Edutainment games

[Jeff]

Ever own any classic Educational/Edutainment Computer games when owning a computer back then? Did you had any fond memories with them?

 

[Clippy]

Perhaps not exactly what you're asking for but these 2 and a few other encyclopedias with interactive elements stimulated my young brain to no end.

 

[minimug]

I didn't own these, but we had "Mario Teaches Typing" sessions during 3rd grade computer class in the mid 90's. As well as "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?", " Oregon Trail", and the like.

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Perhaps not exactly what you're asking for but these 2 and a few other encyclopedias with interactive elements stimulated my young brain to no end.
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Great fun

 

[ATenderLad]

Well @minimug beat me to Oregon Trail and Carmen Sandiego...

Uh, The Yukon Trail!

 

[Waffles]

Do I? I still play the Carmen Sandiego games! They are so good at being edutainment, you don't even realize you are being taught stuff!

 

[DunkeyKong]

Bookworm Adventures, a masterpiece made by Pop Cap themselves

 

[ATenderLad]

Bookworm Adventures, a masterpiece made by Pop Cap themselves
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That is *absolutely* a masterpiece, playing it on Steam right now.

 

[bjork]

OT and Carmen as mentioned earlier, but also Cross Country USA (also Cross Country Canada, and there's a Cross Country California) were ones we had back in the late 80s. Plus all the MECC stuff like Number Munchers. I just got an ad today for "wishlist Carmen Sandiego on Steam" but forgot to follow through on it, so this thread is a good reminder for me to do that. Thanks.

[edit: the Carmen on Steam looks like a 3D platformer where you play as Carmen going against VILE, not sure if that's what I'm after in a Carmen game but I'll give it a chance when it comes out]

 

[Waffles]

You know what game I thought deserves a lot of praise? Wolf by Sanctuary Woods.

This is honestly incredibly involved gameplay wrapped around a small encyclopedia. I was blown away when I first played it and continued to do so until my wolf died, at which point I was just too sad to continue. I'm not kidding.

 

[pl1sk1n]

For me, maniac mansion, day of the tentacle and leisure suit Larry where some of my first games i owned and then emulated to relive.

 

[minimug]

You know what game I thought deserves a lot of praise? Wolf by Sanctuary Woods.

This is honestly incredibly involved gameplay wrapped around a small encyclopedia. I was blown away when I first played it and continued to do so until my wolf died, at which point I was just too sad to continue. I'm not kidding.

i gotta dust off dosbox and give it a go, i was skeptical of it as a child because i thought it was going to be similar to those generic "hunting simulator" games. It looks great

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

Cosmology of Kyoto, is a game blends History, myths and legends of the Heian era.
I do enyoy the ambiance, mostly dread and the weird character design, half between art of the era and japanimation exaggerations.

 

[Skeetos]

Played a lot of Oregon Trail in school, my teacher was older and he would set up contests to see how far everyone could get, whoever won got extra credit and like a piece of granny candy lol. But I also have the most pristine holy copy of Sonic Schoolhouse that I found like 2 years ago at Goodwill lol. I also remember playing a lot of Mario Teaches Typing on an old library computer.

 

[VampireLord1024]

I haven't played the Oregon Trail game, but I did play a few Pajama Sam & Puttputt games.

 

[newageretrohippie]

Ever own any classic Educational/Edutainment Computer games when owning a computer back then? Did you had any fond memories with them?

I had math blaster plus which i remember being pretty fun.

Math Blaster Plus! : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Also ForAmiga, Apple II, Apple IIgsDeveloped byDavidson & Associates, Inc.Published byDavidson & Associates, Inc.Released1987GenreEducationalSettingSci-Fi /...

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Also i had writer rabbit, which i didnt think was as fun but i did feel like it was probably a decent learning tool, i already knew english pretty thoroughly by the time i got it, so it kind of felt like i was wasting my time playing it...

MS-DOS: Writer Rabbit (CGA Graphics) : The Learning Company : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Writer Rabbit makes preparations for a Sentence Party. The game teaches users how to form sentences and reinforces good grammar and typing skills. There are...

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