This game, a very unimaginative piece of pabulum for the three- year-old crowd just out of diapers, is a disappointment whose content was fresh 15 years ago but has aged badly. Strawberry Shortcake, a mouth-watering name for a little red-headed girl who wears a flowered sun hat, is the heroine of the series. She first entered pop culture exactly 30 years ago when Muriel Fahrion, a greeting card illustrator at American Greetings' juvenile and humorous card department, drew her and her cat, Custard. She added 32 more characters like Raspberry Tart, Huckleberry Pie, Apple Dumplin', Pupcake the dog, Blueberry Muffin, Cheesecake the mouse, Cherry Cuddler, Gooseberry Angel Cake, Panda Cafe Ole, Crepe Suzette, Ginger Snap, Chocolate Chipmunk, Marsh Mallard the duck, and bad guys like the Peculiar Purple Pie Man (just typing these names makes me salivate). Each Strawberry Shortcake characters bore its own dessert - or fruity-themed name with matching clothing, and each was matched with a dessert - or fruit-named pet.

The final section, with 27 images, invites youngsters to print out signs for their bedroom or front door (including "No Entrance!" and "Entrance only to Candies!"