''3-D Body Adventure'' is a 1994
educational video game
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developed by
Knowledge Adventure
JumpStart Games, Inc., formerly Knowledge Adventure, Inc., was an American edutainment video game company based in Torrance, California. Founded in 1991, it was acquired by Chinese holding company NetDragon Websoft in 2017.
History
From 1991 ...
and published by Levande Böcker i Norden for
MS-DOS
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,
Mac OS
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,
Microsoft Windows
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.
In 2014, Jordan Freeman Group, 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 back-catalog to play on modern machines.
Some copies of the game come in hexagon-shaped packaging.
Gameplay
Players can explore the human body, answer questions in quizzes, or try to save a body from invading microbes.
Reception
''
Multimediokert'' felt the game gave them a headache. 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".
Retrojunk felt it was memorable, despite not having as many activities as other Knowledge Adventure titles. ''
Superkids'' playtesters felt the game offered a more interesting journey through the human body than they'd experienced in school. ''
ComputerLife'' thought the game's special effects made it a better alternative to processing the information than taking a heavy book off the shelf.
Meanwhile, ''
PC Magazine
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Overview
''PC Mag ...
'' noted its "spectacular multimedia demos".
''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.
It became one of Knowledge Adventure's flagship products, alongside their
JumpStart
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series.
References
External links
*{{moby game, id=/3-d-body-adventure
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
Children's educational video games
Windows games
Sprite-based first-person shooters
Video games with 2.5D graphics
Single-player video games