''Zoyon Patrol'' is an educational

simulation game Simulation video games are a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate real world activities. A simulation game attempts to copy various activities from real life in the form of a game for various purposes such ...

for the Apple II published by

MECC The Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (later Corporation), most commonly known as MECC, was an organization founded in 1971 best known for developing the edutainment video game series ''The Oregon Trail (series), The Oregon Trail'' and i ...

in 1987. The player is the director of the Zoyon patrol, located on the fictional Zaphyr Island (supposedly located at 7°52' S, and 178º28' E, which is approximately 7 miles NE of Nukufetau, Tuvalu, in the south Pacific). Zoyons are fictional creatures, whose names and features are combination of pre-existing creatures. For instance one Zoyon is called Catamonk, and it shares feature of a Cat and Monkey. An Elecoon has features of an Elephant and a Racoon.

Gameplay

As the director of the Zoyon Patrol, the player is charged with taking messages about Zoyons, identifying the Zoyon in question, trapping it alive, and arranging for its safe return to its native habitat. Every Zoyon is to be considered an endangered species.

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''Zoyon Patrol''
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