<s>
Stickybear	B-Application
is	O
a	O
fictional	O
character	O
created	O
by	O
Richard	O
Hefter	O
and	O
an	O
edutainment	O
series	O
starring	O
the	O
character	O
headed	O
by	O
Optimum	O
Resource	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
since	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
;	O
software	O
programs	O
originated	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
platform	O
and	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2008	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
Stickybear	B-Application
software	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
for	O
Windows	O
XP/Windows	O
Vista	O
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
II	O
Computing	O
listed	O
Stickybear	B-Application
tenth	O
on	O
the	O
magazine	O
's	O
list	O
of	O
top	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
educational	O
software	O
as	O
of	O
late	O
1985	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
sales	O
and	O
market-share	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peter	O
Mucha	O
of	O
the	O
Houston	O
Chronicle	O
reviewed	O
IBM	O
versions	O
of	O
Stickybear	B-Application
in	O
1990	O
;	O
Stickybear	B-Application
Opposites	O
received	O
a	O
B−	O
,	O
Stickybear	B-Application
Math	O
received	O
a	O
B	O
,	O
Stickybear	B-Application
Math	O
2	O
received	O
a	O
B	O
,	O
Stickybear	B-Application
Alphabet	O
received	O
an	O
A−	O
,	O
and	O
Stickybear	B-Application
Reading	O
received	O
a	O
C	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
Talking	O
StickyBear	B-Application
Alphabet	O
won	O
the	O
Best	O
Early	O
Education	O
Program	O
1989	O
Excellence	O
in	O
Software	O
Award	O
from	O
the	O
Software	O
and	O
Information	O
Industry	O
Association	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
magazine	O
said	O
in	O
a	O
1992	O
review	O
that	O
StickyBear	B-Application
Town	O
Builder	O
was	O
dated	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
games	O
of	O
its	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1993	O
said	O
of	O
Stickybear	B-Application
's	O
Early	O
Learning	O
Activities	O
,	O
"	O
In	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
early	O
learning	O
software	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
difficult	O
to	O
find	O
anyone	O
who	O
does	O
it	O
better.	O
"	O
</s>
