Software:List of educational video games
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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 which have been marketed as educational.
Often, educational video game properties become part of larger franchises, for example Carmen Sandiego, Oregon Trail, and Math Blaster.
Educational games for children and adolescents
| Title | Developer | Subject | Franchise | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A to Zap! Featuring the Sunbuddies[1] | ImageBuilder Software | N/A | 1995 | |
| Animal Jam[2] | WildWorks | N/A | 2010 | |
| Basic Math | Atari | Arithmetic | N/A | 1977[3] |
| Big Brain Academy | Nintendo EAD Group No. 4 | Big Brain Academy | 2007 | |
| Big Brain Academy | Nintendo EAD Group No. 4 | Big Brain Academy | 2005 | |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? | Broderbund | Geography (World) | Carmen Sandiego[4] | 1985 |
| Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? | Broderbund | Geography (USA) | Carmen Sandiego[4] | 1986 |
| Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego? | Broderbund | Geography (Europe) | Carmen Sandiego[4] | 1988 |
| Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? | Broderbund | History | Carmen Sandiego[4] | 1989 |
| Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time | Broderbund | History | Carmen Sandiego[4] | 1997 |
| Carmen Sandiego Word Detective | Broderbund | Language | Carmen Sandiego[4] | 1997 |
| Carmen Sandiego Math Detective | Broderbund | Mathematics | Carmen Sandiego[4] | 1998 |
| Chill Manor[5] | Animation Magic | I.M. Meen | 1996 | |
| The ClueFinders[6] | The Learning Company | Common Core | The ClueFinders[6] | 1998-2002 |
| Dr. Brain[7] | Sierra On-Line and Knowledge Adventure | Dr. Brain | 1992-1999 | |
| Brain Age[8] | Nintendo SPD and Nintendo EPD | Brain Age | 2005-2020 | |
| Dread Dragon Droom | Humberside | N/A | 1985 | |
| EcoQuest[9] | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Discovery Series | 1991 and 1993 | |
| GCompris (GPL) | Bruno Coudoin | N/A | 2000 | |
| Genomics Digital Lab[10] | Spongelab Interactive | N/A | 2009 | |
| Get Water![11] | Decode Global Studio | N/A | 2013 | |
| Gizmos & Gadgets! | The Learning Company | Science | Super Solvers/Super Seekers | 1993 |
| Gus Goes to Cybertown | Modern Media Ventures | Gus Goes to... | 1993 | |
| History of Biology | Spongelab Interactive | Biology | N/A | 2010 |
| Immune Attack | Federation of American Scientists, Escape Hatch Entertainment | N/A | 2008 | |
| Inanimate Alice | Kate Pullinger | N/A | 2005 | |
| InLiving | Creative North Studios, Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing | N/A | 2008 | |
| I.M. Meen | Animation Magic | I.M. Meen | 1995 | |
| JumpStart Kindergarten | Fanfare Software, JumpStart Games | JumpStart | 1994 | |
| Lola Panda | BeiZ Ltd. | Lola Panda | 2012-2014 | |
| Math Blaster! | Davidson & Associates | Mathematics | Blaster Learning System | 1983 |
| Math for the Real World | Davidson and Associates | Mathematics | N/A | 1997 |
| Meister Cody | Kaasa health | CODY Assessment | N/A | 2013 |
| Number Munchers | Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium | Mathematics | Munchers | 1986 |
| The Oregon Trail | Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger | History | The Oregon Trail | 1971 |
| PlaceSpotting | Geography | Based on Google Maps | 2007 | |
| Pax Warrior[12] | 23 YYZee | Rwandan genocide | N/A | |
| Quest Atlantis | N/A | |||
| Quest for the Code | Starbright | Asthma | N/A | 2002 |
| The Magic School Bus | Microsoft | Common Core | The Magic School Bus | 1994-2000 |
| Treasure Mountain![13] | The Learning Company | Super Solvers/Super Seekers | 1990 | |
| Tuxmath (GPL) | Bill Kendrick et al. | Mathematics | ||
| Mathletics | Mathematics | N/A | 2005 | |
| Storybook Weaver | MECC | Storybook creation | N/A | 1994 |
| Swamp Gas Visits the United States of America | Inline Design | Geography (USA) | N/A | 1990 |
| Time Riders in American History | The Learning Company | History (USA) | N/A | 1992 |
| WolfQuest | Minnesota Zoo, Eduweb | Animals (Wolves) | N/A | 2007 |
| Logical Journey of the Zoombinis | Broderbund | Logic | Zoombinis | 1996 |
