Favourite or old memory of Edutainment titles at School? - Page 2

Tim Janssen · 12 October 2001, 13:19

Believe it or not, but in 1989 when I was in the second grade of post primary school, our class had courses programming in Basic on C64. The programs we had to write were always extremely simple like:
1 PRINT ”This text goes on and on”
2 GOTO 1
RUN
Me and my mates always finished assignments first so we could play games like Arkanoid and Bomb Jack 2. What I also fondly remember is that all walls in the computer room had posters of C64 games like Frankie goes to Hollywood, Mikie and Rambo 2.
In 1990 the C64s were replaced by dull machines which could only display shades of green, could not produce decent sound and loaded programs slower than a C64. “PC’s” they were called. I was sure this was a step backwards but the rest of the class (and finally the world) had a different opinion.

Big-Byte · 12 October 2001, 13:45

We learned how to generate sounds on the BBC micro at school
Then after we would go to our local dixons (or whaterever it was called then) and program them to do the sounds constanty when someone pressed a key.

It was great fun waiting for some unsuspecting person to come along and see them jump!

I had to do advanced logo as apart of my BTEC course way back in 1989.. It was an artifical intelligence program (Traffic lights)
I remember it actually had multiple turtles on screen at once and I did four cars all moving independantly and they stopped at the lights when they turned red.

Really cool at the time....

13 October 2001, 03:03

I actually have a request, but it's not for the Amiga so I won't create a new thread

Raft Away River
Dinosaur Discovery

Anyone have these 2 games for the Apple II ? I can't find them

Amiga1992 · 13 October 2001, 04:34

Hey, C64 basic! teh very first year of my secondary school we had a bunch of C64s and coded Basic... what a bore, I already knew all that shite, I had a C= since 1989! So what did I do? well play games.

Teh teacher at teh beginnig of the year said all teh shite we were going to make, so I went ahead and made all that crap in one day, loaded it in a disk and scratched my balls the whole year

I remember I brought programs I made to school and we had lots of fun. liek teh crying baby sound from the commodoer manual..

I even brought a program with horse racing.. .we bet which horse would win. bwahaha, teh teacher wanted to kill me

13 October 2001, 09:14

You like the word "teh" more than "the" don't ya Akira?

Amiga1992 · 14 October 2001, 19:50

It's the keyboard at work. I don't like it. Somehow it makes me, always, transpose the 'e' with whatever comes first.

If you pay close attention, check out my posts during weekends. Those are posted from home, and they don't have the nasty E transposition error. I can't be arsed to edit al the posts each time, sometimes I edit sometimes I forget

I think I should pull out MAvis Beacon to fix this error! She always told me I had too many

)) However the C128 keyboard is a dream to use, so I dont make them errors as much as at work

Twistin'Ghost · 15 October 2001, 00:50

@Amigaboy
I was very shocked that I had neither Apple II title you requested. Believe it or not, both "Dinosaur Discovery" and "Raft Away River" are still being sold by Greygum Software for the Apple II/Acorn/BBC! And I believe they may both even be available for the PC.

Let me know if you want the BBC version of Dinosaur Discovery...

15 October 2001, 03:21

Sure mate. It won't be the same experience, but it'll do until I can grab the Apple II version

Twistin'Ghost · 15 October 2001, 04:18

Here ya go, then...

birdy-scc · 15 October 2001, 04:33

I had a look for those files too, and I thought I had all the Apple stuff.

Maybe it was a trick question?

15 October 2001, 04:38

Thanks Twistin

I'm hoping it wasn't a trick question. If so, then my entire childhood was a lie!

Paul · 04 February 2002, 17:00

I have spent the weekend looking though my Disks and all the ones that came with the A500+ I got and found the following edutainment titles.

Kid Pix - 1991/1993 - Broderbund Software/ Electronic Arts -
3 Disks

Noddy's Big Adventure - 1992 - Jumping Bean Co. Ltd.
(BBC Enterprises Ltd.) - 4 Disks

Noddy's Playtime - 1992 - Jumping Bean Co. Ltd. (BBC Enterprises Ltd.) - 3 Disks

Fun School 4 (under 5's) - 1991 - Europress Software - 2 Disks

Fun School 4 (5's - 7's) - 1991 - Europress Software - 2 Disks

Better Maths - School Software Ltd. - 1 Disk

Amiga Junior Typist - School Software Ltd. - 1 Disk

Weather Watcher - Genisoft - 1 Disk

Vol.1 Counties of the British Isles - Genisoft - 1 Disk

Game, Set & Match - Genisoft - 1 Disk

Calendar Quiz - Genisoft - 1 Disk

Words & Numbers - Genisoft - 1 Disk

Kid's Type (4's - 8's) - Genisoft - 1 Disk

04 February 2002, 17:22

We had a lab full of PCs with mono monitors and 512K ram! We used to play block out and out run all the time.

