3D Body Adventure
3D Body Adventure | |
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Developer(s) | Knowledge Adventure |
Publisher(s) | Levande Böcker |
Producer(s) | Paul Chesis |
Designer(s) | Don Button |
Platform(s) | DOS, MacOS, Windows, Windows 3.x |
Release | December 27, 1994 (DOS) 1995 |
Genre(s) | Educational |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
3-D Body Adventure is a 1994 educational video game developed by Knowledge Adventure and published by for DOS, Mac OS, and Windows.
In 2014, , a subsidiary of ZOOM, officially released the title amongst other Knowledge Adventure titles, having secured the exclusive rights to upgrade and re-release the company's to play on modern machines.[1]
Some copies of the game come in unique hexagon-shaped packaging.
Gameplay[]
Players can explore the human body, answer questions in quizzes, or try to save a body from invading microbes.
Critical reception[]
felt the game gave them a headache.[2] In a comprehensive analysis of the title, one thing that stood out to was the "lack of aesthetics of the images quality, this is mainly due to the unclear presentation form".[3] Retrojunk felt it was memorable, despite not having as many activities as other Knowledge Adventure titles.[4] playtesters felt the game offered a more interesting journey through the human body than they'd experienced in school.[5] thought the game's special effects made it a better alternative to processing the information than taking a heavy book off the shelf.[6] Meanwhile, PC Magazine noted its "spectacular multimedia demos".[6] Software for Teaching Science: A Critical Catalogue of Software for Science felt it would be a great way to encourage children's curiosity for anatomy.[7]
It became one of Knowledge Adventure's flagship products, alongside their JumpStart series.[8]
References[]
- ^ releases (2014-11-25). "ZOOM Announces Exclusive Release of Knowledge Adventure Back-Catalog". Lightning Releases. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "Oivvios arkiv". oivviosarkiv.polite.se. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ Yvonne Eriksson (2001-04-09). Bilden som roar och klargör (PDF). ISBN 918958807X. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "Knowledge Adventure Games | Retro Junk Article". 2018-03-21. Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ "Software Review -- Knowledge Adventure's 3D Body Adventure -- Human Anatomy, kids, children, computers, school, education, parent seniors". www.superkids.com. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ a b "3D Body Adventure from CDAccess.com". www.cdaccess.com. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ Frost, Roger (1998). Software for Teaching Science: A Critical Catalogue of Software for Science Teachers. IT in Science. ISBN 9780952025757.
- ^ "CUC Will Buy Knowledge Adventure". Los Angeles Times. 1996-11-06. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
External links[]
- Science educational video games
- 1994 video games
- DOS games
- Human body in popular culture
- Classic Mac OS games
- Medical video games
- Video games about microbes
- Video games developed in the United States
- Windows games