Jump to content

100 Classic Book Collection: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Corrected table ordering
Fixed date.
 
(7 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|2008 e-book collection}}
{{Infobox video game

⚫
|title = 100 Classic Book Collection
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}{{Infobox video game
⚫
|image = 100 Classic Book Collection.jpg
⚫
| title = 100 Classic Book Collection
⚫
|caption =
⚫
| image = 100 Classic Book Collection.jpg
⚫
|developer = [[Genius Sonority]]
⚫
| caption =
⚫
|publisher = [[Nintendo]]
⚫
| developer = [[Genius Sonority]]
⚫
|director = Masayuki Kawamoto
⚫
| publisher = [[Nintendo]]
⚫
|producer = Manabu Yamana
⚫
| director = Masayuki Kawamoto
|designer = {{ubl|Koji Noguchi|Mizuho Ishiyama|Shuhei Matsubara}}
⚫
| producer = Manabu Yamana
⚫
|artist = {{ubl|Ryo Koizumi|Harumi Mochizuki|Yasuo Inoue}}
|composer = {{ubl|Mitsuhiro Kaneda|Kimihiro Abe|Noriyuki Kamikura}}
| designer = {{ubl|Koji Noguchi|Mizuho Ishiyama|Shuhei Matsubara}}
⚫
| artist = {{ubl|Ryo Koizumi|Harumi Mochizuki|Yasuo Inoue}}
⚫
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|October 7, 2007}}{{vgrelease|EU|December 26, 2008<ref name="charts1">{{Cite web| author=Jenkins, David | date=January 6, 2009 |title=UK Charts: Wii Play Is 2009's First Chart Topper | url=http://gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21743 | work=Gamasutra.co | accessdate=2009-08-08}}</ref>|AUS|January 22, 2009<ref name="aurelease">{{Cite web | author=Kozanecki, James | date=January 19, 2009 | title=AU Shippin' Out January 19–23: Skate 2 | url=http://uk.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/100classicbookcollection/news.html?sid=6203344&om_act=convert&om_clk=newsfeatures&tag=newsfeatures;title | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123232728/http://uk.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/100classicbookcollection/news.html?sid=6203344&om_act=convert&om_clk=newsfeatures&tag=newsfeatures;title | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 23, 2013 | work=GameSpot.com | accessdate=2009-08-09 }}</ref>}}{{vgrelease|NA|June 15, 2010<ref name="narelease">{{Cite web| author=Cabral, Matt | date=February 24, 2010 | title=DSi XL Hits North America Next Month For $190 | url=http://kotaku.com/5479225/dsi-xl-hits-north-america-next-month-for-190 | work=Kotaku.com | accessdate=2010-02-24}}</ref>}}
| composer = {{ubl|Mitsuhiro Kaneda|Kimihiro Abe|Noriyuki Kamikura}}
⚫
|genre = [[Educational game|Educational]]
⚫
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|October 18, 2007}}{{vgrelease|EU|December 26, 2008<ref name="charts1">{{Cite web| author=Jenkins, David | date=January 6, 2009 |title=UK Charts: Wii Play Is 2009's First Chart Topper | url=http://gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21743 | work=Gamasutra.co | accessdate=2009-08-08}}</ref>|AUS|January 22, 2009<ref name="aurelease">{{Cite web | author=Kozanecki, James | date=January 19, 2009 | title=AU Shippin' Out January 19–23: Skate 2 | url=http://uk.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/100classicbookcollection/news.html?sid=6203344&om_act=convert&om_clk=newsfeatures&tag=newsfeatures;title | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123232728/http://uk.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/100classicbookcollection/news.html?sid=6203344&om_act=convert&om_clk=newsfeatures&tag=newsfeatures;title | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 23, 2013 | work=GameSpot.com | accessdate=2009-08-09 }}</ref>}}{{vgrelease|NA|June 15, 2010<ref name="narelease">{{Cite web| author=Cabral, Matt | date=February 24, 2010 | title=DSi XL Hits North America Next Month For $190 | url=http://kotaku.com/5479225/dsi-xl-hits-north-america-next-month-for-190 | work=Kotaku.com | accessdate=2010-02-24}}</ref>}}
|modes =
⚫
| genre = [[Educational game|Educational]]
⚫
|platforms = [[Nintendo DS]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
⚫
| platforms = [[Nintendo DS]]
}}
}}


