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[Bisnic]

Played this with my older brother ALL THE TIME

Oh god, nostalgia hitted me hard on this. Played it so much back in the day too. I always thought that robot looked a lot like ET.

 

[Amory]

Did anyone ever actually catch Carmen Sandiego? I remember playing the US one, and every time you'd get close to putting away all the henchmen there'd be a jailbreak and they'd all go free again...

 

[Barrel Cannon]

Some great educational games I totally forgot about. Thanks to the post for Midnight rescue. I loved that game but forgot its name.

The magic school bus series was pretty good.

For all the Canadian students here I'm sure most of you have played cross country Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCVQFzBAu14

 

[Clydefrog]

oh god how I could forget Super Solvers Spellbound!

watching the computers spell the words wrong gave me such joy

 

[Alrus]

Is there anyway to play the zombinis on a modern rig? I still have that game and I would love to go back to it for some nostalgic moments

Also I used to love the Adiboo series as a Kid, I have no idea if they're well known, but around here they were played by almost everyone I know.

 

[Mordeccai]

Couldn't find a good pic so I just took a screencap off a YouTube video.

Paper Plane Pilot

Holy hell YES this! And Math Blaster! My all time favorite:

Dr. Quandary

I never knew the difference between characters, :lol. Didn't understand the names at all.


Theres like two other I remember but can't place the name, one was a mac game that had a menu screen with like eight different options with weird ass geometrical shape characters that did puzzles, and the other was sort of like a choices/consequences game that ran on a green screen computer. Probably not very helpful.

 

[mik]

Not strictly an educational game, but it sure seemed so as a kid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z48FWWCG4dU

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

Fuck that game. FUCK. THAT. GAME.

 

[Betta Lines]

I believe I had an older version of this series:

and also this:

 

[TheExplodingHead]

To be honest I don't remember playing any other educational games except for Math Blaster in school... I'm pretty sure there was a Hangman game too.

Only other weird games I played was when my aunt brought me a NES "educational religious game" (I have no idea of the title), but it had you going around on a camel and collecting frankincense and myrrh lol.

 

[The Awesomest]

Also, some game about a salmon's life. You had to answer questions about salmon correctly to have a successful life, and at the end some annoying people would shout "Come on salmon you can do it put a little power to it!"

Also, Sim Earth but I never really figured it out.

 

[The Technomancer]

Pretty much all of the Humungous Entertainment games. Its a shame they're pretty much defunct.

These were actually really good adventure games. Surprisingly well voice acted too.

 

[Peagles]

Math Rescue

OH MY GOD!

Came here to say Magic Schoolbus PC games, and "some maths based platformer that I have no idea what it was called"... And that's it!!! I've been trying to find out what that was for so many years!

Thank you!

 

[Betta Lines]

I also had a Max and the Machines - this is the only image I can find:

 

[SteveDaWonder]

Math Rescue. I wish I still had them for my kids.

 

[ChaChaChaChia]

Snooper Troops!

And Gertrude's Secrets!

I may be dating myself a little.

!!!!!!!
Totally forgot about Gertrude's Secret! I loved that game also there was Rocky's Tales or something like that which was very similar.
But I came to post SWAMPGAS a geography game my grandparents of all people had on their computer

 

[LogicStep]

Not sure it was a good game but played through this like 3 times as a kid. Liked the music alot too

Same, I don't remember beating it but I played it a lot. Didn't really play many educational games. This is the only one I remember.

 

[km3k]

Stickybear: Town Builder

Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel - This was my favorite game at school by far. I recently picked it up as part of the Cyan Complete Pack on Steam so I could play it again.

Oregon Trail

Encarta Mindmaze

Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body

 

[The Awesomest]

The Magic School Bus games were great. I remember loving Dinosaurs, Space, and whichever one was about rocks and minerals.

 

[SSJ1Goku]

What was the name of that point and click game where you...I think break into a museum? You start outside of the building then you enter from the basement.
EDIT: OH SHIT! Someone named it, Museum Madness!!!!!!!

Also these:
3D Dinosaur Adventure
3D Human Body
Undersea Adventure

 

[HAL_Laboratory]

Fraction Munchers

 

[Kiiji]

Just remembered this:

Anyone else play this game? It was amazing. The feeling you got from seeing the town park slowly become beautiful as you save up money was really good... Maybe this game is why I always save most of my money nowadays, lol

 

[mclem]

!!!!!!!
Totally forgot about Gertrude's Secret! I loved that game also there was Rocky's Tales or something like that which was very similar.

Rocky's Boots. Also Robot Odyssey, although that was more of a straight game than edutainment.

 

[LegoDad]

This is the game I played in 5th grade and cannot find a copy of anywhere!!!

 

[Nemo]

I forgot the name but it was this cartoony underwater fish game. I only had the demo and was pissed off that I didn't have the full game

 

[PhoenixSFT]

My first and favorite point n click adventure game. Five floppies. Still in a box somewhere around here.

Finally, I was hoping someone would post this. Still never beat that game!

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Pretty much all of the Humungous Entertainment games. Its a shame they're pretty much defunct.

These were actually really good adventure games. Surprisingly well voice acted too.

oh my god....the memories.

 

[Orcastar]

Yeah, don't expect anyone to know this one. In case you're wondering, "nero" means genius in Finnish.

 

[StarEye]

Leisure Suit Larry

It taught me english and about STDs.

 

[MomoPufflet]

In second grade, the multiplication and division levels were the Omega Rugal of Math Blaster.

 

[DimmuBurgerKing]

Ctr+F, Number Munchers

<3 GAF

 

[Anteater]

There are quite a few of the games posted in this thread I remember playing and liking, but I don't remember what they were about or what I've learned from them :lol

 

[Sciz]

Chex Quest is only loosely educational, but as a kid-friendly DOOM reskin it's amazing.

 

[larvi]

They didn't have educational software when I was a kid but when my kids played them some of the ones I really liked playing with them were the following:

Quarky and Quasoo's Turbo Science
C.Y.P.H.E.R. Operation Wildlife
Gizmos and Gadgets
Mission T.H.I.N.K.

 

[blu]

ctrl+f: Robot Odyssey

shakes head.