Berenstain Bears combines three educational games onto one cartridge, in which young players help Brother Bear zip around on his unicycle through the woods, presumably learning as they do so. In "Big Number Hunt," a number is announced, and Brother Bear must be put into a position where he can catch the correct number (he has to start over if he catches the wrong number). Similar in style is "Spooky Spelling Bee;" a word is announced (always four letter long or smaller), and Brother Bear must catch the correct letters in the correct order to spell that word. Somewhat simpler is the "Great Letter Roundup," which has players trying to catch all 26 letters in correct alphabetical order. In some ways, the "catching falling objects while on a unicycle" element makes Berenstain Bears the closest the Atari VCS got to a version of the arcade game Kickman.
Berenstain Bears, based on a very popular line of children's books, was the second (and final) game created by Coleco for the Kid Vid entertainment system, which synced a tape player to the Atari VCS to provide pre-recorded sounds on three cassettes during game play. The only other Kid Vid title released, Smurfs Save The Day, was included with the Kid Vid tape player and interface.