Serious Game Classification

MatchBox Caterpillar Big Dirt Movers AWE Productions (U.S.A.), Mattel Interactive (U.S.A.), 1999  

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Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Advergame)

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Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Marketing & Communication message broadcasting

Market

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

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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MatchBox Caterpillar Big Dirt Movers MatchBox Caterpillar Big Dirt Movers is a game which lets you play in a sandbox and on the beach with Matchbox toys. The game lets you play at five different construction and building zones with ten different caterpillar vehicles.

Gameplay modes consist of exploration, beat the clock and task-based play. Completing any of the modes rewards you with a printable certificate of achievement. There are fifteen levels total, which can be played on three difficulty levels.

Objectives range from saving a sandcastle from the tide, clearing car wrecks to make way for a new park and building an airport. You use various vehicles to dig, level, wreck, construct and pave your way to the next level.

The game comes with a CAT encyclopedia that can give you insight in the vehicles the game offers. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : PC (Windows)

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