'''''100 Classic Book Collection''''', known in North America as '''''100 Classic Books''''', is an [[e-book]] collection developed by [[Genius Sonority]] and published by [[Nintendo]], which was released for the [[Nintendo DS]] [[handheld video game console]]. First released in Europe in December 2008, it was later released in Australia in January 2009, and in North America in June 2010. The game includes one hundred [[public domain]] works of [[literature]].
'''''100 Classic Book Collection''''', known in North America as '''''100 Classic Books''''', is an [[ebook|e-book]] collection developed by [[Genius Sonority]] and published by [[Nintendo]] for the [[Nintendo DS]]. First released in Europe in December 2008, it was later released in Australia in January 2009, and in North America in June 2010. The game includes one hundred [[public domain]] works of [[literature]].


Genius Sonority had previously released a similar collection of books in Japan, under the title ''DS Bungaku Zenshuu'', in October 2007.<ref>{{Cite web | author=Spencer | date=October 27, 2007 | title=Siliconera " Books on your DS? Hands on DS Bungaku Zenshuu | url=http://www.siliconera.com/2007/10/24/books-on-your-ds-hands-on-ds-bungaku-zenshuu/ | work=Siliconera.com | accessdate=2009-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | script-title=ja:DS文学全集 | url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ybnj/index.html | work=Nintendo.co.jp | language=Japanese | accessdate=2009-08-09}}</ref> A smaller version of the collection consisting of 20 books, under the title ''Chotto DS Bungaku Zenshu: Sekai no Bungaku 20'', was released in Japan as a downloadable [[DSiWare]] application in February 2009.<ref>{{Cite web | author=Spencer | date=February 20, 2009 | title=Here Is Your Nintendo DSiWare Line Up For February | url=http://www.siliconera.com/2009/02/20/here-is-your-nintendo-dsiware-line-up-for-february/ | work=Siliconera.com | accessdate=2009-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=ちょっとDS文学全集 世界の文学20 | url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsiware/kbgj/ | work=Nintendo.co.jp | language=Japanese | accessdate=2009-08-09}}</ref> French and German versions, under the titles of ''100 Livres Classiques'' and ''Bibliothek der klassischen Bücher'' respectively were released in March 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Test du jeu 100 Livres Classiques sur DS |url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00012433-100-livres-classiques-test.htm |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Jeuxvideo.com |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bibliothek der klassischen Bücher |url=https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-DS/Bibliothek-der-klassischen-Bucher-270132.html |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Nintendo of Europe GmbH |language=de-DE}}</ref>
Genius Sonority had previously released a similar collection of books in Japan, under the title ''DS Bungaku Zenshuu'', in October 2007.<ref>{{Cite web | author=Spencer | date=October 27, 2007 | title=Siliconera " Books on your DS? Hands on DS Bungaku Zenshuu | url=http://www.siliconera.com/2007/10/24/books-on-your-ds-hands-on-ds-bungaku-zenshuu/ | work=Siliconera.com | accessdate=2009-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | script-title=ja:DS文学全集 | url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ybnj/index.html | work=Nintendo.co.jp | language=Japanese | accessdate=2009-08-09}}</ref> A smaller version of the collection consisting of 20 books, under the title ''Chotto DS Bungaku Zenshu: Sekai no Bungaku 20'', was released in Japan as a downloadable [[List of DSiWare games and applications|DSiWare]] application in February 2009.<ref>{{Cite web | author=Spencer | date=February 20, 2009 | title=Here Is Your Nintendo DSiWare Line Up For February | url=http://www.siliconera.com/2009/02/20/here-is-your-nintendo-dsiware-line-up-for-february/ | work=Siliconera.com | accessdate=2009-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=ちょっとDS文学全集 世界の文学20 | url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsiware/kbgj/ | work=Nintendo.co.jp | language=Japanese | accessdate=2009-08-09}}</ref> French and German versions, under the titles of ''100 Livres Classiques'' and ''Bibliothek der klassischen Bücher'' respectively were released in March 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Test du jeu 100 Livres Classiques sur DS |url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00012433-100-livres-classiques-test.htm |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Jeuxvideo.com |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bibliothek der klassischen Bücher |url=https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-DS/Bibliothek-der-klassischen-Bucher-270132.html |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Nintendo of Europe GmbH |language=de-DE}}</ref>


