Educational: software made for learning

Educational software programs are a peculiar kind of programs of various genres made with the intent of teaching. Gameplay, graphics and sound are still important aspects of educationals, but the main goal of the developer is to teach the player something: math, history, ecology, anything! Some educationals are created with a young audience in mind, other programs are aimed to a broader audience and appeal to adult gamers too: The Oregon Trail, Mario Teaches Typing and the Carmen Sandiego series are perfect examples of educational games.

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Laser Surgeon: The Microscopic Mission

DOS1987 Synergistic Software

Learn The Alphabet

DOS1993 Compedia Software & Hardware

Lego Loco

Windows XP/98/951998 Intelligent Games

Mario Teaches Typing

DOSMac OS1992 Interplay Productions

Math Cad 2.5

DOS1989

$math-circus-04$

Math Circus

DOS1993

Mickey's Runaway Zoo

DOS1991 Westwood Studios

Mickey's Space Adventure

DOS1985 Sierra On-Line

Microsoft Space Simulator

DOS1994 The Bruce Artwick Organization

Microsoft Space Simulator is a space flight simulator game developed by Bruce Artwick Organization and published by Microsoft in 1994. It is part of the broader range of simulation games that Microsoft released during the 1990s, but it focuses on space travel and exploration.The simulator was known for its realistic representation of the physics of...

Mixed-up Fairy Tales

DOS1991 Sierra On-Line

Mystery at the Museums

DOS1993 Artech Studios

Number Munchers

DOS1990 MECC

Orbiter

DOSMac OS1986 Spectrum HoloByte

PC Globe 5

DOS1987 Broderbund

Pepper's Adventures in Time

DOS1993 Sierra On-Line

Project: Space Station

DOS1987 Micro Imagery

Quandaries

DOS1997

Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science

DOS1992 Jeff Tunnell Productions

Robot Odissey

DOS1985 The Learning Company

SimEarth

DOSWindows 3.x1990 Maxis

SimEarth is a simulation in which you can shape and mold a planet in almost every way you can imagine. In SimEarth our planet is simulated as a whole: life, climate, atmosphere are all aspects of a single Gaia-like Earth. SimEarth can be played in two modes: game and experimental. In game mode, you have to to develop (and preserve) Earth with limit...