Magic Crayon
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About this game
Magic Crayon is Alive Software’s coloring-book activity for young children. Pick a color from the palette and click a yellow part of the picture to fill it. There is no need to draw a careful outline: each click colors a bounded area. Bill Dedes created the program, pictures and music, with a picture-based interface intended to be easy to explore.
The happy-face button opens another picture and the unhappy face undoes the last coloring action. The eye icon finishes coloring the picture, while the question mark explains the objective. The Menu button provides difficulty and sound options. Easy mode adds colored guides, which can help a child decide where to begin without requiring a particular finished color scheme.
This is the DOS 4.0 shareware release dated April 1, 1996, containing a small sample of pictures and music. The 100-picture collection described in its original advertising belongs to the registered edition, not this package. Use a mouse for the palette and picture controls. The original printing option is preserved in the program, but this browser edition does not provide a printer connection.
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Quick tips
Select a palette color, then click a yellow area inside the picture.
The unhappy face undoes the most recent coloring action.
Try the eye icon to see a completed picture, or the happy face to choose a new one.
- Any key
- Skip the opening theme when it is playing.
- Mouse left button
- Choose a palette color, fill a picture area or select an icon.
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Browser play is available for this entry.
- Distribution
- Shareware
- Browser player
- js-dos · Browser play
- Added to archive
- 2026-11-05
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