{{TOC limit|3}}
{{TOC limit|3}}


== Features ==
== Features ==
''100 Classic Book Collection'' features one hundred books stored into the DS cartridge. Several of the works included are ''[[Othello]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]], and ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (novel)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' by [[Gaston Leroux]]. Additional free books were available to download via [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]] until the discontinuation of the service on May 20, 2014.<ref name="riley">{{Cite web | author=Riley, Adam | date=December 28, 2008 | title=100 Classic Book Collection (DS Novel) at C3 Reviews | url=http://www.cubed3.com/review/663/ | work=Cubed3.com | accessdate=2009-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Nintendo-DSi-XL-/Basic-setup-and-use/Termination-of-Nintendo-Wi-Fi-Connection/Titles-with-additional-downloadable-content/Titles-with-additional-downloadable-content-864190.html|title=Titles with additional downloadable content|publisher=[[Nintendo]]|accessdate=15 May 2014}}</ref>
''100 Classic Book Collection'' features one hundred books stored in the DS cartridge. Several of the works included are ''[[Othello]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]], and ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (novel)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' by [[Gaston Leroux]]. Additional free books were available to download via [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]] until the discontinuation of the service on May 20, 2014.<ref name="riley">{{Cite web | author=Riley, Adam | date=December 28, 2008 | title=100 Classic Book Collection (DS Novel) at C3 Reviews | url=http://www.cubed3.com/review/663/ | work=Cubed3.com | accessdate=2009-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Nintendo-DSi-XL-/Basic-setup-and-use/Termination-of-Nintendo-Wi-Fi-Connection/Titles-with-additional-downloadable-content/Titles-with-additional-downloadable-content-864190.html|title=Titles with additional downloadable content|publisher=[[Nintendo]]|accessdate=15 May 2014}}</ref>


The player is required to hold the DS like a book and is able to adjust the text size and change background music to listen to while reading.<ref name="riley" /> A bookmark feature allows the player to mark their place in the book, as well as resume from that point on restart of the game. The game offers a search feature for books in a number of different ways, including genre, author, and length. Players can access introductions for the books and read about the authors.<ref name="riley" /> An in-game quiz features asks players personality-related questions and recommends certain novels depending on the answers given. Players can send "trial versions" of the game to other DS users via the local Wi-Fi.<ref name="riley" />
The player is required to hold the DS like a book and can adjust the text size and change background music to listen to while reading.<ref name="riley" /> A bookmark feature allows the player to mark their place in the book, as well as resume from that point on restart of the game. The game offers a search feature for books in several different ways, including genre, author, and length. Players can access introductions for the books and read about the authors.<ref name="riley" /> An in-game quiz feature asks players personality-related questions and recommends certain novels depending on the answers given. Players can send "trial versions" of the game to other DS users via the local Wi-Fi.<ref name="riley" />


