Tonka Workshop Playset

Tonka Workshop Playset
DeveloperMedia Station
PlatformsWindows
Macintosh
ReleaseNovember 1998[1]
GenreSandbox

Tonka Workshop Playset, also known as Tonka Workshop CD-ROM Playset[2], is 1998 sandbox video game developed by Media Station and published by Hasbro Interactive on CD-ROM. It is for ages 3 and up.[3]

Summary

Tonka Workshop Playset lets players choose from a barn, cellar, storage shed, tree house or pickup truck, each filled with a batch of activities.[4] These include repairing a bicycle, a hole in a bridge to repair, as well as others.[5]

Development

Tonka Workshop Playset was developed by Media Station, a company founded in 1989 and base din Ann Arbor, Michigan.[6]

Reception

Games Domain enjoyed with Tonka Workshop Playset despite the technical problems.[7] Birmingham Post-Herald called Tonka Workshop Playset a fun and great looking product.[5]

Tonka Workshop Playset ranked 7th on PC Data's list of Top-Selling Games during its debut week of November 4 to 8 in 1998.[8] In November 1998, it ranked 16th overall, according to PC Data.[9]

Tonka Workshop CD-ROM Playset was given a 2002 Computer Software, & Games Award by the Canadian Toy Testing Council.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Media Station Knocks Out First-Rate Software for Hasbro Interactive's Tonka Workshop CD-ROM Playset". Business Wire. November 4, 1998. Gale A53168454.
  2. ↑ "Tonka Workshop CD-ROM Playset". All Game Guide. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Hasbro Interactive's New Tonka Workshop CD-ROM: Two Play Worlds". ST Report. 1998. pp. 50, 51. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  4. ↑ Morrill, Chris (November 26, 1998). "An Active, Interactive Tonka". Hartford Courant. p. 89. Retrieved April 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 Crichton, Ginger (November 21, 1998). "Tap on keyboard, fix fence with Tonka Workshop". Birmingham Post-Herald. p. 18. Retrieved April 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Who We Are". Media Station. Archived from the original on March 3, 2000. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  7. ↑ Sorrels, Cynthia. "Tonka Workshop". Games Domain. Archived from the original on May 3, 1999. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  8. ↑ Mayer, Robert (November 25, 1998). "Barbie Vaults to Top of Charts". Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on December 1, 2002. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  9. ↑ Mayer, Robert (December 13, 1998). "November Belongs to Deer Hunter 2 3D". Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on December 1, 2002. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Toy Report 2002" (PDF). Canadian Toy Testing Council. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 28, 2001. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
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