| Bug Adventure | Knowledge Adventure | Animals (Bugs) | N/A | 1994 |
| Reader Rabbit | The Learning Company | Language | Reader Rabbit | 1983 |
Educational games for adults
| Title | Developer | Subject | Franchise | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catch the Sperm | Phenomedia AG CH | Sexual education | Catch the Sperm | 2001 |
| CyberCIEGE | Naval Postgraduate School and Rivermind, Inc. | Network security | N/A | 2004 |
| Democracy | Positech Games | Political simulation | Democracy | 2005 |
| Food Force | United Nations World Food Programme | Famine | Food Force | 2005 |
| Global Conflict: Palestine | Serious Games Interactive | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | Global Conflicts | 2007 |
| Hegemony Gold | Longbow Games | Ancient Greek warfare | Hegemony | 2010 |
| Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing | The Software Toolworks | Touch typing | Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing | 1987 |
| Miniconomy | Wouter Leenards | Economics education | N/A | 2002 |
| President Forever 2008 + Primaries | TheorySpark | Political simulation | President Forever | 2006 |
| The Typing of the Dead | WOW Entertainment and Smilebit | English language-learning | The House of the Dead | 1999 |
| TerraGenesis | Edgeworks Entertainment | Planetary science & environmental engineering | TerraGenesis | 1999 |
References
- ↑ Hickman, Angela (August 1996). "It's Never Too Early to Start Learning". PC Magazine (Ziff Davis, Inc.): 482. ISSN 0888-8507. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZV8jJvJv-zYC&q=%22A+to+Zap%22&pg=PA482. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ↑ "Young Explorers Experience Ultimate Online Playground With National Geographic Animal Jam" (in en). National Geographic. 3 August 2010. http://press.nationalgeographic.com/2010/08/03/young-explorers-online-playground-animal-jam/.
- ↑ Bunch, Kevin (2022). Atari Archive: Vol.1 1977-1978. Press Run Books. ISBN 978-1-955183-21-5.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Craddock, David L. (15 September 2017). "The Making Of Carmen Sandiego" (in en-us). Kotaku. https://kotaku.com/the-making-of-carmen-sandiego-1804490410. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ↑ Singer, Dorothy G.; Singer, Jerome L. (2007) (in en). Imagination and Play in the Electronic Age. Harvard University Press. pp. 128–129. ISBN 978-0-674-04369-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=cc2voya_qDkC&q=%22chill%20manor%22. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pham, Alex (30 August 2001). "An Education in Child's Play". Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-30-tt-40015-story.html. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ↑ Ito, Mizuko (2009) (in en). Engineering Play: A Cultural History of Children's Software. MIT Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-262-01335-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=iVRN2dzy_zUC&dq=dr.+brain+games&pg=PA54.
- ↑ Rodden, Janice. "Brain Age". ADDitude. https://www.additudemag.com/treatment/brain-age/. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ↑ Morstabilini, Andrea (22 January 2010). "EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest" (in en). Adventure Gamers. https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/18242. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ↑ Cowan, Danny (7 July 2009). "Genomics Digital Lab Uses Gaming to Teach Biology" (in en). https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/115292/Genomics_Digital_Lab_Uses_Gaming_to_Teach_Biology.php. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ↑ Shapiro, Jordan (2013-03-22). A Touch-Screen Game That Wants to Save the World, Forbes. Retrieved 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ↑ Batchelder, Hillary (6 August 2006). "Do-Gooder Games". Time. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1223388,00.html.
- ↑ "software Super Solvers Treasure Mountain". Internet Archive. 24 December 2014. https://archive.org/details/msdos_Super_Solvers_Treasure_Mountain_1990. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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