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This interactive CD-ROM features an animated environment in which 21 of Leonardo Da Vinci's inventions related to warfare, engineering, music, water, and flight are described in great detail with rotational 3-D views provided for some. Also includes a gallery of an additional 51 inventions with option to view related modern-day devices, database of people, places, and ideas, biography of Da Vinci, historical timeline, index of Da Vinci's works and where they are located today.
Description source: Boston College/Italian CD-ROM Programs
Installing the game requires a re-start. Not sure what the Installer does, as you've to run the game from CD, even after installing it. Thought, when attempt to run this in SheepShaver, you'll need to run the Installer to see the movies included in the documentation.
Amazon.com Buy Link:
Leonardo: The Inventor
Leonardo the Inventor 2.0 - XP Compatible (Retail Boxed) (seems to be Windows only)
Amazon.de Buy Link:
Leonardo der Erfinder. CD- ROM für Windows 3.x und Mac OS 7.x.
System requirements Mac:
68030, 25 MHz, Mac OS 7.1+, 13" color monitor,
QuickTime 2.1, Sound Manager 3.1.
System requirements PC:
486SX, 25 MHz, Windows 3.1/95/98,
SVGA graphics card (640x480, 256 colors),
Common requirements:
4 MB RAM (8 MB RAM recommended), CD-ROM with 2x speed.
Comments
A bit personal history to this one:
I got the first version of "Leonardo The Inventor" (German version) by buying the German printed PC magazine "CD-ROM*TOP" by Trend Verlag (who also offered PC magazine "Bestseller Games" at that time), which hosted version 1.0, PC only. The magazine included an offer to buy "Leonardo The Inventor 2.0" cheap in price, and, what a surprise, this one included also a Mac version, which has been uploaded now.