Post a pic if at all possible
Jumpstart 4th Grade Haunted Island
Teaches a bunch of subjects and helps develop problem-solving skills; its soundtrack has zero right to be so bitchin’ but it is
Was asking about this today because I couldnt remember the name or franchise and Lemmy came thru, reuniting me with yet another thing I could remember sound of but not the content or name, long thought lost to the sands of time
Looking for stuff like Reader Rabbit, KidPyx, etc
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Number Munchers
Can you embed a pic for it for the rest of the class ;)
Daaaamn! You had color? I only had monochrome on the Apple IIe at school for this game.
This game was one of the reasons I went to school.
Petz and Oddballz!
DESQview - multi-tasking for DOS:
Norton Commander - shell/file manager for DOS:
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It’s amazing how DESQview had pre-emptive multitasking which Microsoft couldn’t do until Windows NT.
Same here I had it running a BBS, FidoNet I think.
Whatever you are… MAKE ME A PIZZA (Zoombinis)“There’s something on this I don’t like!”
Anyone remember willy the caveman?
Wonder Boy in Monster Land on the sega master system.
I’m frustrated I can’t seem to find a place to buy it for pc easily. (Admittedly it’s not like I’m trying very hard since I’m not really interested in tweaking with simulators and stuff.) There was a game with that name in a sega retro thing sold on Steam but it’s definitely not the original version. I still know the start by heart.
The first video game I ever played was a Lode Runner clone for the IBM PC called Freddy’s Rescue Roundup.
Lode Runner: The Legend Returns was a game that came preinstalled by Compaq on Windows 95. Around age five I found the game captivating, and the level editor was fantastic for my brother and I.
I worked on part of that game. Age 5, hoooboy!
Ohhhh, I had no idea why I had that game
I remember Compaq had a commercial game pack that you were supposed to call in to pay for, but the password was just 11111111.
I played all sorts of edutainment games, but I’ll give a deep cut and go with Grammar Games. I’ve never tried booting it up as an adult. I wonder if it holds up even slightly.
Does anyone else remember the zero-player game Progress Quest?
A classic!
Drip, Marble Madness, Lemmings
Hyper Card
Kid Pix
I had so much fun with hyper card! We had to use it in my programming class, I made a small text based RPG out of it!
I made RPGs, platformers, space alien style arcade shooters, utilities. It was a huge contributor to my love of computers. RIP Bill Atkinson!
Kid Pix! Did you get it at a CompUSA perchance?
For those like me that don’t know HyperCard, it’s a visual programming tool for Apple II. Ars Technica has a good rundown with more technical and historical details
Foe Apple II? No, it runs on Macintoshes not Apple machines (other than the IIgs but that’s kind of an odd ball). It was developed until the mid 2000s.
“visual programming” I would also say isn’t quite correct. The programming was textual, using a Hyper Talk based language (based on Small Talk). But it interacted with visual objects. Kinda like Flash (which was also Hyper Talk based if memory serves).
Encarta 95 Mind Maze
It’s a jungle out there and I oughta know!
