Serious Game Classification
Français
EnglishMystery at the Museums Artech Digital Entertainments (Canada), Binary Zoo Software, 1993
Classification
RETRO SERIOUS GAME(Edugame)
Keywords
Purpose
Besides play, this title features the following intents:- Licensed title
- 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:
Similar games
Mystery at the Museums is the second in the Adventures with Edison series. The game is sponsored by Smithsonian Institution and allows the player to visit different museums.
A detective agency is searching for missing treasures. They've been misplaced or hidden in museums. Accompanied by Edison, a happy little fellow, the players visits the museums and must solve various puzzles. Puzzle types include: match two or three hidden pictures of a kind, slide the tiles to compose the picture, falling block puzzle, match the constellation from a selection, etc. The answers are fulfilled with additional educational information.
There are game sessions of different difficulties for childen in the age category 6-13+. Finding all the treasures in a session places the winner in the High Scores table. The looks of Edison may be adjusted. The game session progress is saved / loaded for each game profile. [source:mobygames]
Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : PC (Dos)