Children's Computer Workshop, Inc.

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Developer of 'edutainment' games for the 2600, spun off from the Children's Television Workshop (the company behind Sesame Street).

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History

Inspired by the success of video games developed for their Sesame Street (Franchise)-themed amusement parks, Children's Computer Workshop (CCW) was created to bring similar experiences to home consoles. According to president Paul Firstenberg, these "discovery-oriented, non-violent" games would "encourage broad use of a child's intelligence." CCW was created near the beginning of the 1980s game crash, and was dissolved by the end of the decade, reabsorbed to become just a division of Children's Television Workshop, now Sesame Workshop (Company).

Developed Games

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Cookie Monster Munch (Game)

6 May 1983

Work your way around mazes to help Cookie Monster find what he loves to munch the most.

2600​

Big Bird's Egg Catch (Game)

5 July 1983

Help Big Bird catch some eggs in this 2600 game.

2600​

Alpha Beam with Ernie (Game)

23 June 1983

A space-themed Educational title

2600​

Oscar's Trash Race (Game)

27 August 1983

2600​

Astro-Grover (Game)

31 December 1987

An educational game for 1980s home computers.

PC​ A800​ C64​

Ernie's Quiz (Game)

1 July 1982

A Quiz game based on Sesame Street.

APL2​

Peanut Butter Panic (Game)

31 December 1984

A two-player action game for early computers. Each player can jump to collect shooting stars, eat sandwiches to restore energy, and launch the other player to reach higher pick-ups.

A800​ C64​ TRS8​

Published Games

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Company details

Name

Children's Computer Workshop, Inc.

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Developed Games

• Cookie Monster Munch (Game)
• Big Bird's Egg Catch (Game)
• Alpha Beam with Ernie (Game)
• Oscar's Trash Race (Game)
• Astro-Grover (Game)
• Ernie's Quiz (Game)
• Peanut Butter Panic (Game)
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Published Games

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Franchises

• Sesame Street (Franchise)

People

• None

Characters

• Big Bird (Character)
• Cookie Monster (Character)
• Ernie (Character)
• Grover (Character)
• Oscar the Grouch (Character)
• Barkley (Character)
• Bert (Character)
• Count von Count (Character)
• Mr. Snuffleupagus (Character)

Concepts

• Licensed Game (Concept)
• Adapted from Television (Concept)
• Controller Overlay (Concept)
• Kid Friendly (Concept)
• 2D (Concept)
• Edutainment (Concept)
• Animal Protagonists (Concept)
• Anthropomorphism (Concept)
• Birds (Concept)
• CGA Graphics (Concept)
• Cooperative Play (Concept)
• Cutscene (Concept)
• Eating (Concept)
• Jump (Concept)
• Maze (Concept)
• Palette Swap (Concept)
• Pixel Art (Concept)
• Quiz (Concept)
• Titular Protagonist (Concept)

Locations

• Sesame Street (Location)

Objects

• Cookies (Object)
• Egg (Object)
• Peanut Butter (Object)
• Sandwich (Object)
• Trash Can (Object)