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Dread Dragon Droom (popularly known as Droom) is an educational game designed and published by HUMMEC (Humberside Microelectronics in Education Centre) in 1985. [1] [2]The game was used widely in schools throughout the United Kingdom in the 1980s and was one of the first examples of British educational software designed specifically for schools.
Muriel Janet Gray FRSE (born 30 August 1958) is a Scottish author, broadcaster and journalist. She came to public notice as an interviewer on Channel 4 's alternative pop-show The Tube , and then appeared as a regular presenter on BBC radio.
Granny's Garden is an educational adventure game for the British BBC Micro computer, released in 1983. [6] [7] It served as a first introduction to computers for many schoolchildren in the United Kingdom during the 1980s and 1990s.
Fun School 1 is the first set of educational games, created in 1984 by Database Educational Software for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro computers. [1] The three individual games catered for children aged under 6 years, between 6 and 8 years and over 8 years respectively. They also include five children's nursery rhymes. [2]
Podd is an educational game for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron published by Acornsoft in 1984. The main character, Podd, teaches verbs , performing an appropriate animation when a recognised word is typed.
Sherston Software, also known as Sherston Publishing Group, was a British software publisher producing educational games and learning resources.. Two teachers, Bill and Lou Bonham, started making games for the BBC Micro in 1983 and established Sherston Software Limited in 1984.
Live & Kicking is a British children's television series that originally aired on BBC1 from 2 October 1993 to 15 September 2001. [2] It was the replacement for Going Live!, and took many of its features from it, such as phone-ins, games, comedy, competitions and the showing of cartoons.
Questionaut is a short educational video game developed by Amanita Design for the BBC. It's a point-and-click adventure game meant for English speaking children of school age. It is supposed to exercise their knowledge in English, mathematics and natural science. [1] [2] [3]