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name	publisher(developer)	year	description
Equations: The Game of Creative Mathematics	Autotelic	?
Island: A Discovery Game	?	?
Major League Professional Baseball	Avalon Hill	?
Polls and Politics	MECC	?
Word Search Puzzle	Creative Computing	1979
Handwriting Analysis	Micro Lipps	1980
Interlude	Syntonic Software Corporation	1980	A little dull around the edges? Routine? Predictable? Boring? Maybe all it needs is a little Interlude. Interlude is the most stimulating computer game ever conceived. It combines a computer interview, an innovative programming concept, and a one-of-a-kind manual to turn your love life into exciting, adventurous, delicious fun!"
Alkemstone	Level-10	1981	Welcome to a mystery which is centuries, maybe even eons old. A powerful gem was hidden and now you have the opportunity to discover its whereabouts. To make solving the puzzle even more enticing, LEVEL-10 is offering $5,000 to the first person who discovers the location of the Alkemstone. As you follow the underground paths through the lair of the original owner, you'll notice unusual messages, fragments of words, sketches and other clues written on the walls. You'll learn who wrote these when you read "In Search of Alkemstone." As you wander through the caves, pay attention to every detail, no matter how insignificant it may appear. The clues are always there, but they are not always visible to you. You may come across one clue numerous times, while some will appear only once in several trips through the caves. You must piece all bits of information together to determine where the stone is hidden. It will be difficult, but your perseverance will be rewarded with $5,000 from LEVEL-10 . Here is your first clue: The location of the Alkemstone is accessible to the general public. [Zerothis]***Level-10 claimed "The first computer adventure that has a cash prize for the winner." It seems that clues in the game. And a major clue at the end, would reveal a real world location where an actual stone marked the place where $5,000 was hidden. As time passed, no one claimed the reward and they upped it to $7,500. [Zerothis]
Lovers or Strangers	Alpine Software;Softsmith	1982
Newbery Winners: A Wrinkle in Time	Sunburst Communications	1982
Newbery Winners: Bridge to Terabithia	Sunburst	1982
Amount on Board	Top Books	1983
An Apple for the Teacher	Wadsworth	1983
Date service	Top Books	1983
Insomnia	Top Books	1983
Invisicalc	CE Software	1983
Key a Date	Top Books	1983
Lap-the-Track	Top Books	1983
Love One Another	Top Books	1983
Partners	Top Books	1983
Dawn Treader	Word Publishing (Lifeware)	1984
Fifth Eskadra	Simulations Canada	1984
Le Déménagement	D. C. Heath	1984
Narnia	Word Publishing (Lifeware)	1984
Raimorth's Hollow	Walter Computer Services	1984
Beastiary	Game Designers Workshop	1985
Dinosaur Discovery	Jacaranda Software (4Mation Educational Resources)	1985
Dragon Fire	Magicware	1985	This bit of software is often grouped with 'dungeon master aids' that dungeon masters use to [i]setup[/i] pen and paper games. This software is not that. Rather, this software is for [i]playing[/i] pen and paper games (making it an augmented reality game). All the math, rolls, lists, charts, things that occupy left half of most brains during gameplay, are handled with a few keystrokes. This allows the dungeon master to spend more thought on right-braining the game. The dungeon master can introduce creative elements or allow players to be creative with much less concern on how these unplanned additions effect the analytics. For instance a dungeon master can decide to add an NPC, or even a new player and character, to join the fray mid-battle, no stopping to make a character sheet; and with Dragon Fire, make sure this new character is balanced to the situation. Dragon Fire is 'compatible' with a wide array of pen and paper games.
Fooblitzky	Infocom	1985
Golan Front	Simulations Canada	1985
MECC Information Manager	MECC	1985	MECC offered a variety of computing utilities and services including electronic mail, word processors, database, graphing, development tools, spreadsheet, calculator, etc... This game offered a classroom of students the chance to put all of these to use in a business simulation running the fictional MECC-FM radio station (the actual game this entry is for). The programs and materials including with the game are put together with MECC's own utilities in mind, which needed to be purchased separately, but software from other companies can be substituted.
Paper Airplane	Simon & Schuster (Learning Advantage)	1985
Science Toolkit: Master Module	Brøderbund	1985	Comes with several sensors including ones that interface with the Apple II and the software. While much of the elements of an experiment can be simulated by the software, it is expected that players will also use the sensors and their own senses while preforming experiments in the real world along with the software.
Guitar Master	MasterSoft	1986	64 guitar lessons for beginners, intermediate player, and even advanced players. Mocking Board and guitar required. Does not run on Apple //c* *Probably only because of the Mockingboard. The publisher's system requirements did not have considered that a Mockingboard upgrade was later available for the //c.
Interaction	Intracorp	1986
Robot Scavengers	Electronic Arts (Ozark Softscape)	1986	Prototype disk.
The Brain Machine	Softdisk (Bez)	1986
A.I.: An Experience With Artificial Intelligence	Scholastic	1987	This product uses games to explore pattern recognition and heuristic learning. Using a board for the game Go, the human player creates a set of rules for the AI to learn. The AI watches the human move, then makes its own move and asks if it was a legal or winning move. The human answers truthfully. Eventually the AI learns the game and becomes capable of winning it. Note, if the human cheats or makes mistakes, the AI will learn to do the same. [Zerothis]
Long Lance: A Computer Game of Tactical Naval Combat in the South Pacific	Simulations Canada	1987
Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary	Masterplay	1988
Game Plan	Scholastic	1989
Main Battle Tank: Central Germany	Simulations Canada	1989
Main Battle Tank: Middle East	Simulations Canada	1989
Science Toolkit Plus	Brøderbund	1989
Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace	Masterplay	1989
Destination: Mars!	Compu-Teach (Brian A. Rice)	1991	The name of the developer company is "Brian A. Rice, Inc." The player manages one of several companies racing to establish mining rights on Mars. It's not a simple process. At first none knows how to do it. Each company mus learn and succeed in spaceflight, orbits, space station building, and space station management. Eventually they must go to and orbit Mars. Then, there's the touchdown mission. Be sure you've done your research to establish the mine at the best location, otherwise there will be no economic return on this gargantuan investment. A knowledge of Martian geography helps tremendously. [Zerothis]
Paper Plane Pilot	MECC	1991

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