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An Introduction to Scratch - Parachute Game

In this activity, we take you through creating a Parachute game using Scratch (the fun coding language!).

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Centre for Computing History

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KS2

Parachute is a game originally released in 1981 on the Nintendo Game and Watch, so you'll be re-creating a bit of history!

Click here to find out how!

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