Sesame Street video games facts for kids

Many fun video games based on the TV show Sesame Street have been made for different game systems. Most of these games were created by a company called NewKidCo.

Video Games Featuring Sesame Street Friends

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

This game lets you join Elmo on an adventure inspired by the movie The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland.

Alpha Beam with Ernie

This game helps players learn about letters and words with Ernie.

Big Bird's Egg Catch

Big Bird's Egg Catch is a video game from 1983 for the Atari 2600. It was made by Atari and Children's Computer Workshop.

In this game, you control Big Bird. Your job is to catch eggs that chickens lay at the top of the screen. The eggs roll down twisty paths and you need to catch them in a basket on Big Bird's head. Most eggs give you one point. Sometimes, a golden egg appears, which is worth five points! If you drop an egg, you lose points.

As you play, the game gets faster. The paths become more complicated, and more chickens lay eggs. Sometimes, the paths even disappear for a moment! The song playing in the background, "Turkey in the Straw", also speeds up.

After a while, Big Bird leaves the screen to count his eggs. Numbers flash quickly as he counts. When he reaches the total, a song plays and Big Bird dances. The game ends if you drop too many eggs or after a certain number of counting sessions.

Cookie Monster Munch

Cookie Monster Munch on the Atari 2600

Cookie Monster Munch is a video game made by Atari and Children's Computer Workshop. It was released in 1983 for the Atari 2600. Gary Stark programmed the game.

The main goal of Cookie Monster Munch is to guide Cookie Monster through a simple maze. You collect cookies and then put them into a cookie jar at the bottom of the screen.

You could play Cookie Monster Munch using a special Atari Kid's Controller, which was sold separately. However, the regular keyboard controller also worked.

Count's Castle

Count's Castle was a video game being made by Atari for the Atari 2600. This game was never finished; it was about 80% complete when they stopped working on it. No test versions of the game have ever been found. It was planned to be a game focused on math.

Countdown

Sesame Street: Countdown is a platform game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991. In this game, you control Count von Count. Your mission is to find a specific number. The number you need to find is chosen by a spinning wheel.

Each time you collect the correct number, it might be shown as a number itself or as a group of items that add up to that number. When you start the game, you can choose to move by jumping many times or by running.

Elmo's Art Workshop

Elmo's Art Workshop is a CD-ROM game. It was first released in 1995 as Sesame Street Art Workshop. Later, it was reissued by Creative Wonders in 1998, and by Encore Software in 2002 and 2005.

The game lets users draw, paint, and create different kinds of artwork. Elmo gives instructions throughout the game, but you only hear his voice.

Elmo's Deep Sea Adventure

Elmo's Deep Sea Adventure is a CD-ROM game. It was made by Mattel Media in 2000. Later, it was re-released by Sesame Workshop in 2005 and by Encore Software in 2006.

Elmo invites players to join him in his deep-sea submarine. Together, you explore shipwrecks, sunken cities, and look for lost treasure. Other characters like Oscar, Grover, Zoe, Rosita, and Telly also appear in the game. The game helps teach skills like critical thinking, problem-solving, and making decisions. It has three play modes, five activities, and two difficulty levels.

Elmo's Letter Adventure

Elmo's Letter Adventure is an educational game for the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation. It features Sesame Street's Elmo and was released in 1999. This game helps kids learn about letters.

Elmo's Number Journey

Elmo's Number Journey is an educational game for the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation. It features Sesame Street's Elmo and was released in 1999.

Players guide Elmo through three different areas, each split into two parts. In these areas, you collect numbers to solve math problems given by the host of each area. The game starts on Sesame Street, where you pick one of three difficulty levels. Then, you go to Elmo's playroom to try a tutorial or talk to a host to enter their area.

The difficulty level changes how many problems you need to solve to move on. It also affects how many mistakes you can make before the game ends. Unlike many video games, there are no enemies to fight or races against time. The game is all about choosing the right answer to problems and moving through areas using different vehicles.

The Nintendo 64 version of Elmo's Number Journey has become popular with speedrunners recently. This is because the game can be completed very quickly.

Elmo's Preschool

Elmo's Preschool is a CD-ROM game. It was made by Creative Wonders and Children's Television Workshop in 1996. Elmo guides the user, who can choose to play in one of five different playrooms.

Elmo Through the Looking-Glass

Elmo Through the Looking-Glass is a CD-ROM game. It was made by Creative Wonders and Children's Television Workshop in 1998. Later, it was re-released by Encore Software and Sesame Workshop in 2004.

This game was first called Reading Adventure. When it was re-released, the name changed.

In this game, Elmo goes through a looking-glass in his room to find a little red monster he sees there. The game helps with identifying objects, telling things apart visually, learning new words, matching, and reading. In 1998, this game was part of a two-disc set called Elmo's Reading: Preschool and Kindergarten, along with Elmo's Reading Basics.

