Old School Educational Video Games

[chronodev]

Which old school educational games did you grow up on, games that were both fun and taught you something?

For me, one of the educational games I enjoyed most was the Carmen Sandiego series, especially Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, which taught me a lot about Geography.

There's also "Little Professor" which was this fun little calculator that helped polish math skills. For math, there was also a game (Old school PC game) in which you wandered around a castle finding treasure and solving math problems (the name escapes me right now)

Another game I used to play (probably a bit more obscure then the above...) was Gortek and the Microchips, which introduced me to the BASIC language and computer programming.

[Jack]

For math, there was also a game (Old school PC game) in which you wandered around a castle finding treasure and solving math problems (the name escapes me right now)


Sounds like Math Mansion.

[gobz]

I played Oregon Trail, Carmen Sandiego Games, and Math Blaster Plus

Oregon Trail was lots of fun.

[tankass]

Carmen Sandiego and this submarine game that showed me math. Also learned a lot from Leisure Suit Larry and doom. You would be surprised how much regular games can teach you.

[bvharris]

I loved Carmen Sandiego too.. But for me, my fondest memories as far as early educational games are concerned are of the Treasure Mountain! series.

Anyone else remember those?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HAxdTacsgQ

[yukine]

Carmen SanDiego, Oregon Trail, Amazon Trail and Mario Teaches Typing (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/987/Mario+Teaches+Typing.html).