Twistin'Ghost · 04 February 2002, 20:32

Paul, is there any way to post those titles? I know myself and at least one other person who would be very delighted to have these wonderful additions to our stash of goodies!

Twistin'Ghost · 04 February 2002, 20:35

On a similar note, I was bidding on a bundle on ebay this weekend (that I lost due to a friend who forgot to up my bid

) that had the Amiga version of Granny's Garden. Likewise, he forgot to up my bid for The Surgeon, so I am still feeling much pain at this time. Fingers still crossed on Puppy Love...

DPainter · 04 February 2002, 20:42

Paul: You've got a few ultra rares there, since Amiga edutainment generally wound up in dumpsters sometimes in the '90s.

I remember a long time ago that Camp Snoopy at Knott's Berry Farm had a computer cabin with rows of TI-99/4A computers running edutainment titles. That was back when adults thought that LOGO and BASIC were going to help create new super human children.

They were right! Look at us!

Paul · 04 February 2002, 21:42

I have only just been given an A500 plus (with KS 3.1 chip upgrade) and a collection (jumble) of disks, from a teacher and have never tried to create adfs, so I may need some help. I need to get a serial cable? But that will not be until the weekend. I will then have a go!

Twistin'Ghost · 04 February 2002, 21:48

HOW TO MAKE AN ADF
http://ale.emuunlim.com/guides/adf-create.shtml

HOW TO TRANSFER FILES (AMIGA TO PC & VICE VERSA) USING A SERIAL CABLE
http://ale.emuunlim.com/guides/serial-transfer.shtml

HOW TO TRANSFER FILES FROM PC TO AMIGA & VICE VERSA
http://ale.emuunlim.com/guides/file-transfer.shtml

Paul · 04 February 2002, 21:54

Sorry Twist! It's been a hard day!

I've been "playing" with my Amiga and reinstalled it! It's great to use the real thing again! I'm still sorting out disks.

I have those bookmarked! I should have said that I'll ask for help if I get stuck! Thanks anyway.

Twistin'Ghost · 04 February 2002, 21:58

No prob, dude...I have the same deal...I will see people asking for help on these types of things on here, then when it comes time for *me* to do this, I start asking 'how to'...

12 October 2001, 13:19	#21
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Den Bosch / The Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 1,271	C64 Basic Believe it or not, but in 1989 when I was in the second grade of post primary school, our class had courses programming in Basic on C64. The programs we had to write were always extremely simple like: 1 PRINT ”This text goes on and on” 2 GOTO 1 RUN Me and my mates always finished assignments first so we could play games like Arkanoid and Bomb Jack 2. What I also fondly remember is that all walls in the computer room had posters of C64 games like Frankie goes to Hollywood, Mikie and Rambo 2. In 1990 the C64s were replaced by dull machines which could only display shades of green, could not produce decent sound and loaded programs slower than a C64. “PC’s” they were called. I was sure this was a step backwards but the rest of the class (and finally the world) had a different opinion.

12 October 2001, 13:45	#22
Big-Byte Long time member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: UK Posts: 754	I remember when... We learned how to generate sounds on the BBC micro at school Then after we would go to our local dixons (or whaterever it was called then) and program them to do the sounds constanty when someone pressed a key. It was great fun waiting for some unsuspecting person to come along and see them jump! I had to do advanced logo as apart of my BTEC course way back in 1989.. It was an artifical intelligence program (Traffic lights) I remember it actually had multiple turtles on screen at once and I did four cars all moving independantly and they stopped at the lights when they turned red. Really cool at the time....

15 October 2001, 00:50	#27
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	@Amigaboy I was very shocked that I had neither Apple II title you requested. Believe it or not, both "Dinosaur Discovery" and "Raft Away River" are still being sold by Greygum Software for the Apple II/Acorn/BBC! And I believe they may both even be available for the PC. Let me know if you want the BBC version of Dinosaur Discovery... Attached Thumbnails

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13 October 2001, 03:03	#23
Amigaboy Posts: n/a	I actually have a request, but it's not for the Amiga so I won't create a new thread Raft Away River Dinosaur Discovery Anyone have these 2 games for the Apple II ? I can't find them

13 October 2001, 04:34	#24
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Hey, C64 basic! teh very first year of my secondary school we had a bunch of C64s and coded Basic... what a bore, I already knew all that shite, I had a C= since 1989! So what did I do? well play games. Teh teacher at teh beginnig of the year said all teh shite we were going to make, so I went ahead and made all that crap in one day, loaded it in a disk and scratched my balls the whole year I remember I brought programs I made to school and we had lots of fun. liek teh crying baby sound from the commodoer manual.. I even brought a program with horse racing.. .we bet which horse would win. bwahaha, teh teacher wanted to kill me

