Wheel of Fortune was the first game based on the TV game show for the NES. It was developed by Rare and released on the same month as their NES Jeopardy! adaptation. Rare would follow it up with two more NES adaptations of the show: Wheel of Fortune: Junior Edition and Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition.
It follows the rules of the show, where people spin a wheel and then try to solve a hangman puzzle, either guessing a consonant or spending their reward money to buy a vowel. Up to three human players can play via a pass-and-play system. Players must input their answers within a time limit using the in-game text parser.
Based on the television game show, Family Feud pits two teams of five against one another as they attempt to guess the top answers to survey questions. The winning team advances to the Fast Money round where they have two tries to guess answers to five questions as a timer counts down. Players can challenge the computer or a friend and name their team.
All About America is an educational game that teaches children American history and geography as well as the English language. It consists of two main activities: history lessons and map reading skills. Both of these can be played by one or two players.
A very basic translation of the popular game show Wheel of Fortune, where you guess letters until you can guess the phrase. This CGA version has three old-school rounds of Wheel of Fortune (where the puzzles are simply "Phrase", "Title", "Person", etc.) and then a bonus round. You can compete against two computer players or up to three people can play against each other.
Math Rabbit is a 1986 video game that serves as a spin-off to the Reader Rabbit edutainment series. It was made by The Learning Company for DOS and Apple II. A Deluxe version was released in 1993 for DOS, Macintosh, and Windows 3.x. Then in 1997, the game was remade for Windows and Macintosh under the title "Reader Rabbit's Math 1". The final remake for Windows and Macintosh in 1998 was titled "Reader Rabbit's Math Ages 4-6", with a personalized version released in 1999.
From the mind of Dr. Timothy Leary comes Mind Mirror, a trippy journey through your own mind. Mind Mirror is not just a game, it is a valuable tool to help you explore your own mind, make decisions, and to envision your ideal self. Play it by yourself or with a group of people.
Garfield Double Dares is a 1985 educational video game by Random House for the Apple II series of computers and the Commodore 64 based on the Garfield franchise.
Ten of the best: Educational Programs is another compendium of games for BBC Micro. This compilation contains a bunch of educational games. The collection was released as both a tape and a disk with a copy of the Eletctron User magazine.
Hangman is a word-guessing game. The player must try to guess the word that the computer randomly chose, letter by letter. On each incorrect letter the player can opt to draw a picture of his current state.
The Wizard of Id's WizType is an edutainment title based on the comic strip created by artist Brant Parker and writer Johnny Hart. The title is designed to give keyboard novices lessons on how to improve their typing accuracy and speed. The game is broken into two sections: The first section pits players as the Wiz, matching wits against the Evil Spirit, an apparition that lives in the Wizard's vat. The Wizard must quickly type out the words that the Evil Spirit gives him in order to diminish the Spirit and win the round. Failure to spell words properly, or taking too long to spell results in the Evil Spirit morphing into a dragon, and singing the Wizard to a crisp. The second part of the game has the player trying to keep up with Bung the Jester. In this segment, players must type out a pre-written paragraph in order to keep pace with Bung, who is hopping along the words on a pogo stick. WizType has multiple skill levels to match different levels of typing ability, and increases in challenge as players progress th
3-2-1 was a popular quiz show in the UK during the 1980’s. The game was only available via mail-order from a company called Micro Computer Incorporated, and gave you the chance to win lots of prizes just the like real thing. The star prize being a week’s holiday in Spain.