Popular games published by company Grolier Electronic Publishing
Rhymo's Falling Star is 1 - 2 player educational word game for the Apple II. Players compete in 3 slightly different challenges, where they must type matching rhyming words. In each challenge, the player must complete a total of 15 rhyming words to either help Rhymo catch a falling star, save creatures from a dying planet, or reach his spaceship. Each challenge contains 2 different difficulty levels. At the easier level, the player must type the two words that rhyme. At the harder level, the player is given a word with the first letter missing, and the player must choose 2 of 5 letters that will complete this word. As the player successfully answers questions, they get closer to their goal of helping Rhymo.
Rhyme Land is a simple rhyming game for the Apple II. Players can choose from a number of different cartoon animals, including: foxes, cats, mice, dragons, frogs, bees, and snakes. They then must choose if the displayed words rhyme or don't rhyme with the animal.
Wyatt Earp's Old West is an educational game with adventure-like gameplay which allows the player to explore the town of Tombstone, Arizona, recreated with the characteristics of an Old West town. The tour mostly consists of roaming the streets of the town and examining various buildings, presented as real-life still photographs. The player can occasionally interact with the town's inhabitants, as well as visit a saloon and order a drink. The player will also have the opportunity to practice quick-draw technique with a revolver when attacked by hostile characters; these exercises are done with a simple point-and-click interface, in a mini-game-like fashion. The educational elements consist of information about the life of the famous 19th century gunslinger Wyatt Earp, as well as testing the player's knowledge in the game of Old West Trivia.
An educational game for Apple II.
How Would You Survive? is an education program based on the book series of the same name. It covers Egyptians, Aztecs and Vikings. The premise is that it shows children the ropes of the people's lives in those time periods in case the player should become one of them. The program mostly consists of interconnected, narrated slides which contain explanations about the subject in question. It also contains a quiz. Here the player chooses a difficulty level (which only changes the number of wrong guesses before the game is over) and is presented with 10 multiple-choice questions. The goal is to answer all questions before all wrong guesses are spent. When a wrong answer was chosen, the game creates a link to the appropriate slide. After reading it, the player can switch to the quiz and try again. Normally the quiz covers only one time period except for the masterquiz option which is about all three periods.
An educational adventure for Apple II.
Moon Bingo is an educational game about rhyming words. The player and their opponent try to fill in a 2x4 bingo card by matching rhyming words. Each space contains a word, and a word appears in the middle of the screen. If the player has a rhyme to the displayed word, they need to type in the correct rhyme from their board, and that space is taken. If there is no rhyming match, the word should be passed on to their opponent for a chance to score. The first player to fill their board wins. The game allows for single-player versus computer or two-player games with three separate levels of difficulty.
Max Dublin's Treasure is a trivia learning game for the Apple II. Max Dublin has hidden his treasure of silver, gold, and jewels throughout the land, and has unfortunately torn the treasure map into pieces. With the aid of Mr. Light, the player must retrieve the map pieces to Max Dublin's three treasures. The player must travel with Max Dublin to a number of exotic locales, and using the New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia Volume A published by Grolier, must answer questions about these locations. Correctly answered questions help the player locate map pieces. As the player travels, they must spend money to refuel their plane, and they risk running out of fuel money before collecting all map pieces if they do not answer enough questions correctly. After collecting all pieces for the silver map, the player progresses to the more challenging gold and jewel maps. As the player searches for treasure, a mystery man wearing a bandanna attempts to sabotage the player's effort by stealing money or fuel if questions are answered incorrectly.
Golf simulation game endoresed by Greg Norman which also acts as your host on the courses you play, giving the player narration and insight. The game consists of 2 modes, Arcade and Simulation. Arcade is the simplified mode and just need to hit the swing bar at the desired spot. Simulation mode takes many different variables into account such as accuracy and power etc. And it is depending on how the player customizes the golfer which determines how well you will do on the course.
Rhymo's Falling Star is 1 - 2 player educational word game for the Apple II. Players compete in 3 slightly different challenges, where they must type matching rhyming words. In each challenge, the player must complete a total of 15 rhyming words to either help Rhymo catch a falling star, save creatures from a dying planet, or reach his spaceship. Each challenge contains 2 different difficulty levels. At the easier level, the player must type the two words that rhyme. At the harder level, the player is given a word with the first letter missing, and the player must choose 2 of 5 letters that will complete this word. As the player successfully answers questions, they get closer to their goal of helping Rhymo.