American Hangman - Presidents and States (for Macintosh) is a fun, educational game based on the simple game of hangman we all played as children. American Hangman merges the best of our Presidents3000 and States3000 games into one inexpensive game. American Hangman is a terrific way to learn the Presidents (and Vice Presidents, First Ladies), and all 50 States in the United States (and State Birds, State Capitals, State Flowers, State Nicknames, State Trees.) Non-violent, family software for all ages.

American Hangman is a "secretly-educational" game...without knowing it, you'll find yourself learning an astounding amount of information about all 50 US States and all the Presidents.

The above picture shows a game already in progress. The results of the previous game (Thomas Jefferson) will remain displayed, until the current game is finished. Then, a picture and information about the next guessed item will appear. Hmmmm, I wonder which President is almost guessed. (-:)

American Hangman includes colorful graphics, digitized sounds, and speech synthesis. The speech synthesizer can spell and/or say the name that was just guessed. It can even speak words of encouragement when you win or lose the game. (Registered users can customize the phrases that the speech synthesizer says. The possibilities for fun here are truly endless!)

American Hangman, like our other word-guessing games, is easily accessible by visually-challenged users. The program can easily speak the state of the game, the current category, the number of guesses remaining, etc.

American Hangman features non-violent graphics, a little cultural literacy, and much more. It even includes built-in hints (if desired) for every single word in every category. The hints can be a great source of humor, as well. You can choose to always have hints available, to never have them available, or to only have them as a last resort.

Requirements: American Hangman is a "carbonized" Macintosh application. It requires a PowerPC Macintosh with screen resolution of 800x600 (or more), running OS9 or OSX.

Version 1.0 - Released January 30, 2002

Version 1.0.1 - Released May 9, 2002 - Added the ability to generate an Amazon.com Search Page for books related to the current word category, or to the last guessed word.

Version 2.0.0 - Released August 5, 2002 - Carbonized! American Hangman now runs native on both OS9 and OSX.

Version 2.0.1 - Released August 31, 2002 - Many cosmetic fixes...modal dialogs are now movable, default buttons pulsate (in OSX), etc.

Version 2.0.2 - Released January 20, 2003 - Changed name of game from 'American Hangman' to 'American Hangman - Presidents and States' to better differentiate this game from the more general hangman-type word-guessing game called Hang3000. Also added Special Web Sites menu, updated copyright and other minor cosmetic changes.

Version 2.0.3 - Released May 18, 2003 - Updated contact and web information, enabled easier online registration, etc.

Version 2.0.4 - Released November 3, 2004 - Updated the program to include the results of the November 2, 2004 Presidential election.

Version 2.0.5 - Released March 15, 2005 - Updated the Presidential information, hints, etc.

Version 2.0.6 - Released January 3, 2006 - Updated contact, version and related software information.

Version 2.0.7 - Released October 2, 2006 - Updated menu text, contact information, etc.

Version 2.0.8 - Released February 19, 2007 - Reduced price for individual, site and district licenses.

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