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The most popular 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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The Oregon Trail

DOS1990 MECC
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Mario Teaches Typing

DOSMac OS1992 Interplay Productions
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Lego Loco

Windows XP/98/951998 Intelligent Games
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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 playe...
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Super Solvers: Treasure Mountain!

DOS1990 The Learning Company
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Super Solvers: Operation Neptune

DOS1991 The Learning Company
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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 f...
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Skyglobe 3.5

DOS1992
SkyGlobe is an astronomy software that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was a DOS-based planetarium program that allowed users to explore the night sky in real-tim...
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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,...
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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 mo...
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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....
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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...
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The Amazon Trail

DOS1993 MECC
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EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest

DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
EcoQuest 2 takes its environmental message seriously but packages it in a way that’s engaging rather than preachy. You explore lush rainforest environments, solving puzzles t...
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Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex

DOS1986 Avalon Hill
Back in 1986, when most PC users were still figuring out floppy disks, along came Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex, a title that promised to educate while entertaining. Imagine t...
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Business Simulator

DOS1987 Reality Development
Do you find spreadsheets thrilling? Does the idea of profit margins make your heart race? Then Business Simulator is your kind of party. It’s all about running a faceless com...
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Super Solvers: OutNumbered!

DOS1990 The Learning Company
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Dinopark Tycoon

DOS1993 Manley Associates
Move aside, Jurassic Park—Dinopark Tycoon (1993, DOS) gave kids everywhere the chance to run their very own dinosaur zoo without the risk of being eaten alive. This education...
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Mario's Time Machine

DOS1993 The Software Toolworks
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The Island of Dr. Brain

DOS1992 Sierra On-Line
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Balance of the Planet

DOSMac OS1990 Incredible technologies
Environmental doom simulator? Check. Grim statistics? Double check. Balance of the Planet lets you tinker with carbon emissions, wildlife extinction, and deforestation until you ei...
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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...
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Super Solvers: Treasure Cove

DOS1992 The Learning Company
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Mixed-up Fairy Tales

DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
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Pepper's Adventures in Time

DOS1993demo Sierra On-Line
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Chessmaster 8000

Windows XP/98/952000 UBI Soft
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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, a...