| SOS Games | |
| System requirements: Win 7/Vista/XP or Mac OS X, 32MB RAM, networkable | |
| SOS Games is a pair of unique games designed to help Latin students learn noun-adjective agreement and verb form recognition. Users can choose from the following word lists (textbook-specific or not): General, Cambridge, Ecce, Oxford, Wheelock. 'Dracones' is based on the Chinese game called Mahjong, which uses tiles called ‘dragons’--hence, the Latin name. This version depends on matching appropriate pairs of noun and adjective tiles from several three-dimensional rows. Once a good match is selected, those tiles disappear, and points are gained. Nouns can be restricted to only the first, second, and third declensions, if desired; and some help is provided by the color-coding of noun (blue) and adjective (yellow) tiles. 'Parimpar' is a game for testing one’s ability to distinguish quickly between verb forms, with eight different levels of difficulty. A dozen tiles at a time are presented in three possible colors (red, green, and blue), labeled with various verb forms. The challenge is to select a combination of three tiles which are all the same (‘par’) in one or all aspects (color, tense, person/number) and all different (‘impar’) in the others. Once a correct match is made, the tiles disappear and are replaced by new ones from a stack, until the entire stack is finished. In both games, hints can be requested—with a small penalty. When incorrect matches are made, grammatical reasons are provided. A clock keeps time, and extra credit is given for speedy completion of a game; high scores are recorded for future reference. Right and wrong choices are accompanied by optional sound effects. (© 2002 SOS Nijmegen) | |
| Dracones | Parimpar |
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