=en-US |issn=}}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:1992 video games]]
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| [[Category:Amiga games]]
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| [[Category:Cancelled Windows games]]
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| [[Category:DOS games]]
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| [[Category:Drawing video games]]
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| [[Category:Video games based on films]]
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| [[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]
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