The game's name is inspired by the famous book Alice Through the Looking Glass.

Elmo's ABCs

Elmo's ABCs is a video game made by Bonsai Entertainment Corp. and published by NewKidCo. It was released for the Game Boy Color in 1999. This game helps kids learn their ABCs.

Elmo's 123s

Elmo's 123s is a video game published by NewKidCo. It was released for the Game Boy Color in 1999. This game helps kids learn their numbers.

Get Set to Learn!

Get Set to Learn! is a CD-ROM game. It was made by Creative Wonders and Children's Television Workshop in 1996. This game helps improve thinking and problem-solving skills, which are important for learning.

Grover's Music Maker

Grover's Music Maker was a video game for the Atari 2600. It was made by Atari in 1983 but was never released. Stephen Keith and Preston Stuart programmed the game. It used the Atari Kid's Controller.

The game had several songs already programmed into it. Children could listen to these songs while Grover danced on stage. Players could also create their own songs by pressing different buttons on the keypad.

Grover's Travels

Grover's Travels is a 1998 CD-ROM game. It was made by Encore Software and Children's Television Workshop. This game is a funny version of the book Gulliver's Travels. You join Grover as he meets Big Bird, Elmo, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and more friends.

The game has six activities designed to teach numbers, shapes, recognizing sounds, understanding stories, and emotions.

Let's Make a Word!

Let's Make a Word! is a 1995 CD-ROM game. It was made by Electronic Arts and Children's Television Workshop.

Guy Smiley welcomes users to his game show. Big Bird, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch, Rosita, Zoe, and the Two-Headed Monster also appear. The game has 6 different "word experts" and four places filled with words. There are over 300 words to choose from in this game.

The game was reissued by Creative Wonders. It was also included in a two-disc set called Kindergarten Deluxe CD-ROM. Later, Encore Software re-released it with different packaging.

Pals Around Town

Pals Around Town is a computer game published by Hi-Tech Expressions in 1987. It was programmed by Children's Television Workshop. The game was released for Atari, Commodore 64, and the IBM PCjr as a cartridge.

The game was made to be educational. Players could choose a character, like Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street. Then, they could interact with different objects in various places. Two of these places were a school classroom and an outdoor playground. Some items you could interact with included a fishbowl and a globe.

Oscar's Trash Race

Oscar's Trash Race is a video game for the Atari 2600. It was made by Atari and released in 1984. Christopher Omarzu programmed the game, and it used the Atari Kid's Controller.

The goal of the game is to help Oscar the Grouch and the little Grouches collect trash in a race. This game was designed to help players practice their number skills and understand directions.

Search and Learn Adventures

Search & Learn Adventures is a 1996 CD-ROM game. It was made by Creative Wonders and Children's Television Workshop in 1996. It was re-released in 1998, 2000 (by Mattel Media), and 2004 (by Encore Software).

Sherlock Hemlock guides users as they find clues to solve puzzles and mysteries. The game focuses on important ideas like safety, healthy eating, and recycling. It also helps develop skills like critical thinking and problem-solving. There are more than 20 different activity combinations and multiple skill levels.

Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster

In January 2010, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced they would make Sesame Street games for the Xbox 360. These games would use the Kinect accessory, which lets you play using your body movements. The game was announced on February 15, 2011, as Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster. It was released on October 11 of that year.

Kinect Sesame Street TV

This game combines TV episodes with interactive game elements, using the Kinect sensor.

Sesame Street A-B-C and 1-2-3

The box art for the compilation of Sesame Street A-B-C and 1-2-3.

Sesame Street 1-2-3 and A-B-C are two educational video games for the NES. They were later released together as one game cartridge called Sesame Street A-B-C and 1-2-3.

Sesame Street A-B-C

Sesame Street A-B-C is an educational Nintendo game that includes two mini-games.

In Ernie's Big Splash, your goal is to create a series of connections. These connections include pipes, waterways, sea animals, and some of Ernie's friends like Oscar the Grouch, Bert, Grover, and Cookie Monster. The aim is to help Rubber Duckie reach Ernie's bathtub. This game teaches basic logic, directions (North, South, East, West), and how to put things in order.

In Letter-Go-Round, you need to find the correct letter, spell words, and find missing letters in words. There's also a mode where you have to make a 'secret' word by finding the right letters. This game helps with recognizing letters, recognizing words, understanding capital and lowercase letters, and spelling.

Hi Tech Expressions published this video game for ages 3 to 6.

Ernie's Big Splash was originally a separate game released for IBM PC DOS in 1986. It was later brought to the Nintendo Entertainment System with other new mini-games in 1990. On NES, it was part of the Sesame Street ABC cartridge, along with Letter-Go-Round.

