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This is a list of notable educational video games. There is some overlap between educational games and interactive CD-ROMs and other programs (based on player agency), and between educational games and related genres like simulations and interactive storybooks (based on how much gameplay is devoted to education). This list aims to list games ...
Reviewer Benj Edwards regarded the game as one of the "Top 10 Educational PC Games of the 80s" in PC Magazine [13] and one of the "Best 17 Educational Games of the 70s, 80s and 90s" in PC World. [14] The number munching was commonly compared to a Pac-Man game. [15]
Munchers is a series of educational video games produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) for several operating systems. The series was popular among American schoolchildren in the 1980s and 1990s and were the recipients of several awards. The two original games in the series were Number Munchers and Word Munchers.
Rocky's Boots is an educational logic puzzle game by Warren Robinett and Leslie Grimm, published by The Learning Company in 1982. It was released for the Apple II, TRS-80 Color Computer, Commodore 64, IBM PC and the IBM PCjr. [1] It was followed by a more difficult sequel, Robot Odyssey. It won Software of the Year awards from Learning Magazine ...
Carmen Sandiego is a series of American educational mystery video games that spawned an edutainment franchise of the same name.The game released in 1985, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, started off both the video game series and the franchise as a whole, which has continued up to the present day.
The Sumerian Game: 1964: Mabel Addis, William McKay: The first edutainment game. Unnamed American football game [1] 1968 or before: Unknown: For the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System. One of "many games" in library of 500 programs. The Sumer Game: 1968: Doug Dyment: AKA Hamurabi: Highnoon: 1970: Christopher Gaylo: Baseball: 1971: Don Daglow: Oregon ...
Midnight Rescue! is an educational and entertainment hybrid computer game created by The Learning Company in 1989 [1] for Windows and Macintosh PCs. The program is designed to help strengthen the reading and critical thinking skills of children grades three to five.
The Oregon Trail is an educational strategy video game developed and published by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC). It was first released in 1985 for the Apple II, with later ports to MS-DOS in 1990, Mac in 1991, and Microsoft Windows in 1993.