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So when I was a super little kid I had games like Thinking Thing's Collection 1 and Sammy's Science House. Did you guys grow up with games like these?

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

For some reason it looks like a game I played only once in speech therapy, but I doubt that's it because it looks too sometime in the 90s to be the right game. That, or I'm not getting enough pixels for a clear image.

Cannot say I ever had either of those, though. I had the technically hand-me-down Hooked On Phonics, a The Land Before Time math game, Franklin The Turtle's Clubhouse Adventures, and that's all I can remember for strictly edutainment if we ain't including an I Spy game taking place in a quaint, possibly seaside, town ( not very specific, but I ain't gonna go through the trouble of looking it up ).

If you count the games I played at speech therapy, then the Spy Fox game about stopping someone from using a giant aerosol can to destroy the ozone layer, a Pajamaman Sam, and a game for slightly older kids that I can picture but not describe and will never know the name of, would make 3 extra titles, even if I was on rare occasion able to play.

Edit:

Apparently the title is Franklin The Turtle's Clubhouse Adventure and not just Franklin's Clubhouse Adventure.

[–] Abizaga@thelemmy.club 1 points 5 hours ago

Yeah, Thinking Thing was from 1991 I believe. That's awesome though, I'm trying to remember this other math game, I think it was math adventure. Goofy little game.

Also fuck yeah, Spy Fox and Pajama Sam. Man, the games from that company were great. I played the demos for I think there was one for each, and it came with my copy of putt putt travels through time.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

What was that, amazing machine game?

[–] Abizaga@thelemmy.club 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It was a pretty decent game.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

We had a lot of fun with it

[–] Abizaga@thelemmy.club 2 points 5 hours ago

Haha yeah, same here! :)

[–] Morphite88@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's basically all we were allowed to play for awhile. Math Blaster(s), the Jumpstart __ Grade series, Oregon Trail, Amazon Trail, Carmen Sandiego series, Lego Island (how'd that get in there?), some LeapFrog stuff, anything else from Brøderbund or Sierra.

[–] Abizaga@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 day ago

That's legit lol I remember Math Blaster, or at least I think my school had it. Good times!

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Various "Teaches Typing" games from Mavis Beacon to Mario and Typing of the Dead.

Math Blaster

Mario is Missing

I remember the Putt-Putt games being labeled as "edutainment" but I can not really remember anything educational about the ones I had. 🤷‍♂️

Lunar Lander and the OG, Oregon Trail.

[–] Abizaga@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

OH SHIT DUDE Math Blaster I think my school had that back in the day! Also Putt putt was the shit! Which game did you have?

[–] syntaxpine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Abizaga@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago

Hell yeah, then mission accomplished. Welcome to good vibes. :)

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You betcha, I spent untold hours with my dad trying to crack the puzzles of this absolute banger.

[–] Abizaga@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh man that looks like a banger! I'm trying to remember what it was but there was a point and click magic school bus game where you made an id to start lol

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is a banger. You learn how to make paper from wood pulp, batteries from a lemon and a nail and all sorts of fun basic chemistry stuff! I still have the CD for it lying around somewhere (no disc drive through! 😅)

[–] Abizaga@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's legit haha! I'm curious how the lemon and nails thing works! :p

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If I remember right you needed to make it to power up an electric On switch to an elevator or something like that.

[–] Abizaga@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago

God I miss goofy stuff like this

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

omg this brings back memories. i bastardized the shit out of these titles.. dos based, easy peasy to toss over a network and run on dozens of machines

[–] Abizaga@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, man this and the old point and click games based off like Magic School Bus