PC Play & Learn

The cover art for the first game in the series; Lets Make Friends.

PC Play & Learn: Learning Fun with Dan and Whizzo (commonly abbreviated to PC Play & Learn) was a series of British Point-and-click adventure educational software game produced by International Masters Publishers in association with act-two, and released throughout the early to mid-2000s, delivered as part of a subscription. In these games, you would play with four dinosaurs, Dan, his older sister, Pink's friend Delilah, and Dan's pet, Whizzo. The series would come in separate CD-ROM discs in the subscription, along with a booklet and a mini binder. ^[1]

Gameplay

In the games, you would play with the dinosaur characters in the Play Zone (later the Tree House), learning basic skills like numbers and counting, music, letters and the alphabet, and more. Along the way you would collect dinosaur egg pieces, and collecting four would grant access to a special Dinosaur for that disc (e.g. Sportysaurus in "Let's Make Friends"). Each disc would have a different theme, like "Under the Sea".

Characters

Main

• Dan – A green dinosaur, also one of the main characters of the series. He was three until "Birthday Surprise!" when he turns four.
• Pink – A pink dinosaur, and Dan's big sister.
• Delilah – An orange dinosaur, and Dan and Pink's friend.
• Whizzo – A pinkish-red pterodactyl-like bird, he is Dan's pet. He spends most of the time flying around. He doesn’t speak, English, but he squawks.

Friends

• Dippy
• Sissy
• Henry
• Troy
• Maisie
• Amy
• Tiny Dino – Delilah’s pet, who is very good at jumping. and even won 1st place for it in a pet show. mentioned in perfect pets.
• Monty – A bus driver. His only known physical appearance is in the story featured in the "Wheels Go Round" book.
• Baby D – A giant pale green dinosaur, only his feet are visible. He spends most of the time running around. His name was first mentioned in "Under the Sea".

List of titles

1. Let's Make Friends
2. Under the Sea
3. Perfect Pets
4. Wheels Go Round
5. Green and Growing
6. Birthday Surprise
7. Wild Animals
8. Outer Space
9. Going Shopping
10. At the Beach
11. Jobs People Do
12. In the Park
13. Little Beasts and Bugs
14. Fun and Games
15. Bedtime
16. On the Farm
17. Up, Up and Away!
18. Happy Birthday, Pink!
19. Hot and Sunny
20. Our Five Senses
21. Fairground Fun
22. B-R-R-R! It's Freezing
23. Let's Pretend
24. Rain and Shine
25. Painting Pictures
26. Birds of a Feather
27. School Days
28. A New Baby
29. Dinosaurs
30. Museum Adventure
31. Kings and Queens
32. Long, Long Ago
33. Calendars
34. Sun and Moon

References

1. Macromedia (2000), PC Play and Learn #1 (Demo) , retrieved 2021-11-15