dschult3
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Post by dschult3 on May 1, 2017 2:49:06 GMT
Oregon Trail is generally considered one of the best edutainment games ever created. It created a genre in which even Super Mario himself appeared. Unfortunately, everyone and their mother got involved in the edutainment business by the early 1990s, and it virtually killed the market. I recently discovered this video, and I believe this game is probably one of the worst, yet amazing (in a Mystery Theater 3000 way) games ever created.
What horrible edutainment games do you remember playing as a kid? Have you discovered garbage like this after you were in school?
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Balder
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Post by Balder on May 1, 2017 4:49:29 GMT
Oregon Trail is above edutainment games, it's really just a good game.
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Post by Cervantes on May 1, 2017 5:56:10 GMT
Clint (Lazy Game Reviews) usually do a "Edutainment Month" in which he reviews a lot of these, it's always fun. And strange. These games can get really weird sometimes.
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Post by stratogustav on May 1, 2017 7:42:37 GMT
I defeated Mario Is Missing with absolute zero knowledge of the English language when I was just a kid. I still feel proud of that decades later.
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Post by centipede on May 1, 2017 9:04:08 GMT
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Balder
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Post by Balder on May 1, 2017 9:11:28 GMT
Thanks for the motivational cat poster.
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centipede
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Post by centipede on May 1, 2017 9:21:31 GMT
Balder I was referring to how awesome this topic is going to get, as a connoisseur of YTP.
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billspreston
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Post by billspreston on May 1, 2017 11:21:43 GMT
Most adventure games were educational when you think about it. Trying to read above your age level teaches you a lot and how to word good.
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Post by Dan E. Kool on May 1, 2017 16:46:03 GMT
Oregon Trail is generally considered one of the best edutainment games ever created. It created a genre in which even Super Mario himself appeared. Love that game.
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Dan E. Kool
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Post by Dan E. Kool on May 1, 2017 16:49:05 GMT
Most adventure games were educational when you think about it. Trying to read above your age level teaches you a lot and how to word good. You always spammed the B button to get through the dialogue, too, huh?
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Balder
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Post by Balder on May 1, 2017 17:30:19 GMT
Dan E. Kool was the only one who died of dysentry on my run.
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Post by Cervantes on May 1, 2017 18:22:13 GMT
Most of my english was learnt through video games. That's why it gets broken sometimes: I still don't see what's wrong with the "EASTMOST PENNINSULA IS THE SECRET" from Zelda (besides the extra n in peninsula). My english learning process was victoly all around!
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Post by Dan E. Kool on May 2, 2017 7:59:26 GMT
Dan E. Kool was the only one who died of dysentry on my run. Maybe if you were better at playing games, innocent lives wouldn't be lost this way, Balder.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on May 2, 2017 8:53:37 GMT
Dan E. Kool was the only one who died of dysentry on my run. Maybe if you were better at playing games, innocent lives wouldn't be lost this way, Balder . Oh I played great. Everyone who mattered made it to Oregon in good shape.
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billspreston
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Post by billspreston on May 2, 2017 14:39:19 GMT
Dan E. Kool was the only one who died of dysentry on my run. Oregon 'trail': splatterhouse edition.
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