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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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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 tutorial features, making it popular among both beginners and advanced players. The software also included annotated gam...
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Lego Loco

Windows XP/98/951998 Intelligent Games
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The Oregon Trail

DOS1990 MECC
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Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets

DOS1993 The Learning Company
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Mixed-up Fairy Tales

DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
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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 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...
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Mario Teaches Typing

DOSMac OS1992 Interplay Productions
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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-time or by adjusting dates and times. Some of its key features included: a rendering of stars, constellations, and planets, the ability to simulate past and future astr...
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The Amazon Trail

DOS1993 MECC
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Super Solvers: Operation Neptune

DOS1991 The Learning Company
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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 players try to track down the infamous thief, Carmen Sandiego, and her gang across different historical periods.The game was first released in 1989, followed by the TV show in...
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EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus

DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
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Business Simulator

DOS1987 Reality Development
Business Simulator is an abandoned business simulation game developed and released by Reality Development in 1987 for DOS only. Business Simulator is a text-based management simulation designed by an university professor.
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Super Solvers: OutNumbered!

DOS1990 The Learning Company
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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 as the Beast, leaping around levels, solving very 1992-level logic puzzles, and trying to avoid a fate worse than bad animation: being boring. Surprisingly fun and mildl...
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Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original

DOS1993 Stormfront Studios
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Castle of Dr. Brain

DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
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Eagle Eye Mysteries in London

DOS1994 Stormfront Studios
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Donald Duck's Playground

DOS1986 Sierra On-Line
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Pepper's Adventures in Time

DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
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Creatures Village

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected Creature Labs
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Borland Eureka: the Solver

DOS1987 Borland Software Corporation
Borland Eureka: the Solver is an abandoned text-based application developed by Borland Software Corporation and released in 1987 for DOS. The product is designed to solve complex problems, generate tables and plots, and perform what-if analysis. The user writes an equation, sets options, and instructs the software to solve the problem. The pro...
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Dinopark Tycoon

DOS1993 Manley Associates
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Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

DOSMac OS1988 Broderbund
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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 molecular structures by moving individual atoms around a fixed grid. Players must slide atoms into place, but they only stop when they hit an obstacle, making positioning a...