Serious Game Classification

Desert Bus Absolute Entertainment (U.S.A.), EA Games (U.S.A.), 1995 Play it Now !

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Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Newsgame)

Keywords

Bus - Platform - Serious game - Simulation

Purpose

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

Market

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

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
 Age : 12-16 / 17-25
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:
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2 analysis
Desert Bus The player drives a bus and has to reach Las Vegas from Tucson (575 km). The bus runs at real time. Thus the player has to drive during 8 hours. It's impossible to take a break or to let it thrust alone (The bus goes to the right side). So the player has to controls the bus all the time. When the bus arrives at Las Vegas, the player wins one point!

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : 3DO - PC (Dos) - PC (Windows) - Sega Master System

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