Sesame Street 1-2-3

Sesame Street 1-2-3 had two different games: "Astro-Grover" and "Ernie's Magic Shapes". It was released for the NES in 1989.

In Ernie's Magic Shapes, you had to match the correct symbol to a base symbol. This game teaches you about shapes and colors. It's the only game in the NES Sesame Street series that has a tutorial mode, so players can learn how to play.

In Astro-Grover, Grover and his small alien friends called 'Zips' teach basic math. This includes counting, adding, and subtracting. Some games involve finding the right number to answer a question or finding a group with the correct number of Zips.

This game was developed by Rare and published by Hi-Tech Expressions.

Sesame Street: Big Bird's Hide and Speak

Sesame Street: Big Bird's Hide and Speak is a game for the Nintendo Entertainment System released in 1990. It was the first NES game to have a digitized voice, which was Big Bird's voice. This game stars Big Bird and co-stars Little Bird. It also features Bert, Ernie, The Count, Grover, and Elmo.

RSP Inc. developed the game, and Hi Tech Expressions published it.

You use the D-pad to move Little Bird to the next window in a clockwise direction. The A and B Buttons also choose a window. The Start and Select buttons let you go back to the game selection screen.

The game's goal is to choose the correct character or letter. There are six different levels. The first two levels simply ask you to choose the window Big Bird tells you to. The next two levels require you to remember where things are because the windows close. In the fifth level, you have to spell a three-letter word by choosing the right letters. In the last level, you try to spell as many different words as possible before a time limit runs out. The letters in the windows change after you create a new word.

Sesame Street: Cookie's Counting Carnival

Sesame Street: Cookie's Counting Carnival was the first of four Sesame Street games for the Wii and Nintendo DS. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment published it, and a PC version was also available. Black Lantern Studios developed the game, and it was released in 2010 along with Elmo's A-to-Zoo Adventure.

The Nintendo versions use motion controls. They came with special Wii Remote and Nintendo DS stylus jackets. These were designed to make them easy for young children to use. This game teaches basic math skills.

Sesame Street Counting Cafe

Sesame Street: Counting Cafe is a Sega Genesis game. Players learn how to count numbers with Grover. He tries to count, climb, and jump while collecting food items for counting. Bert sometimes throws an egg into the mix, which changes the order of things.

This game was only released in North America and uses the American English language.

Sesame Street: Elmo's A-to-Zoo Adventure

Sesame Street: Elmo's A-to-Zoo was the second of four Sesame Street games for the Wii and Nintendo DS. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment published it, and a PC version was also available. Black Lantern Studios developed the game, and it was released in 2010 alongside Cookie's Counting Carnival.

The Nintendo versions use motion controls and came with special Wii Remote and Nintendo DS stylus jackets. These were made to be comfortable for young children to use. This game helps kids learn the alphabet and about different animals.

Sesame Street: Elmo's Musical Monsterpiece

Sesame Street: Elmo's Musical Monsterpiece was the last of four Sesame Street games for the Wii and Nintendo DS. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment published it. Griptonite Games developed it, and it was released in 2012.

Like Ready, Set, Grover! and the Nintendo versions of Elmo's A-to-Zoo and Cookie's Counting Carnival, this game uses motion controls. It also came with special Wii Remote and Nintendo DS stylus jackets to make them easy for young children to use. This game aims to teach about musical instruments and how to use them to play songs.

Sesame Street: Ready, Set, Grover!

Sesame Street: Ready, Set, Grover! was the third of four Sesame Street games for the Wii and Nintendo DS. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment published it. Griptonite Games developed it, and it was released in 2011.

Like the Nintendo versions of Elmo's A-to-Zoo and Cookie's Counting Carnival, this game uses motion controls. It also came with special Wii Remote and Nintendo DS stylus jackets to make them comfortable for young children to use. This game teaches the basics of personal health, exercise, playtime, and relaxation.

Sesame Street: Sports

Sesame Street: Sports was published by NewKidCo. It was released on PlayStation and Game Boy Color in 2001.

Voices

• Caroll Spinney as Big Bird
• Kevin Clash as Elmo
• Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Grover
• Steve Whitmire as Ernie
• Martin P. Robinson as Telly Monster
• Fran Brill as Zoe

The Three Grouchketeers

The Three Grouchketeers is a 1998 CD-ROM game. It was re-released in 2005 by Encore Software and Creative Wonders.

This game is a funny version of Alexandre Dumas's famous 1844 book The Three Musketeers. Telly, Zoe, and Grover are on a mission to find King Oscar's missing Royal Pig. Each character has a special talent: Telly knows about shapes, Zoe is good with animals, and Grover reads very well. They must work together to complete their tasks.