Serious Game Classification

BASIC Fun - Computer Games, Puzzles, And Problems Children Can Write Susan Drake / Margaret Ann Zuanich (U.S.A.), Avon Books (U.S.A.), 1982  

Informations Analyses Discussion
 

Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

Keywords

Cards - Casino - Educational - Math - Pinball - Sports - Strategy - Tennis

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Educative message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment
  • Education

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
 Age : 12-16 / 17-25 / 8-11
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:
AVOID : explanation of this brick MATCH : explanation of this brick MOVE : explanation of this brick SELECT : explanation of this brick
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BASIC Fun - Computer Games, Puzzles, And Problems Children Can Write Amongst many non-interactive introductory type-in BASIC programs intended to get young programmers started, this book includes a few simple games:Spelling (as described, TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE MISSING LETTERS IN THIS WORD);You Are A Detective, a very short choose-your-own-adventure mystery;Shell Game ("needless to say, the computer's 'hand' is definitely quicker than your eye!");Dice Game;Number Guessing Game (which of two players guesses closest to the number the computer picked?);Number Sequences (what should the next number in this sequence be?);How Warm Is Your Heart (a re-skinned number guessing game filling in temperature for proximity to the number);War (the card game);Pinball (a highly abstract representation);Paper, Rock, Scissors;Ring the Bell (simulating the carnival sideshow game);Lifeguard (pick a number and maybe the life preserver you throw reaches the drowning swimmer);Sea Battle (aka Battleship);Math Quiz;Tennis (again, highly abstracted);Ski Weekend (choose the right jobs to earn the money needed to go on vacation in six weeks!;and Backpack (attempt to win a cross-country hiking race without running out of food and water)In addition to the platforms mentioned here, the BASIC programs included were intended to run, with minimal amendment, on the BASIC versions found on the HP-2000 and Osborne lines of computers. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Open Source - Commercial
Platform(s) : Apple II - Atari 800 - PC (Dos) - TI-99/4A - TRS-80

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