Other details: You may have had to collect gems or something similar (kinda like collecting wedges in Trivia Pursuit) but I'm not 100% certain on this. I always remember 'prophetess roll the dice' because that's what I would always play. Originally sold on CD-ROM or DVD, it was also available on the World Wide Web via an annual subscription, although later articles could also be viewed for free online with advertisements.

I remember when it was your turn it would say ', roll the dice'. Microsoft Encarta is a discontinued digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft from 1993 to 2009.

I think you could play against others or the computer. Microsoft Encarta was a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft from 1993 to 2009. Swamp Gas Visits the United States of America - a game that teaches geography to children. NASA World Wind - free software ( NASA open source) Stellarium. Google Earth - (proprietary license) Gravit - a free (GPL) Newtonian gravity simulator. Notable gameplay mechanics: You rolled a dice to move around the gamespace and would then need to answer multiple choice trivia questions attached to a category - it was edutainment, haha. Cartopedia: The Ultimate World Reference Atlas. Notable characters: You could play as different fantasy-style characters, but the only one I remember is a prophetess. Graphics/art style: I think it had those kinda 3D graphics from the time period, I could be remembering that incorrectly though. Here's what I can remember about it:Įstimated year of release: Late 90s/ - early 2000s I'm trying to remember a game that was built into one of the PC encyclopedias in the late 90s/early 2000s.

Encyclopedia encarta game 90s