Educational: software made for learning

Educational software programs are a peculiar kind of programs of various genres made with the intent of teaching. Gameplay, graphics and sound are still important aspects of educationals, but the main goal of the developer is to teach the player something: math, history, ecology, anything! Some educationals are created with a young audience in mind, other programs are aimed to a broader audience and appeal to adult gamers too: The Oregon Trail, Mario Teaches Typing and the Carmen Sandiego series are perfect examples of educational games.

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Facts in Action

DOS19923.3/5 Park Place Productions

Follow the Reader

DOS19924/5 Disney Software

Galleons of Glory

DOS19903.5/5 Broderbund

Galleons of Glory is an abandoned educational historical simulation game developed and published by Broderbund in 1990. As Magellan your mission is to circumnavigate the world while managing your crew and ship.

Gumboots Australia

DOS19904/5 Reckon Software

Laser Surgeon: The Microscopic Mission

DOS19873.9/5 Synergistic Software

Learn The Alphabet

DOS19933.3/5 Compedia Software & Hardware

Lego Loco

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 Intelligent Games

Mario Teaches Typing

DOSMac19924/5 Interplay Productions

Math Cad 2.5

DOS19894.3/5

Mickey's Space Adventure

DOS19853/5 Sierra On-Line

Microsoft Space Simulator

DOS19944.1/5 The Bruce Artwick Organization

Mixed-up Fairy Tales

DOS19914.1/5 Sierra On-Line

Mystery at the Museums

DOS19933.3/5 Artech Studios

Number Munchers

DOS19903.6/5 MECC

Orbiter

DOSMac19864.3/5 Spectrum HoloByte

PC Globe 5

DOS19874.1/5 Broderbund

Pepper's Adventures in Time

DOS19934/5 Sierra On-Line

Project: Space Station

DOS19873.8/5 Micro Imagery

Quandaries

DOS19973.5/5

Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science

DOS19923.9/5 Jeff Tunnell Productions

Robot Odissey

DOS19853.9/5 The Learning Company

SimEarth

DOSWindows 3.x19904.2/5 Maxis

SimEarth is a simulation in which you can shape and mold a planet in almost every way you can imagine. In SimEarth our planet is simulated as a whole: life, climate, atmosphere are all aspects of a single Gaia-like Earth. SimEarth can be played in two modes: game and experimental. In game mode, you have to to develop (and preserve) Earth with limit...