Serious Game Classification

Agent USA Tom Snyder Productions, Inc. (U.S.A.), Scholastic (U.S.A.), 1984  

Informations Analyses Discussion
 

Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

Keywords

Adventure - Educational - Edugame - Futuristic - Geography - Puzzle-solving - Retro serious game - Serious game - Strategy

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 : 8-11 / 12-16
General Public & Students

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 DESTROY : explanation of this brick CREATE : explanation of this brick MANAGE : explanation of this brick MOVE : explanation of this brick SELECT : explanation of this brick WRITE : explanation of this brick
1 analysis
Agent USA Agent USA is a 1980s educational computer game designed to teach players about state capitals. The game was developed by Tom Snyder Productions and published by Scholastic. The game focused around a mutant television set, called the "Fuzzbomb" which had begun infecting United States cities. Agent USA, who could defeat the Fuzzbomb by growing energy crystals, traveled the United States via train, encoutering "fuzzed cities" along the way, with mutant inhabitants who would take the Agent's crystals. [source:wikipedia]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Apple II - Commodore 64 - PC (Dos) - Atari 800

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