Serious Game Classification

One of a series of fully interactive comic book adventures for kids where you play as the heroic Victor Vector and his digital Saint-Bernard dog Yondo. They are field agents of The Museum of Fantastic Phenomena, and travel through time collecting unique items. In the games, the arch-villain Ram Axis, a virus spawned in the great crash of 2093, will often pop up in disguise in order to prevent their efforts. Players explore a virtual environment by clicking on the onscreen knobs and directional controls to move through the game. They click on images to talk to people, collect treasure and other items that may boost or diminish their energy level or are needed to solve puzzles. Information can also be retrieved from Yondo's data bank collar.

In this episode, Victor Vector and his digital dog Yondo's mission is to ancient Rome in the year 64 A.D. You will battle the gladiator Spiculus and savage lions, as well as compete in a chariot race. The educational content in this game includes the society of ancient Rome and the history of Latin and Roman numerals. [source:mobygames]

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

Links

• http://www.mobygames.com/game/awesome-adventures-of-victor-vector [...]