== Reception ==
== Reception ==
Line 80: Line 82:
|[[Emily Brontë]]
|[[Emily Brontë]]
|-
|-
|''[[Pilgrim's Progress]]''
|''[[The Pilgrim's Progress]]''
|[[John Bunyan]]
|[[John Bunyan]]
|-
|-
Line 103: Line 105:
|''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio]]''
|''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio]]''
|[[Carlo Collodi]]
|[[Carlo Collodi]]
⚫
|-
⚫
|''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]''
⚫
|[[Arthur Conan Doyle]]
⚫
|-
⚫
|''[[The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes]]''
⚫
|Arthur Conan Doyle
|-
|-
|''[[Lord Jim]]''
|''[[Lord Jim]]''
Line 114: Line 110:
|-
|-
|''[[What Katy Did]]''
|''[[What Katy Did]]''
|[[Susan Coolidge]]
|[[Sarah Chauncey Woolsey|Susan Coolidge]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]''
|''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]''
Line 131: Line 127:
|Charles Dickens
|Charles Dickens
|-
|-
|''[[David Copperfield (novel)|David Copperfield]]''
|''[[David Copperfield]]''
|Charles Dickens
|Charles Dickens
|-
|-
Line 160: Line 156:
|''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]''
|''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]''
|Charles Dickens
|Charles Dickens
⚫
|-
⚫
|''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]''
⚫
|[[Arthur Conan Doyle]]
⚫
|-
⚫
|''[[The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes]]''
⚫
|Arthur Conan Doyle
|-
|-
|''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]''
|''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]''
Line 177: Line 179:
|-
|-
|''[[King Solomon's Mines]]''
|''[[King Solomon's Mines]]''
|[[H. Rider Haggard|Henry Rider Haggard]]
|[[H. Rider Haggard]]
|-
|-
|''[[Far From The Madding Crowd]]''
|''[[Far from the Madding Crowd]]''
|[[Thomas Hardy]]
|[[Thomas Hardy]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Mayor Of Casterbridge]]''
|''[[The Mayor of Casterbridge]]''
|Thomas Hardy
|Thomas Hardy
|-
|-
Line 207: Line 209:
|-
|-
|''[[Sons and Lovers]]''
|''[[Sons and Lovers]]''
|[[D.H. Lawrence]]
|[[D. H. Lawrence]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Phantom of the Opera (novel)|The Phantom Of The Opera]]''
|''[[The Phantom of the Opera (novel)|The Phantom Of The Opera]]''
Line 218: Line 220:
|Jack London
|Jack London
|-
|-
|''[[Moby Dick]]''
|''[[Moby-Dick]]''
|[[Herman Melville]]
|[[Herman Melville]]
|-
|-
Line 225: Line 227:
|-
|-
|''[[Ivanhoe]]''
|''[[Ivanhoe]]''
|[[Sir Walter Scott]]
|[[Walter Scott]]
|-
|-
|''[[Rob Roy (novel)|Rob Roy]]''
|''[[Rob Roy (novel)|Rob Roy]]''
|Sir Walter Scott
|Walter Scott
|-
|-
|''[[Waverley (novel)|Waverley]]''
|''[[Waverley (novel)|Waverley]]''
|Sir Walter Scott
|Walter Scott
|-
|-
|''[[Black Beauty]]''
|''[[Black Beauty]]''
Line 239: Line 241:
|[[William Shakespeare]]
|[[William Shakespeare]]
|-
|-
|''[[Anthony and Cleopatra]]''
|''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]''
|William Shakespeare
|William Shakespeare
|-
|-
Line 260: Line 262:
|William Shakespeare
|William Shakespeare
|-
|-
|''[[Love's Labours Lost]]''
|''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]''
|William Shakespeare
|William Shakespeare
