''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

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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

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, and

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fun. The game includes "photo-realistic rain forest scenes".

Development

The game was announced in May 1998.

Critical reception

GiantMike gave the game a rating of 8/10 stars, commenting: "If you have children, or just enjoy edutainment games, ''Amazon Trail'' is perfect. Ever since the original ''Oregon Trail'', this series has been immensely popular with school children. Every version since then has just gotten better and better, and this one is no exception". wrote: "It's supposed to be an exotic journey through the luscious Amazon region. Yet somehow, the Learning Company's third iteration of its ''Amazon Trail'' program does more to squelch one's primal desire to explore than it does to encourage it". ''Challenges of Teaching with Technology Across the Curriculum'' gave the game an evaluation score of 185 when analysing its suitability for social studies classrooms. '' PC Magazine'' wrote " layers'lives will depend upon implementing what they've learnt about botany, geography, habitats, and social science along the trail...Such is the premise behind ''Amazon Trail's'' immersive, enlightening, and altogether entertaining trek through science and nature".

References

External links

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Entry in ''Software and CD-ROM Reviews on File, Volume 15''

Entry in ''The Complete Sourcebook on Children's Software''

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CD-ROMs in print

''Personal Computer Magazine'', volume 17, issues #20-22
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