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Pingu and Friends is an educational game, developed by Workhouse and published by BBC Multimedia, which was released exclusively in Europe in 1999. It was narrated by Felicity Kendal.

Description

Play and learn with Pingu and his friends in this fun and simple to use CD-ROM. There are ten great activities for your child to enjoy which will also enhance their language, literacy, maths and navigational skills.

The emphasis is on games outside Pingu's igloo - Save Pinga who is lost in a snow cave, have a go at bowling in Snowbowl Alley or help Pingu in his Snowball battle with Robby, Pingo and Pink. Test your concentration, memory and recognition skills with Pingu Pairs, can you match up Pingu and his friends as they pop up and down in the snow holes?

Inside Pingu's igloo there are 4 games, each focusing on a different educational subject. Enhance language & literacy skills in Tell Me a Story. Simple science in the Flying Pancakes game. Early geography in Parcel Fun. Maths with Count the Cakes.

Help Pingu bring his canvas to life creating pictures with a variety of templates, stamps and creative tools or print out and complete the dot-to-dot puzzles, or you may want to help the South Pole pals with a spot of Ice Dancing. Whatever you choose there is plenty of mischief and fun to be had with Pingu and his friends.

Trivia

In 2006, the game was re-released under the Kid-Box DVDGames collection along with other BBC Multimedia titles. However, the game was altered slightly removing the Saving Pinga, Ice Dancing, Art Igloo and Parcel Fun minigames.

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-'''Pingu and Friends''' is an educational game, developed by Workhouse and published by BBC Multimedia, which was released exclusively in the United Kingdom in 1999. It was narrated by Felicity Kendal.
+'''Pingu and Friends''' is an educational game, developed by Workhouse and published by BBC Multimedia, which was released exclusively in Europe in 1999. It was narrated by Felicity Kendal.
 ==Description==
 Play and learn with Pingu and his friends in this fun and simple to use CD-ROM. There are ten great activities for your child to enjoy which will also enhance their language, literacy, maths and navigational skills.
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 Inside Pingu's igloo there are 4 games, each focusing on a different educational subject. Enhance language & literacy skills in Tell Me a Story. Simple science in the Flying Pancakes game. Early geography in Parcel Fun. Maths with Count the Cakes.
-Help Pingu bring his canvas to life creating pictures with a variety of templates, stamps and creative tools or print out and complete the dot-to-dot puzzles, or you may want to help the South Pole pals with a spot of Ice Dancing. Whatever you choose there is plenty of mischief and fun to be had with Pingu and his friends
+Help Pingu bring his canvas to life creating pictures with a variety of templates, stamps and creative tools or print out and complete the dot-to-dot puzzles, or you may want to help the [[South Pole]] pals with a spot of Ice Dancing. Whatever you choose there is plenty of mischief and fun to be had with Pingu and his friends.
-==Gameplay==
-==Puzzles (Indoors)==
-==Flying Pancakes!==
-==Count the Cakes==
-==Parcel Fun!==
-==Tell me a Story==
-==Games (Outside)==
-==Snowbowl Alley==
-==Pingu Pairs==
-==Snowball Fun!==
-==Save Pinga!==
-==Credits==
-<p style="text-align:center;">Narrated by: Felicity Kendal</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Development Manager: Louise Merlin</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Commissioning Editor: Sally Fraser</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Technical Manager: John Wilson</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Testing Manager: Dominique Colonna-Cesari</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Head Of Creative Design: Shamsul Rosunally</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Reversioning Manager: Lena Strand</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Rights & Acquisitions Executive: Vicky Shepherd</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Rights & Acquisitions Manager: Sian Teasdale</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Marketing Executive: Eve Chaloner</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Head of Sales & Marketing: Gordon Anderson</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Strategic Marketing Manager: Debbie Bacon</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Business Development Director: Patrick Hannon</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Technical Development Director: Gerry Clark</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Product Development: Sarah Hennings</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Director of Multimedia: Dave Lee</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">With thanks to: Ann Smith Educational Sonsultant</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Executive Producer: Steve Grocott</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Producer: Niki Crowder</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Art Director: Duncan Wilson</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Senior Programmer: Ian Faithfull</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Programmer: John Coumbe</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Designer: Andy Pott, Graeme Swinton, Stefan Follows and Andrew Baker.</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Production Manager: Katie Barber</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Script Writer: Richard Davidson</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Production Secretary: Sarah Christer</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">Design Assistant: Kay Rodney, Rob Sweeney, Lucy Cullingford and Andrew Baker.</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">With thanks to Silvio Mazzola and Jacqueline Burger for their support throughout the development of the disc.</p>
-<p style="text-align:center;">"DIRECTOR" COPYRIGHT ©1994,1997 Macromedia, Inc."</p>
 ==Trivia==
+* In 2006, the game was re-released under the Kid-Box DVDGames collection along with other BBC Multimedia titles. However, the game was altered slightly removing the Saving Pinga, Ice Dancing, Art Igloo and Parcel Fun minigames.
-*This is the only time when [[Robby]] can turn into a ball.
+==Gallery==
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
+FrenchPinguandFriends.PNG|Early French cover
+eodToL._AC_SY445_.jpg|Kid-Box DVDGames cover
+</gallery>
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