GeoSafari for Bob

GeoSafari for Bob is an educational game that was bundled with Microsoft BOB, which can only be played if BOB is open.

SAFARI.EXE
Hank Rules This is probably a message from the people who made GeoSafari for Bob's mascot, Hank Elephant.

Microsoft Bob Leftovers
Font Size Font Bold Font Italic Font Underline Text Color Name Pathname Labels Layer Width Height Scale Left Scale Top Scale Width Scale Height These all are leftovers from the GUI of Microsoft Bob.

Unused Icon


This unique unused icon of Hank Elephant appears along with the used icon of the BOB logo.

GEO.TPR
TIPS.GEO geo.exe "TIPS.GEO" is probably an early filename for "GEO.TPR". "geo.exe" is probably an early filename for "SAFARI.EXE", the game's executable.

HANK.ACT
Hank Elephant Hank December 12, 1963 Serengeti Plain grasslands fermented mangoes Hank is an African elephant from the Serengeti Plain. He knows the world's places, cultures, and languages. Like all elephants, he has an excellent memory! Can you match him?

This text shows that in an early point in development from GeoSafari for Bob, Hank would have have one of Bob's regular guides instead of being limited to GeoSafari for Bob. If you move HANK.ACT to the ACTORS folder in Microsoft Bob you will be able to use him as your guide in Bob. He isn't complete, as he is missing a background for the guide chooser (it uses a random part of his body), and about half of his text is placeholder. The same goes for Lexi, from Bob Checkbook, except he is more complete, with a background and less placeholder text. Trying to force GeoSafari for Bob to use any .ACT files other than Hank's will crash the game, as Hank's .ACT file contains special data used by GeoSafari.