Disc Includes Actual Apollo 13 Footage

Apollo 13 Interactive, The Complete Insider's Guide lets the user take a ride in Apollo 16's Lunar Rover, watch actual crisis video taken from the Apollo 13 mission and examine detailed illustrations of the internal workings of Apollo rockets. The program also includes animation, illustrations and video sourced from several other Apollo missions. "With the success of the recent Apollo 13 movie, curiosity about the Apollo missions is extraordinarily strong; now users have the opportunity to learn at home," says Peter Tamte, executive director of MacSoft, a division of The WizardWorks Group. The WizardWorks Group, Minneapolis, MN, (612) 559-5140. WM

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