|-
|-
Line 275: Line 277:
|William Shakespeare
|William Shakespeare
|-
|-
|''[[Othello|Othello, The Moor of Venice]]''
|''[[Othello]]''
|William Shakespeare
|William Shakespeare
|-
|-
Line 284: Line 286:
|William Shakespeare
|William Shakespeare
|-
|-
|''[[The Taming Of The Shrew]]''
|''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]''
|William Shakespeare
|William Shakespeare
|-
|-
Line 332: Line 334:
|[[Jules Verne]]
|[[Jules Verne]]
|-
|-
|''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]''
|''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]''
|Jules Verne
|Jules Verne
|-
|-
Line 377: Line 379:
|Frances Hodgson Burnett
|Frances Hodgson Burnett
|-
|-
|''[[Tales from the Arabian Nights]]''
|''[[The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night|Tales from the Arabian Nights]]''
|[[Richard Francis Burton]]
|[[Richard Francis Burton]]
|-
|-
Line 386: Line 388:
|Lewis Carroll
|Lewis Carroll
|-
|-
|''[[Don Quixote|Don Quixote of La Mancha]]''
|''[[Don Quixote]]''
|[[Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]]
|[[Miguel de Cervantes]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Man Who Was Thursday]]''
|''[[The Man Who Was Thursday]]''
|[[G.K. Chesterton]]
|[[G. K. Chesterton]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Napoleon of Notting Hill]]''
|''[[The Napoleon of Notting Hill]]''
|G.K. Chesterton
|G. K. Chesterton
|-
|-
|''[[The Awakening (Chopin novel)|The Awakening]]''
|''[[The Awakening (Chopin novel)|The Awakening]]''
Line 419: Line 421:
|[[Stephen Crane]]
|[[Stephen Crane]]
|-
|-
|''[[Moll Flanders|The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders]]''
|''[[Moll Flanders]]''
|[[Daniel Defoe]]
|[[Daniel Defoe]]
|-
|-
Line 431: Line 433:
|Charles Dickens
|Charles Dickens
|-
|-
|''[[David Copperfield (novel)|David Copperfield]]''
|''[[David Copperfield]]''
|Charles Dickens
|Charles Dickens
|-
|-
Line 444: Line 446:
|-
|-
|''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]''
|''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]''
|[[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]
|[[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]
|-
|-
|''[[Crime and Punishment]]''
|''[[Crime and Punishment]]''
|Fyodor Dostoyevsky
|Fyodor Dostoevsky
|-
|-
|''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]''
|''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]''
Line 468: Line 470:
|-
|-
|''[[The Diary of a Nobody]]''
|''[[The Diary of a Nobody]]''
|[[George Grossmith]] and [[Weedon Grossmith]]
|[[George Grossmith|George]] and [[Weedon Grossmith]]
|-
|-
|''[[Allan Quatermain]]''
|''[[Allan Quatermain (novel)|Allan Quatermain]]''
|[[H. Rider Haggard|Henry Rider Haggard]]
|[[H. Rider Haggard]]
|-
|-
|''[[King Solomon's Mines]]''
|''[[King Solomon's Mines]]''
|Henry Rider Haggard
|H. Rider Haggard
|-
|-
|''[[Far from the Madding Crowd]]''
|''[[Far from the Madding Crowd]]''
|[[Thomas Hardy]]
|[[Thomas Hardy]]
|-
|-
|''[[Tess of the D'Urbervilles|Tess of the d'Urbervilles]]''
|''[[Tess of the d'Urbervilles]]''
|Thomas Hardy
|Thomas Hardy
|-
|-
Line 494: Line 496:
|[[O. Henry]]
