The best educational games
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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Super Solvers: Spellbound!
DOS1991 The Learning Company
The Oregon Trail
DOS1990 MECC
Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter
DOS1991 Pc globe
Where in America's Past is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1991 Broderbund
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...
Mixed-up Fairy Tales
DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1985 Broderbund
Chessmaster 9000
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002 UBI Soft
Chessmaster 9000 is a chess game developed by Ubisoft and released in 2002. It's part of the Chessmaster series, which has been around since the 1980s. Chessmaster 9000 was known for its strong chess engine and comprehensive tutorial features, making it popular among both beginners and advanced players. The software also included annotated gam...
Lego Loco
Windows XP/98/951998 Intelligent Games
Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe
DOS1992 Broderbund
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1989 Broderbund
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational computer game and television game show franchise created by Broderbund. It focuses on teaching geography and history while players try to track down the infamous thief, Carmen Sandiego, and her gang across different historical periods.The game was first released in 1989, followed by the TV show in...
Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe
DOS1993 Broderbund
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...
Atomix
DOS1990 Softtouch
Atomix is a tile-based puzzle game released in 1990 by Thalion Software for platforms like Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and Commodore 64. The objective of Atomix is to assemble molecular structures by moving individual atoms around a fixed grid. Players must slide atoms into place, but they only stop when they hit an obstacle, making positioning a...
The Oregon Trail Deluxe
DOS1992 MECC
Timequest
DOS1991protected Legend Entertainment
Orbiter
DOSMac OS1986 Spectrum HoloByte
EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus
DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
Eagle Eye Mysteries in London
DOS1994 Stormfront Studios
Snoopy and Peanuts
DOS1990 The Edge
Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets
DOS1993 The Learning Company
EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest
DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
Pepper's Adventures in Time
DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
Beauty and the Beast
DOS1992 Infogrames
Castle of Dr. Brain
DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original
DOS1993 Stormfront Studios
Gumboots Australia
DOS1990 Reckon Software
Mario is Missing!
DOSMac OS1992 The Software Toolworks
Mario Teaches Typing
DOSMac OS1992 Interplay Productions
Skyglobe 3.5
DOS1992
SkyGlobe is an astronomy software that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was a DOS-based planetarium program that allowed users to explore the night sky in real-time or by adjusting dates and times. Some of its key features included: a rendering of stars, constellations, and planets, the ability to simulate past and future astr...