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Hungry Red Planet
(2003, Computer Software - Educational, Rated NR, Play it on: Windows)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 8, age appropriate for kids over 9; suggested age 9. -
Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
Terrific software for home as well as school.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 9 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Hungry Red Planet was written by Jinny Gudmundsen
Parents need to know that this educational simulation impressed our kid-testers because it was so much fun. They learned a tremendous amount about nutrition.
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What’s the Story?
HUNGRY RED PLANET is an innovative computer simulation produced by Health Media Lab under a grant from the National Institutes for Health. The game sends children on a space mission to colonize Mars. Their goal is to colonize Mars by establishing healthy, food-producing settlements. To keep the settlers healthy, and thus able to work at their potential, the players must provide healthy menus for the settlements.
To succeed, kids will learn how to interpret FDA Nutrition Facts labels found on the 300 real foods available for menu planning, and to conform their menus to the Department of Agriculture's Food Guide Pyramid and Healthy Eating Index. Players must also plan food production and allocate resources to expand their settlements. Kids will wrestle with food shortages, viruses, and unusual occurrences. If they keep the settlers healthy and produce enough food, they win.
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If you have children who think soda is a healthy breakfast, give them this game and you may find them reaching for the orange juice instead. This clearly educational simulation impressed our kid-testers because it was so much fun. They confessed to learning a tremendous amount about nutrition. Featuring excellent tutorials and a Nutrition Reference, Hungry Red Planet is terrific software for the home as well as for schools.
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Released on 07/21/2003, price $29.95, not online enabled
ESRB rating: NR
ESRB rating: NR
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