|[[O. Henry]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Odyssey]]''
|''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]''
|[[Homer]]
|[[Homer]]
|-
|-
Line 542: Line 544:
|[[Niccolò Machiavelli]]
|[[Niccolò Machiavelli]]
|-
|-
|''[[Moby Dick]]''
|''[[Moby-Dick]]''
|[[Herman Melville]]
|[[Herman Melville]]
|-
|-
|''[[Utopia (book)|Utopia]]''
|''[[Utopia (More book)|Utopia]]''
|[[Thomas More]]
|[[Thomas More]]
|-
|-
Line 555: Line 557:
|-
|-
|''[[Ivanhoe]]''
|''[[Ivanhoe]]''
|[[Sir Walter Scott]]
|[[Walter Scott]]
|-
|-
|''[[Waverley (novel)|Waverley]]''
|''[[Waverley (novel)|Waverley]]''
|Sir Walter Scott
|Walter Scott
|-
|-
|''[[Black Beauty]]''
|''[[Black Beauty]]''
Line 569: Line 571:
|William Shakespeare
|William Shakespeare
|-
|-
|''[[MacBeth|Macbeth]]''
|''[[Macbeth]]''
|William Shakespeare
|William Shakespeare
|-
|-
Line 575: Line 577:
|William Shakespeare
|William Shakespeare
|-
|-
|''[[Othello|Othello, The Moor of Venice]]''
|''[[Othello]]''
|William Shakespeare
|William Shakespeare
|-
|-
Line 632: Line 634:
|[[Jules Verne]]
|[[Jules Verne]]
|-
|-
|''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]''
|''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]''
|Jules Verne
|Jules Verne
|-
|-
|''[[The Time Machine]]''
|''[[The Time Machine]]''
|[[H.G. Wells]]
|[[H. G. Wells]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Age of Innocence]]''
|''[[The Age of Innocence]]''
Line 661: Line 663:
|[[Anne Brontë]]
|[[Anne Brontë]]
|-
|-
|''[[What Katy Did At School]]''
|''[[Katy (series)|What Katy Did At School]]''
|[[Susan Coolidge]]
|[[Sarah Chauncey Woolsey|Susan Coolidge]]
|-
|-
|''[[Silas Marner]]''
|''[[Silas Marner]]''
Line 682: Line 684:
|[[William Shakespeare]]
|[[William Shakespeare]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Black Arrow]]''
|''[[The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses|The Black Arrow]]''
|[[Robert Louis Stevenson]]
|[[Robert Louis Stevenson]]
|}
|}
Line 706: Line 708:
|[[William Shakespeare]]
|[[William Shakespeare]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman]]''
|''[[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman|Tristram Shandy]]''
|[[Laurence Sterne]]
|[[Laurence Sterne]]
|-
|-
Line 715: Line 717:
|[[Mark Twain]]
|[[Mark Twain]]
|-
|-
|''[[Around the World in Eighty Days (Verne novel)|Around the World in Eighty Days]]''
|''[[Around the World in Eighty Days]]''
|[[Jules Verne]]
|[[Jules Verne]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Happy Prince and Other Stories]]''
|''[[The Happy Prince and Other Tales]]''
|[[Oscar Wilde]]
|[[Oscar Wilde]]
|}
|}
Line 742: Line 744:
|[[Pierre Loti]]
|[[Pierre Loti]]
|-
|-
|''[[Le Horla]]''
|''[[The Horla|Le Horla]]''
|[[Guy de Maupassant]]
|[[Guy de Maupassant]]
|-
|-
Line 751: Line 753:
|[[George Sand]]
|[[George Sand]]
|-
|-
|''[[Les révoltés de la Bounty]]''
|''[[The Mutineers of the Bounty|Les Révoltés de la Bounty]]''
|[[Jules Verne]]
|[[Jules Verne]]
|-
|-
Line 774: Line 776:
[[Category:Video games based on novels]]
[[Category:Video games based on novels]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]
[[Category:Genius Sonority games]]

