Serious Game Classification

ChipWits Doug Sharp / Mike Johnston (U.S.A.), BrainPower inc. (U.S.A.), 1984 Download it Now !

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Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

Keywords

Computing - Edugame - Robot simulation

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Educative message broadcasting
  • Training

Market

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

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)

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ChipWits ChipWits is a 1984 game for the Apple Macintosh, programmed by Doug Sharp and Mike Johnston, and published by BrainPower software. The player uses an iconic programming language to teach a virtual robot how to navigate various mazes. The gameplay straddled the line between entertainment and programming education. [source:wikipedia]

A new version of this game is avaible in 2010 : http://www.chipwits.com/

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Apple II - Commodore 64

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