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Reader Rabbit's Reading 1

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Reader Rabbit's Reading 1
Reader Rabbit's Reading 1 cover
Developers
The Learning Company
Release dates
Windows 3.x 1997
Windows 1997
Mac OS (Classic) 1997
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Flip screen, Side view
Controls Point and select
Genres Educational, Puzzle
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Contemporary, Fantasy
Series Reader Rabbit
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Reader Rabbit's Reading 1 on Wikipedia
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Reader Rabbit's Reading 1 is a singleplayer flip screen and side view educational and puzzle game in the Reader Rabbit series.

The game is a remake of Reader Rabbit 1 Deluxe. It was released as Reader Rabbit's Get Ready for Reading Ages 4-6 in the UK.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows 3.x
Windows
Mac OS

Version differences

It was later included in the compilation Reader Rabbit's Learn to Read with Phonics: Preschool & Kindergarten as Word Factory along with Reader Rabbit's Learn to Read as Road to Reading.

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None

Essential improvements

Bypassing the CD check

Instructions[1]
  1. Copy RSC from the CD to <path-to-game>

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>/rr1.ini[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>/RR1.DAT[Note 1]

Video

Settings.
Settings.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
The game pauses on lost focus.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

"Not enough free disk space" error

The game may fail to determine the available space on NTFS harddrives and refuse to launch.
Use the Windows compatibility mode[1]
  1. Choose Windows 95 compatibility mode.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
WinG
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows 3.x
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Nessy on 2025-03-08