Latest revision as of 23:32, 24 September 2024

100 Classic Book Collection
Developer(s)Genius Sonority
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Masayuki Kawamoto
Producer(s)Manabu Yamana
Designer(s)
  • Koji Noguchi
  • Mizuho Ishiyama
  • Shuhei Matsubara
Artist(s)
  • Ryo Koizumi
  • Harumi Mochizuki
  • Yasuo Inoue
Composer(s)
  • Mitsuhiro Kaneda
  • Kimihiro Abe
  • Noriyuki Kamikura
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: October 18, 2007
Genre(s)Educational
Mode(s)Single-player

100 Classic Book Collection, known in North America as 100 Classic Books, is an e-book collection developed by Genius Sonority and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. First released in Europe in December 2008, it was later released in Australia in January 2009, and in North America in June 2010. The game includes one hundred public domain works of literature.

Genius Sonority had previously released a similar collection of books in Japan, under the title DS Bungaku Zenshuu, in October 2007.[4][5] A smaller version of the collection consisting of 20 books, under the title Chotto DS Bungaku Zenshu: Sekai no Bungaku 20, was released in Japan as a downloadable DSiWare application in February 2009.[6][7] French and German versions, under the titles of 100 Livres Classiques and Bibliothek der klassischen Bücher respectively were released in March 2010.[8][9]

Features

[edit]

100 Classic Book Collection features one hundred books stored in the DS cartridge. Several of the works included are Othello by William Shakespeare, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, and The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. Additional free books were available to download via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection until the discontinuation of the service on May 20, 2014.[10][11]

The player is required to hold the DS like a book and can adjust the text size and change background music to listen to while reading.[10] A bookmark feature allows the player to mark their place in the book, as well as resume from that point on restart of the game. The game offers a search feature for books in several different ways, including genre, author, and length. Players can access introductions for the books and read about the authors.[10] An in-game quiz feature asks players personality-related questions and recommends certain novels depending on the answers given. Players can send "trial versions" of the game to other DS users via the local Wi-Fi.[10]

Reception

[edit]

100 Classic Book Collection debuted on UK sales charts at number 17 during its week of release, and moved up to number 8 the following week.[2][12]

The content was well received, but critics felt the DS was not a suitable platform. Prior to the advent of Kindle, The Guardian newspaper reviewed the game as part of the "minority fad" of e-readers, declaring it bland and impersonal but good value for money.[13] Eurogamer magazine criticised Nintendo for only using texts that were out of copyright and for not spending the extra for modern classics. They also found the text difficult to read due to the size of the screen, with unhelpful hyphenations, a low word number per page and distracting animations.[14] The Telegraph newspaper agreed that the game offered good value for money but also criticised the size of the screen.[15]

Included books

[edit]

List of books included

[edit]

Europe/Australia

[edit]
Title Author
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
Emma Jane Austen
Mansfield Park Jane Austen
Persuasion Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen
Lorna Doone R. D. Blackmore
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Anne Brontë
Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë
The Professor Charlotte Brontë
Shirley Charlotte Brontë
Villette Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë
The Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan
Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll
The Moonstone Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White Wilkie Collins
The Adventures of Pinocchio Carlo Collodi
Lord Jim Joseph Conrad
What Katy Did Susan Coolidge
The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Barnaby Rudge Charles Dickens
Bleak House Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
David Copperfield Charles Dickens
Dombey and Son Charles Dickens
Great Expectations Charles Dickens
Hard Times Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens
The Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas
Adam Bede George Eliot
Middlemarch George Eliot
The Mill on the Floss George Eliot
King Solomon's Mines H. Rider Haggard
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy
Under the Greenwood Tree Thomas Hardy
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Victor Hugo
Les Misérables Victor Hugo
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Washington Irving
Westward Ho! Charles Kingsley
Sons and Lovers D. H. Lawrence
The Phantom Of The Opera Gaston Leroux
The Call of the Wild Jack London
White Fang Jack London
Moby-Dick Herman Melville
Tales of Mystery & Imagination Edgar Allan Poe
Ivanhoe Walter Scott
Rob Roy Walter Scott
Waverley Walter Scott
Black Beauty Anna Sewell
All's Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare
As You Like It William Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare
Hamlet William Shakespeare
Henry V William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar William Shakespeare
King Lear William Shakespeare
Love's Labour's Lost William Shakespeare
Macbeth William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare
Othello William Shakespeare
Richard III William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare
The Tempest William Shakespeare
Timon of Athens William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe
Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift
Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray
Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne
The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde

