20th Century Video Almanac Best Our Century (PC, CD-ROM) Software Toolworks - 1993 USA, Canada Release

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20th Century Video Almanac Best Our Century
Packaging cover 20th Century Video Almanac Best Our Century.
Product ID 24294-11314
Product UPC 024294113147
Platform(s) PC
Packaging Retail Box
Media CD-ROM
Copyright date 1993
Publisher(s) Software Toolworks
Category(s) Reference, Historical Reference
Country of Origin United States of America

Description from the packaging.

An encyclopedic look at the most important and intriguing events of this century in full motion video, photos, text, music and narration.

Travel through the 20th century on a multimedia time machine!

In this introductory disc- The Best Of Our Century- we've taken multimedia to dizzying new heights and you control the ride! Relive the most earthshaking events of the 20th century: Touch down on the moon with Apollo astronauts. Relive Woodstock. Attend President Kennedy's inauguration. Take a front row seat for the incredible 1916 World Series.

This multimedia reference work uses one of the world's largest archives of historical video to produce a visual encyclopedia of the century, with audio, photos, and text. This 20th Century Video Almanac overview provides a broad look at the events that shaped our world, and is an exciting introduction to the complete 20th Century Video Almanac set- The Century in Depth- also available.

  • Over 100 historic video clips, with synchronized sound, totalling over one hour of full-motion video!
  • Over 2,000 photos!
  • Hundreds of pages of interesting and informative stories!

The intuitive timeline interface makes it a breeze to review world history from era to era. Just select the day or decade you want to research, or choose from one of four fact-filled categories on this disc:

  • Arts & Entertainers.
  • Sports.
  • Science & Technology.
  • War, Politics & Disasters.

You can explore each category even further in the 20th Century Video Almanac 5-disc product which includes The Best of Our Century Disc plus The Century in Depth.

The Software Toolworks 20th Century Video Almanac... a major breakthrough in multimedia computing!

System Requirements

PC MS-DOS 5.0
Required CPU 386
Required RAM 1MB
Conventional RAM 580K Free
Req. Hard Drive 2MB Free
Required CD Speed MPC
Recommend Mouse Yes
Required Audio SoundBlaster
ProAudio Spectrum
Supported Video Vesa SVGA

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