Amazon Trail 3rd Edition facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Amazon Trail 3rd Edition |
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Developer(s) | MECC |
Publisher(s) | The Learning Company |
Series | The Oregon Trail |
Platform(s) | Windows, Macintosh |
Release date(s) | 1998 |
Genre(s) | Edutainment |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Amazon Trail 3rd Edition: Rainforest Adventures is a 1998 game based on the video game The Oregon Trail. It is not a true sequel to the franchise, but is rather largely the same game as Amazon Trail II, only with updated graphics and interfaces and fixing major bugs that caused problems in the second game. The game is published by The Learning Company.
Gameplay
Challenges of Teaching with Technology Across the Curriculum describes the gameplay as follows: "Journey into uncharted rainforests, where intrigue lurks everywhere in the Rainforest. Along the way, students travel back through time, meeting people from previous centuries who may or may not help them complete their adventures."
The game aims to make ecology, geography, and critical thinking fun. The game includes "photo-realistic rain forest scenes".