North America

[edit]
Title Author
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
Emma Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum
Lorna Doone R. D. Blackmore
Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë
Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
Tales from the Arabian Nights Richard Francis Burton
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes
The Man Who Was Thursday G. K. Chesterton
The Napoleon of Notting Hill G. K. Chesterton
The Awakening Kate Chopin
The Moonstone Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White Wilkie Collins
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim Joseph Conrad
The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane
Moll Flanders Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Bleak House Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
David Copperfield Charles Dickens
Great Expectations Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas
The Man in the Iron Mask Alexandre Dumas
Middlemarch George Eliot
Silas Marner George Eliot
The Diary of a Nobody George and Weedon Grossmith
Allan Quatermain H. Rider Haggard
King Solomon's Mines H. Rider Haggard
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne
Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Four Million O. Henry
The Odyssey Homer
The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Victor Hugo
Les Misérables Victor Hugo
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Washington Irving
The Aspern Papers Henry James
The Turn of the Screw Henry James
The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling
Kim Rudyard Kipling
The Man Who Would Be King Rudyard Kipling
The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux
The Call of the Wild Jack London
White Fang Jack London
The Princess and Curdie George MacDonald
The Princess and the Goblin George MacDonald
The Prince Niccolò Machiavelli
Moby-Dick Herman Melville
Utopia Thomas More
Rights of Man Thomas Paine
Tales of Mystery & Imagination Edgar Allan Poe
Ivanhoe Walter Scott
Waverley Walter Scott
Black Beauty Anna Sewell
Hamlet William Shakespeare
King Lear William Shakespeare
Macbeth William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare
Othello William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare
The Tempest William Shakespeare
Frankenstein Mary Shelley
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula Bram Stoker
Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe
Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift
Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray
Walden Henry David Thoreau
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy
Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain
Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne
The Time Machine H. G. Wells
The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton
The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde

List of additional downloadable books

[edit]

Europe/Australia

[edit]
Title Author
Northanger Abbey Jane Austen
Agnes Grey Anne Brontë
What Katy Did At School Susan Coolidge
Silas Marner George Eliot
Cranford Elizabeth Gaskell
The Aspern Papers Henry James
The Turn of the Screw Henry James
The Water Babies Charles Kingsley
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare
The Black Arrow Robert Louis Stevenson

North America

[edit]
Title Author
The Secret Agent Joseph Conrad
Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens
The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas
Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare
Tristram Shandy Laurence Sterne
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain
Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne
The Happy Prince and Other Tales Oscar Wilde

France

[edit]
Title Author
Eugénie Grandet Honoré de Balzac
Le Petit Chose Alphonse Daudet
Trois contes Gustave Flaubert
Claude Gueux Victor Hugo
Ramuntcho Pierre Loti
Le Horla Guy de Maupassant
La Vénus d'Ille Prosper Mérimée
La Petite Fadette George Sand
Les Révoltés de la Bounty Jules Verne
Micromégas Voltaire

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Kozanecki, James (January 19, 2009). "AU Shippin' Out January 19–23: Skate 2". GameSpot.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Jenkins, David (January 6, 2009). "UK Charts: Wii Play Is 2009's First Chart Topper". Gamasutra.co. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
  3. ^ Cabral, Matt (February 24, 2010). "DSi XL Hits North America Next Month For $190". Kotaku.com. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  4. ^ Spencer (October 27, 2007). "Siliconera " Books on your DS? Hands on DS Bungaku Zenshuu". Siliconera.com. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  5. ^ DS文学全集. Nintendo.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  6. ^ Spencer (February 20, 2009). "Here Is Your Nintendo DSiWare Line Up For February". Siliconera.com. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  7. ^ "ちょっとDS文学全集 世界の文学20". Nintendo.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  8. ^ "Test du jeu 100 Livres Classiques sur DS". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  9. ^ "Bibliothek der klassischen Bücher". Nintendo of Europe GmbH (in German). Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d Riley, Adam (December 28, 2008). "100 Classic Book Collection (DS Novel) at C3 Reviews". Cubed3.com. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  11. ^ "Titles with additional downloadable content". Nintendo. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  12. ^ Jenkins, David (January 13, 2009). "UK Charts: Wii Fit Sprints Back To Number One". Gamasutra.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  13. ^ Anderiesz, Mike (January 6, 2009). "Guardian review". The Guardian. London.
  14. ^ Gibson, Ellie (February 9, 2009). "Eurogamer review". Eurogamer.net.
  15. ^ Hoggins, Tom (January 6, 2009). "Telegraph review". The Daily Telegraph. London.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=100_Classic_Book_Collection&oldid=1247582254"