Mom and Me (Atari ST, 1985) (color)

by: Yaakov Kirschen

Publication date: 1985

Topics: atari st, entertainment, yaakov kirschen, just for you inc, lkp ltd, software, chat, biotoon, artificial personality, jewish, IsraelDigitalHistory, "mom and me", kirschen-software

Item Size: 480.0K

"Mom and Me" is an early entertainment program for the Atari ST, created in 1985 by Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen of LKP Ltd.

Marketed as a "biotoon," this is a graphical chat program in which users can hold dynamic point-and-click conversations with "Mom," a stereotypical Jewish mother who is prone to worry and nagging.

"Mom and Me", along with a second similar "artificial personality" program called "Murray and Me," was published by ANTIC Magazine in its catalog, and was among the earliest third-party programs for the Atari ST. Both programs were profiled in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, among other newspapers.

This disk image contains the color, low-resolution version of "Mom and Me."

More details on this game can be found here.