200

Fuck iPads, having kids look at glossy pieces of paper with diagrams of castles and pictures of cool pirate swords is what the children need.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] CarbonConscious@hexbear.net 39 points 2 weeks ago

I got tricked into buying the software version of the one about colonial era ships, because the person working the book fair told me you could launch cannon balls and blow up the dude in the toilet, like it was some kinda wacky action game, and I was a wacky little action dude at the time so of course I had to check that out.

Turns out it was closer to Encarta but without the Mind Maze part. The guy blowing up was a tiny little animation, and you could not, in fact, fire the cannon at all. Something something disappointment immeasurable etc.

[-] XiaCobolt@hexbear.net 22 points 2 weeks ago

Encarta was such a fascinating relic of the time

[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

encarta's moon orbit simulator was goated

[-] hellinkilla@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

kind of a cool idea in retrospect.

anyone know?: is there an archive version available anywhere?

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

cross section edutainment game but crossed with The Incredible Machine centrist

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Encarta 98 and 2000 lost the Mind Maze part, which is a shame.

[-] Speaker@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Truly the last good year in Western history was 1997.

this post was submitted on 27 May 2025
200 points (99.5% liked)

chapotraphouse

13883 readers
787 users here now

Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.

No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer

Slop posts go in c/slop. Don't post low-hanging fruit here.

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS