Topic: Edutainment

Does anyone here like edutainment? For some reason, I've always loved edutainment.

My favorites are:
Mario is Missing (although I've never owned a copy, I've seen an LP of it and I wish I had the DOS version)
Ecosaurus (a game heavily emphasizing recycling and conservation)
Oregon Trail Series (I prefer OT1, OT3, and OT5)
Carmen Sandiego (I prefer the Learning Company remakes)
Amazon Trail
Yukon Trail (although it got too easy)

Apparently I played one, it was a LONG time ago though...I'm guessing they're education games and stuff, which I tend to avoid, lol. Whatever, I did love that Oregon Trail.

Agent USA!

Learning is for neeeerrds. Joking, I am a bit of a nerd. But I only like edutainment if I don't know it's edutainment.

Don't forget Number Munchers. We had that and Oregon Trail. I didn't know back then that Oregon Trail was so popular across the country. I thought it was an Oregon exclusive growing up, seeing as I live in Oregon lol. But yuck no not Mario is Missing or Mario's Time Machine. Those games were pretty terribad.

I love Carmen Sandiego! Not many edutainment titles can match it for fun and quality.

Donkey Kong Jr. Math is a masterpiece of gaming.

Zoombinis.

Yes, but did you ever play the Windows 98 remakes based on the TV show?

Lessee, Number Muchers, Oregon Trail (Nice to see one other person on the Internet from Oregon), I quite enjoyed the first Math Blasters, the first Carmen Sandiego on the PC, Mario is Missing on the SNES honestly wasn't that bad, nor was Mario's Time Machine, though MIS is the better of the two.

One terrible one I remember from School was called Tumbling Tetrominos. It was a Tetris clone. What set it apart? The pieces stayed in the air; you had to manually press down each space you wanted the piece to move down. They never moved on their own.

Heh, the Munchers...guess I played them too. xD
Now that I think about it, a cousin of mine had Mario Teaches Typing. xD

Actually, Oregon Trail (as well as Number Munchers) was originally developed in Minnesota by a state-funded company (before it was sold off to private investors).
I'd guess it was popular because it was the only game with violence that they'd let kids play in school. And because they could name their characters toilet words.
From what I've heard, Mario is Missing for DOS (with its bad art) is responsible for "Weegee".

Call of Duty: World at War.

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WHAT?!

I did score for my high school Scholar's Bowl (known as "Quiz Bowl" to most people) team by answering a question I learned from playing through the campaign. "What is the name of Germany's capital building?" thinks back to mission objectives for last chapter of CoD: WaW... "Storm the Reichstag!" Answer: "Reichstag!" "Correct!" 5 points for me!

I loved the Junior Field Trip series as a child when I had them on the PC. They were pretty fun to play while it lasted. Too bad I ruined the computer by accident. >_<

Forgot the exact title but it was a 2D Rayman for the PS1.

@HeroOfTime007 - Rayman: Brain Games; I remember having played it once.

I always have a good laugh at the "edutainment" that PETA makes

ahh thank you. It was a pretty hard game, I recall throwing that game and a little circle broke off. It still sorta worked.

thats more propaganda, their sources are too, like the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

I have an unopened copy of Mario Teaches Typing 2 on PC in my closet. But most of my childhood edutainment games were for the PC.