The best educational games
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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Super Solvers: Spellbound!
DOS1991 The Learning Company
The Oregon Trail
DOS1990 MECC
Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter
DOS1991 Pc globe
If Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego had a caffeinated younger cousin, it would be Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter. You race around the globe chasing clues, dodging rivals, and learning just enough geography to impress your ...
Where in America's Past is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1991 Broderbund
Mixed-up Fairy Tales
DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
SimEarth
DOSWindows 3.x1990 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...
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1985 Broderbund
Lego Loco
Windows XP/98/951998 Intelligent Games
Chessmaster 9000
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002 UBI Soft
Chessmaster 9000 is a chess game developed by Ubisoft and released in 2002. It's part of the Chessmaster series, which has been around since the 1980s. Chessmaster 9000 was known for its strong chess engine and comprehensive tutor...
Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe
DOS1992 Broderbund
Timequest
DOS1991protected Legend Entertainment
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1989 Broderbund
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational computer game and television game show franchise created by Broderbund. It focuses on teaching geography and history while players try to track down the infamous thief, Carmen Sa...
Atomix
DOS1990 Softtouch
Atomix is a tile-based puzzle game released in 1990 by Thalion Software for platforms like Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and Commodore 64. The objective of Atomix is to assemble molecular structures by moving individual atoms arou...
Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe
DOS1993 Broderbund
EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest
DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
The Oregon Trail Deluxe
DOS1992 MECC
Microsoft Space Simulator
DOS1994 The Bruce Artwick Organization
Microsoft Space Simulator is a space flight simulator game developed by Bruce Artwick Organization and published by Microsoft in 1994. It is part of the broader range of simulation games that Microsoft released during the 1990s, b...
Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original
DOS1993 Stormfront Studios
EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus
DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
Orbiter
DOSMac OS1986 Spectrum HoloByte
Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets
DOSMac OS1993 The Learning Company
Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets is what happens when someone decides that learning physics and mechanics should feel like a cartoon treasure hunt inside an abandoned warehouse. You play as the brilliantly named “Super So...
Eagle Eye Mysteries in London
DOS1994 Stormfront Studios
Snoopy and Peanuts
DOS1990 The Edge
Pepper's Adventures in Time
DOS1993demo Sierra On-Line
Beauty and the Beast
DOS1992 Infogrames
This isn’t Disney’s musical fairytale—it’s a DOS game, which means Beauty and the Beast is way more "puzzle platformer" than "tale as old as time." You play as the Beast, leaping around levels, solving very...
Castle of Dr. Brain
DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
Castle of Dr. Brain is a puzzle lover’s fever dream. It’s like someone crammed a Mensa test into a haunted house and added robot arms. You’re solving logic grids, cryptograms, and even playing the freaking musica...
Designasaurus
DOS1988 Compton's NewMedia
In 1988, kids with floppy disks instead of smartphones got Designasaurus, a quirky blend of education and prehistoric fantasy. The premise: design your own dinosaur and see if it survives the brutal test of Mesozoic life. You pick...
Gumboots Australia
DOS1990 Reckon Software
Mario Teaches Typing
DOSMac OS1992 Interplay Productions
Robot Odissey
DOS1985 The Learning Company