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The Super Solvers series is a series of computer games released by The Learning Company that contain both educational and entertainment qualities. OutNumbered! is the second program of the series to be released. Other programs in this series include Midnight Rescue!, Spellbound!, and Gizmos and Gadgets! among others. [3]
All the games in this series are math and reading comprehension oriented educational adventure games aimed at younger children. Games in the treasure series all have the same three stage gameplay format where a special object, whose location can be deduced by answering questions, is needed to reach the next stage.
Puzzle-platform game Logical Journey of the Zoombinis: 1996 Mac, Win An educational puzzle computer game created by Chris Hancock and Scot Osterweil of TERC: The Mask of the Sun: 1982 AppII, C64, ATR Graphical interactive fiction game Matchboxes: 1983 ATR, C64 Memory puzzle game Math Workshop: 1996 Win, Mac Edutainment game that teaches math
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 ...
The editors of PC Gamer US named Zoombinis 1996's "Best Educational Game", and wrote that it "has the same appeal and value for your brain as a favorite sport does for your body". [6] It was also a finalist for the Computer Game Developers Conference's 1996 "Best Educational Game" Spotlight Award, [7] but lost the prize to Freddi Fish 2. [8]
After the second game was released, Sierra acquired another company, Bright Star Technology, known for its educational games. The series was turned over to a Bright Star team, explaining the change in direction from the second game to the third. [1] The third and fourth are The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain (1995) and The Time Warp of Dr. Brain (1996).
Challenge of the Ancient Empires!, also known as Ancient Empires, is an educational computer game created by The Learning Company in 1990 for both MS-DOS and Macintosh. [2] It is designed to improve history, logic, and problem solving skills in children ages 7 to 10 [3] (or 10 and up, according to the box art seen to the right).
Zoombinis is a series of educational puzzle computer games that were originally developed by TERC and published by Broderbund.In 1998, Broderbund was purchased by The Learning Company, (formerly SoftKey) who took responsibility for developing and publishing the series in 2001.