Serious Game Classification

Pirates: Captain's Quest ImageBuilder (U.S.A.), Discovery Channel Multimedia (U.S.A.), 1997  

Informations Analyses Discussion
 

Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

Keywords

Adventure - Educational - Geography - History - Science

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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In Pirates: Captain's Quest the player takes on the role of a pirate captain of a Spanish brig in the early 1700s and gets to do all sorts of piratey stuff, such as sword fighting, sailing the sees, conquer islands and dig for treasures.

The game is an educational game targeted towards children age 9 and up. The player gets to learn how to read a map, use a compass, and how wind sailing, trading supplies and repairs work. There are 47 adventures to embark on which success all depend on their skills in trading supplies, accurate navigation and their ability in battle.

The player get to fight both on the sea with ships and their cannons and on land with sword play. [source:mobygames]

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

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