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and was pronounced blind by medical specialists. Refusing to place his son in remedial classes, Herrera wrote a program to help his son learn the alphabet. After several months, his son made rapid progress, overcoming his handicap. The program later evolved into
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recommended the game among educational software for the Atari 8-bit.
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winner, including a $ 25,000 prize. Herrera used the money to found
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Index

My First Alphabet (software)

Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Atari Program Exchange
Atari, Inc.
Designer(s)
Platform(s)
Atari 8-bit
Genre(s)
Educational
Single-player
educational video game
Atari 8-bit computers
Atari Program Exchange
Atari Star Award
Atari Inc.
First Star Software

cataracts
Atari Star Award
First Star Software
Astro Chase
Bristles
Boulder Dash
Spy vs. Spy
InfoWorld


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