13 October 2001, 09:14	#25
Amigaboy Posts: n/a	You like the word "teh" more than "the" don't ya Akira?

14 October 2001, 19:50	#26
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	It's the keyboard at work. I don't like it. Somehow it makes me, always, transpose the 'e' with whatever comes first. If you pay close attention, check out my posts during weekends. Those are posted from home, and they don't have the nasty E transposition error. I can't be arsed to edit al the posts each time, sometimes I edit sometimes I forget I think I should pull out MAvis Beacon to fix this error! She always told me I had too many )) However the C128 keyboard is a dream to use, so I dont make them errors as much as at work

15 October 2001, 03:21	#28
Amigaboy Posts: n/a	Sure mate. It won't be the same experience, but it'll do until I can grab the Apple II version

15 October 2001, 04:18	#29
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	Here ya go, then...

15 October 2001, 04:33	#30
birdy-scc Banned Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Glasgow Posts: 231	I had a look for those files too, and I thought I had all the Apple stuff. Maybe it was a trick question?

15 October 2001, 04:38	#31
Amigaboy Posts: n/a	Thanks Twistin I'm hoping it wasn't a trick question. If so, then my entire childhood was a lie!

04 February 2002, 17:00	#32
Paul RIP Friends Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK Posts: 2,157	I have spent the weekend looking though my Disks and all the ones that came with the A500+ I got and found the following edutainment titles. Kid Pix - 1991/1993 - Broderbund Software/ Electronic Arts - 3 Disks Noddy's Big Adventure - 1992 - Jumping Bean Co. Ltd. (BBC Enterprises Ltd.) - 4 Disks Noddy's Playtime - 1992 - Jumping Bean Co. Ltd. (BBC Enterprises Ltd.) - 3 Disks Fun School 4 (under 5's) - 1991 - Europress Software - 2 Disks Fun School 4 (5's - 7's) - 1991 - Europress Software - 2 Disks Better Maths - School Software Ltd. - 1 Disk Amiga Junior Typist - School Software Ltd. - 1 Disk Weather Watcher - Genisoft - 1 Disk Vol.1 Counties of the British Isles - Genisoft - 1 Disk Game, Set & Match - Genisoft - 1 Disk Calendar Quiz - Genisoft - 1 Disk Words & Numbers - Genisoft - 1 Disk Kid's Type (4's - 8's) - Genisoft - 1 Disk

04 February 2002, 17:22	#33
oldpx Posts: n/a	We had a lab full of PCs with mono monitors and 512K ram! We used to play block out and out run all the time.

04 February 2002, 20:32	#34
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	Paul, is there any way to post those titles? I know myself and at least one other person who would be very delighted to have these wonderful additions to our stash of goodies!

04 February 2002, 20:35	#35
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	On a similar note, I was bidding on a bundle on ebay this weekend (that I lost due to a friend who forgot to up my bid ) that had the Amiga version of Granny's Garden. Likewise, he forgot to up my bid for The Surgeon, so I am still feeling much pain at this time. Fingers still crossed on Puppy Love...

04 February 2002, 20:42	#36
DPainter Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Montana, USA Posts: 342	Paul: You've got a few ultra rares there, since Amiga edutainment generally wound up in dumpsters sometimes in the '90s. I remember a long time ago that Camp Snoopy at Knott's Berry Farm had a computer cabin with rows of TI-99/4A computers running edutainment titles. That was back when adults thought that LOGO and BASIC were going to help create new super human children. They were right! Look at us!

04 February 2002, 21:42	#37
Paul RIP Friends Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK Posts: 2,157	I have only just been given an A500 plus (with KS 3.1 chip upgrade) and a collection (jumble) of disks, from a teacher and have never tried to create adfs, so I may need some help. I need to get a serial cable? But that will not be until the weekend. I will then have a go!

04 February 2002, 21:48	#38
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	HOW TO MAKE AN ADF http://ale.emuunlim.com/guides/adf-create.shtml HOW TO TRANSFER FILES (AMIGA TO PC & VICE VERSA) USING A SERIAL CABLE http://ale.emuunlim.com/guides/serial-transfer.shtml HOW TO TRANSFER FILES FROM PC TO AMIGA & VICE VERSA http://ale.emuunlim.com/guides/file-transfer.shtml

04 February 2002, 21:54	#39
Paul RIP Friends Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK Posts: 2,157	Sorry Twist! It's been a hard day! I've been "playing" with my Amiga and reinstalled it! It's great to use the real thing again! I'm still sorting out disks. I have those bookmarked! I should have said that I'll ask for help if I get stuck! Thanks anyway.

04 February 2002, 21:58	#40
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	No prob, dude...I have the same deal...I will see people asking for help on these types of things on here, then when it comes time for me to do this, I start asking 'how to'...

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