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- Learning History and Geography on a
- Commodore 64
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- Review by Meredith Jones Frummer and
- Thomas F. Trocco, Small Things
- Considered, WNYC AM radio
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- EXPEDITIONS, from MECC Software, is
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- a three part adventure game, where you
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- can choose between Furs, Voyager, or
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- Oregon. In FURs, you are a trader
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- starting out with canoes, people (not
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- just men), and furs. The program uses
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- a mixture of text and hi-res graphics,
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- to help you travel successfully
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- (hopefully) to the trading center you
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- pick, making decisions, and learning
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- from your mistakes. The game could
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- have been a bit more interesting if
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- you ran into different problems each
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- time you play, but I still liked it.
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- For ages 8-13.
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- HISTORY STAR, from Island Software,
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- is a trivia-type game played by
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- multiple players. Categories
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- include Black Americans, Constitution,
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- Expansion, Explorers, Indians,
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- Pioneers, and Presidents. You have a
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- choice of three categories each time
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- (unless you get a *STAR*, where you
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- can choose any). Different questions
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- are worth different points, and the
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- first to make it to 500 wins. Though
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- this game can teach, it's not as
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- exciting as some other trivia games
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- out.
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- STATES AND CAPITALS, from
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- Micrograms Software, lets you choose
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- either capitals, states, or both. You
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- are timed on your answer. There is a
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- hi-res map of the US, and as you play,
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- a dot lights up on the state being
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- quizzed. We both feel that
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- educational games should not have
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- timers! Each child works at his own
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- speed, and many children are
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- intimidated or frustrated by timers
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- ticking away.
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- U.S.ADVENTURE, from First Star,
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- presents you with a hi-res map of the
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- US. You have to travel the states in
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- the order that they entered the
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- union, using the keyboard or a
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- joystick. As you travel, you can pick
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- up events or objects in each state.
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- You can also use the time tunnel to
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- travel to the year of an event to
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- receive extra points.
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- Sources:
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- Expeditions, from MECC
- 3490 Lexington Ave North
- St. Paul, MN 55112
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- History Star, from Island Software
- Box 300
- Lake Grove, NY 11755
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- States & Capitals, from Micrograms
- PO Box 2146,
- Loves Park, IL 61130
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- U.S.Adventure, from First Star
- 18 E 41 Street
- New York, NT 10017
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