<s>
JumpStart	B-Application
Typing	I-Application
is	O
a	O
personal	O
computer	O
game	O
intended	O
to	O
teach	O
typing	B-Application
skills	O
to	O
kids	O
aged	O
seven	O
to	O
ten	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
reuses	O
the	O
cast	O
of	O
JumpStart	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
3rd	I-Application
Grade	I-Application
:	I-Application
Mystery	I-Application
Mountain	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
at	O
Sparks	O
Stadium	O
,	O
where	O
keyboarding	B-Application
Olympics	B-Application
take	O
place	O
between	O
the	O
Sparks	O
Team	O
and	O
the	O
Galaxy	O
Gladiators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Polly	O
Spark	O
gets	O
mad	O
at	O
Coach	O
Qwerty	O
,	O
who	O
did	O
n't	O
like	O
her	O
"	O
untapped	O
typing	B-Application
talent	O
"	O
and	O
consequently	O
kicked	O
her	O
off	O
the	O
team	O
,	O
she	O
locks	O
him	O
in	O
the	O
Trophy	O
Room	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
must	O
therefore	O
coach	O
the	O
Sparks	O
Team	O
in	O
Qwerty	O
's	O
place	O
and	O
recharge	O
Polly	O
's	O
power	O
cards	O
through	O
taking	O
timed	O
typing	B-Application
tests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
takes	O
a	O
diagnostic	O
test	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
words	B-Device
per	I-Device
minute	I-Device
goals	O
that	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
reached	O
to	O
activate	O
the	O
power	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Keyboard	B-Device
Training	O
Center	O
is	O
run	O
by	O
Polly	O
and	O
includes	O
the	O
locked	O
Trophy	O
Room	O
,	O
the	O
Technique-O-Tron	O
and	O
the	O
Test-O-Matic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Technique-O-Tron	O
provides	O
two	O
humorous	O
movies	O
,	O
made	O
in	O
a	O
style	O
to	O
suggest	O
they	O
were	O
made	O
in	O
the	O
mid-20th	O
century	O
despite	O
featuring	O
modern	O
computer	B-Device
keyboards	I-Device
,	O
that	O
teach	O
the	O
user	O
about	O
the	O
"	O
home	O
row	O
"	O
keys	O
and	O
correct	O
typing	B-Application
posture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Test-O-Matic	O
features	O
lessons	O
and	O
timed	O
typing	B-Application
tests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
through	O
taking	O
the	O
timed	O
typing	B-Application
tests	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
attempts	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
words	B-Device
per	I-Device
minute	I-Device
that	O
activate	O
the	O
power	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outside	O
the	O
Keyboard	B-Device
Training	O
Center	O
,	O
Botley	O
joins	O
the	O
user	O
for	O
the	O
games	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
user	O
plays	O
to	O
win	O
gold	O
,	O
silver	O
and	O
bronze	O
medals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Naturally	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
has	O
a	O
limited	O
amount	O
of	O
"	O
strength	O
"	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
games	O
and	O
,	O
if	O
the	O
"	O
strength	O
bar	O
"	O
gets	O
too	O
low	O
,	O
it	O
must	O
be	O
restored	O
through	O
taking	O
lessons	O
and	O
timed	O
typing	B-Application
tests	O
in	O
the	O
Keyboard	B-Device
Training	O
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Botley	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
voiced	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
person	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
still	O
seems	O
the	O
same	O
,	O
and	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
robots	O
from	O
JumpStart	B-Application
3rd	I-Application
Grade	I-Application
are	O
seen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roller	O
Racer	O
-	O
The	O
user	O
helps	O
a	O
Sparks	O
player	O
skateboard	O
down	O
a	O
track	O
and	O
avoid	O
hitting	O
obstacles	O
or	O
the	O
mischievous	O
Track	O
Trickster	O
by	O
typing	B-Application
the	O
letters	O
that	O
appear	O
on	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Keyboard	B-Device
Kicks	O
-	O
In	O
this	O
foosball-esque	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
types	O
the	O
letters	O
that	O
activate	O
a	O
row	O
of	O
Sparks	O
players	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
will	O
block	O
the	O
ball	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
Sparks	O
 '	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trail	O
Blazer	O
-	O
The	O
user	O
helps	O
fifty	O
Sparks	O
snowboarders	O
make	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
a	O
mountain	O
by	O
typing	B-Application
the	O
letters	O
that	O
appear	O
above	O
each	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ms.	O
Winkle	O
,	O
Polly	O
's	O
schoolteacher	O
from	O
JumpStart	B-Application
3rd	I-Application
Grade	I-Application
,	O
appears	O
to	O
be	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
crowd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
tells	O
her	O
that	O
"	O
if	O
it	O
takes	O
locking	O
me	O
in	O
the	O
Trophy	O
Room	O
to	O
get	O
you	O
to	O
practice	O
your	O
keyboarding	B-Application
skills	O
,	O
then	O
so	O
be	O
it	O
"	O
and	O
decides	O
not	O
to	O
tell	O
Professor	O
Spark	O
about	O
the	O
incident	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
JumpStart	B-Application
3rd	I-Application
Grade	I-Application
,	O
the	O
storyline	O
ends	O
here	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
continue	O
playing	O
the	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
merge	O
of	O
Knowledge	O
Adventure	O
and	O
Davidson	O
&	O
Associates	O
,	O
Jan	O
Davidson	O
began	O
cross-developing	O
products	O
between	O
the	O
Glendale	O
and	O
Torrance	O
centers	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
Knowledge	O
Adventure	O
product	O
to	O
be	O
produced	O
in	O
Torrance	O
was	O
JumpStart	B-Application
Typing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Led	O
by	O
executive	O
producer	O
Mike	O
Albanese	O
and	O
producer	O
Michele	O
Lichtenstein	O
,	O
JumpStart	B-Application
Typing	I-Application
was	O
declared	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
more	O
JumpStart	B-Device
than	O
JumpStart.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
effectively	O
ended	O
any	O
speculation	O
that	O
a	O
JumpStart	B-Device
title	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
produced	O
outside	O
of	O
Glendale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discovery	O
Education	O
praised	O
its	O
educational	O
and	O
entertainment	O
value	O
,	O
saying	O
it	O
was	O
best	O
suited	O
for	O
practicing	O
typing	B-Application
rather	O
than	O
learning	O
the	O
basics	O
,	O
and	O
would	O
appeal	O
to	O
children	O
who	O
enjoyed	O
fast-paced	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
