Zaark and the Night Team explained

Developer:EduConcept
Publisher:Maxis
Platforms:Windows
Released:1995
Genre:Educational, Adventure

Zaark and the Night Team is a 1995 series of two multimedia educational CD-ROMs subtitled: The Quest for Patterns and The Search for Symbols.[1] [2] [3] [4] It was developed by EduConcept and published by Maxis as part of their brand Software Toys For Kids.[5]

Critical reception

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that the title was a "neat idea" that effectively incorporated information from different subjects.[6] Obscuritory felt it was one of Maxis' "less-renowned and harder-to-explain" titles.[7] Children's Software Revue deemed it "a program were going to need to spend some time with to fully understand".[8] The Washington Post wrote "good intentions are lost to a miscalculation of young attention spans".[9] The Jerusalem Post felt it was "intelligent and entertaining".[10]

Legacy

Documents about this series are currently being held at the Computer History Museum.[11] The game was discussed as part of SimEverything: Lessons in Curious Game Design from Maxis, panel about the history and philosophy of Maxis presented at the 2017 MAGFest.

It was included in the Power to the Little People Collection alongside Sim Town and Widget Workshop.[12]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Buckleitner, Warren. School Tools - The best software to boost your child's learning. September 1995. Working Mother Media. en.
  2. Book: Maxis Electronic Entertainment Expo, May 1995, Summary of Products; The Software Toys Catalog; News releases | 102710196 . Computer History Museum. 1995 . Maxis . 2019-09-05.
  3. Book: Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Trademarks . 1996 . U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office . en.
  4. Book: Keizer, Gregg . The Family PC guide to homework . 1996 . New York . Hyperion & Family PC . Internet Archive . 978-0-7868-8206-9.
  5. Book: Media, Working Mother . Working Mother . September 1995 . Working Mother Media . en.
  6. News: Work masquerading as play. The Sydney Morning Herald. August 8, 1995. 43. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-09-05.
  7. Web site: Blog . The Obscuritory . 5 . 2022-08-25 . en-US.
  8. Book: Children's Software Revue . 1993 . Active Learning Associates . en.
  9. News: IF YOU CAN'T DO . . . . The Washington Post . 1995-09-27.
  10. Web site: CD-ROM commemorating Rabin now available. . 1996-01-21 . en . Science & Technology . 5 .
  11. Book: Maxis Electronic Entertainment Expo, May 1995, Summary of Products; The Software Toys Catalog; News releases . 1995 . Maxis.
  12. Dennis Publishing . Order Form . PC Zone . 50 . May 1997 . 128.

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