More than fifty video clips and 1,000 high-resolution photographs, as well as a pronunciation guide to phrases in thirty languages. There are also more than 400 political, thematic, and relief maps in this version, supplemented by satellite photography. The database also contains statistics on population, economics, and agriculture. For IBM, you'll need Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 and DOS 5.0 or better, a 486 processor or faster, 8MB of RAM, an SVGA monitor, and a sound card and speakers. The pictures are great, but they're slow.
Data can blur as it scrolls across the screen.
The maps are only current through 1993. Small Blue Planet , in fact, lacks many of the features we expect from an electronic atlas. There is little sound and no video. The manual is short and online help nonexistent. The interface can be a problem to master.