Old PC kids games - Before Nintendo had a monopoly

[Michael Wade]

I was wondering if anybody else was feeling randomly nostalgic for the 90s era/ early 2000s "education" games that used to line the racks at best buy and shared shelf space with Microsoft office.







I was extremely fond of the dinosaur games they had from the time. I remember a lot of them had genuine effort and passion that really lit up the imagination. Eyewitness had a pretty kickass creepy virtual museum.

I remember adventure being shockingly violent and having footage of this 70s movie movie interspaced between genuinely educational footage

As awesome as it was confusing

 

[CallmeCicada]

Does Civ III count? I remember my older sibling negotiating to get this arguing it as a educational game because it had an encylopedia in the game. Which we actually did use to learn a lot of history and we both were always leagues ahead of our class in history. lmao

 

[Necrosan]

Our computer class had tons of these, I also remember an encyclopedia about the human body that had like a mini trivia where, each time you answered a question about the human body correctly, you'd travel through the human body and would show a kick ass animation of you travelling through the bloodstream.

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

Very educational. Played it every time I went to my grandpa's house.

 

[Biker]

where in the world is carmen san diego?

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

The Pink Panther games were fun but god damn they could get dark

 

[Preacher ✝]

 

[Lach]

I use to play this and Ispy Treasure Island on the PC all the time with my fellow child-gremlin family members.

 

[Inco G. Nito]

Lego Rock Raiders was a staple of my childhood. Weird small-scale RTS game. Clunky but very fun. It's sad to see how Lego has all but abandoned original themes in favor of licenses.

 

[Michael Wade]

Lego Rock Raiders was a staple of my childhood. Weird small-scale RTS game. Clunky but very fun. It's sad to see how Lego has all but abandoned original themes in favor of licenses.
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This was a pretty hard one to beat for little me. Had a good soundtrack and designs.

 

[GradeAGobbleDeeGook]

i cant be the only one

 

[Bloitzhole]

Lego Rock Raiders was a staple of my childhood. Weird small-scale RTS game. Clunky but very fun. It's sad to see how Lego has all but abandoned original themes in favor of licenses.
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This was a pretty hard one to beat for little me. Had a good soundtrack and designs.

You guys just gave me all kinds of crazy flashbacks to being 6 and hearing "a slimy slug is invading your base", "an energy crystal has been found" and that weird mission-impossible-esque theme it'd play whenever you clicked start after placing a route.

 

[Croaking Spider]

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A man of true taste. I raise.



Honestly the entire Humungous Entertainment catalog are absolute gems. I'm pretty sure you can buy the entire collection on Steam and other places for relatively dirt cheap. For any kiwis with kids, these games are great. Most of the content is educational or promotes thinking/problem solving without any modern day clownworld pozz.

Bonus round:

 

[Daddy's Angry Juice]

I sometimes get a hankering for Jump Start Haunted Island and Hot Wheel Stunt Track Driver. I might download them tonight.

 

[User names must be unique]

The one we had at school is on steam now with a remaster.

 

[BradeRunna]

I never played any educational games.

I did play Duke 3D Doom Doom II and Wolf3D in the early 2000's though. Diablo as well.

 

[Incompetent]

The school had this on the iMac G3s.

 

[WSPWSPWSPWSP]

Put-Put Goes to Space was my shit. That, and the DK Eyewitness CD-roms.

My dad used to pirate them and burn them on CDs for me to play. I miss him.

 

[ArticleWriter]

The absolute GOAT of kids games

I just wish it had been developed longer. There's so much empty space and unfinished stuff, especially the mysterious pirate cave.

 

[True Boss of this Gym]

Many years ago, back on Steam me and my friend stumbled upon this guy whose entire profile revolved around Putt-Putt. We're talking Putt-Putt profile pic, badges, that art display thing where you show off your work or screenshots, and username. This motherfucker roleplayed as some deranged, sexually-charged Putt-Putt. He would not stop typing like Putt-Putt. Anytime he seemed to write like a genuine, human being, he'd end his sentence with some fucking shit Putt-Putt would say and then add in a Putt-Putt emoji. When my friend cut ties with him, he started constantly spamming our friend requests and I swear his profile pictures looked more and more unhinged versions of Putt-Putt as he did. Even when we blocked him he'd fucking hop on one of his OTHER alternative Putt-Putt accounts to continue spamming friend requests. Last year I used some third-party software to find an old friend I talked to, and when I checked the list of old or defriended users on my profile history, that motherfucker's account was still active, and it was still Putt-Putt related. To this day I still don't know if he was autistic or doing a gimmick (perhaps both), and maybe it's best I never found out.