“3D Dinosaur Adventure”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

}}3D Dinosaur Adventure (styled as 3-D Dinosaur Adventure) is a 1993 educational interactive CD-ROM by Knowledge Adventure and released on DOS, Macintosh, and Windows 3.x.

It should not be confused with Dinosaur Adventure 3-D, also released by Knowledge Adventure in 1999, whose plot revolved around recovering dino-eggs from around Paleo Island.^[1]

Gameplay

3D Dinosaur Adventure is stylised as a theme park, with various areas for the player to explore, including an encyclopedia, a quiz, and a virtual museum. They offer insight into how dinosaurs lived and evolved. Additionally, activities teach players how to use fossil photo records and illustrations for visual recognition of dinosaurs.

The title comes packaged with 3D glasses and has special areas that make use of them.

Development

As part of a co-publishing arrangement with Random House Inc. to develop multimedia titles on September 5, 1994, Random House also took over distribution-to-bookstores for current Knowledge Adventure titles such as 3D Dinosaur Adventure.^[2] In July 5, 1995, Random House Children's Books entered into an agreement where they would handle distribution of all Knowledge Adventure software titles in the U.K. and Ireland, given the right to repackage, reprice, and readjust wherever necessary for each target market.^[3] The game was uploaded to the ZOOM-Platform.com website in 2014 alongside 3D Body Adventure, Space Adventure, and Undersea Adventure.^[4]

Reception

Critical reception

RetroJunk felt the game was quite innovative for its time.^[5] Multimedia and Hypertext: The Internet and Beyond argued that the small Knowledge Adventure was able to produce a better game than Microsoft's Microsoft Dinosaurs.^[6] The Educational Technology Handbook praised the game's animation sequences for bringing the experience to life in a way that student would remember.^[7] PC Mag noted the high tech effects were limited,^[8] though thought the title was a good reference tool.^[9] Bustle deemed it little more than a glorified encyclopedia.^[10]

Commercial performance

The game was the third best selling Macintosh product in the week ending Oct 11, 1997.^[11]

Awards

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/15/technology/library-science-for-children-virtual-experiments-that-go-kaboom.html|title=LIBRARY/SCIENCE FOR CHILDREN; Virtual Experiments That Go 'Kaboom!'|last=Slade|first=Margot|date=1999-07-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
2. ^{{cite journal|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15827676.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430181237/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15827676.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=30 April 2018|title=K-Adventure gets backer. (Knowledge Adventure Inc. in deal with Random House Inc. to develop multimedia titles) (Mergers/Acquisitions/Alliances)|date=5 September 1994|publisher=}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Knowledge+Adventure+in+Random+House+deal.-a016980155|title=Knowledge Adventure in Random House deal. - Free Online Library|website=www.thefreelibrary.com|access-date=2018-04-30}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://lightningreleases.com/zoom-announces-exclusive-release-of-knowledge-adventure-back-catalog/|title=ZOOM Announces Exclusive Release of Knowledge Adventure Back-Catalog - Lightning Releases|date=2014-11-25|work=Lightning Releases|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.retrojunk.com/article/show/2009/knowledge-adventure-games|title=Knowledge Adventure Games - Retro Junk Article|website=www.retrojunk.com}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KgZXCCfP0rQC&pg=PA355&dq=%223-d+Dinosaur+Adventure%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjN36ybluHaAhVGe7wKHRQLBt8Q6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&q=%223-d+Dinosaur+Adventure%22&f=false|title=Multimedia and Hypertext: The Internet and Beyond|first1=Jakob|last1=Nielsen|first2=BIRGIT|last2=NIELSEN|date=30 April 1995|publisher=Morgan Kaufmann|via=Google Books}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YxTmRhAicm0C&pg=PA224&dq=%223-d+Dinosaur+Adventure%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjN36ybluHaAhVGe7wKHRQLBt8Q6AEINjAC#v=onepage&q=%223-d+Dinosaur+Adventure%22&f=false|title=The Educational Technology Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide : Process and Products for Learning|first=Steven|last=Hackbarth|date=30 April 1996|publisher=Educational Technology|via=Google Books}}
8. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_7aEwukQQ0AC&pg=PA452&dq=%223-d+Dinosaur+Adventure%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjN36ybluHaAhVGe7wKHRQLBt8Q6AEIPDAD#v=onepage&q=%223-d%20Dinosaur%20Adventure%22&f=false|title=PC Mag|last=Inc|first=Ziff Davis|date=1994-03-15|publisher=Ziff Davis, Inc.|language=en}}
9. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WKaekAHjQ1EC&pg=PA166&dq=3D+Dinosaur+Adventure+#v=onepage&q=3D+Dinosaur+Adventure&f=false|title=PC Mag|first=Ziff Davis|last=Inc|date=13 September 1994|publisher=Ziff Davis, Inc.|via=Google Books}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/141260-15-90s-computer-games-that-made-learning-unbelievably-fun|title=15 '90s Computer Games That Made Learning Fun|last=Peters|first=Lucia|work=Bustle|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en}}
11. ^{{cite journal|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-745098.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430181317/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-745098.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=30 April 2018|title=BESTSELLERS|date=20 October 1997|publisher=}}
12. ^{{cite journal | title=The First Electronic Entertainment Editors' Choice Awards | author=Staff | journal=Electronic Entertainment | date=March 1994 | volume=1 | number=3 | pages=61-65 }}
13. ^https://www.thefreelibrary.com/KNOWLEDGE+ADVENTURE%27S+ZOOMSCAPE+TECHNOLOGY+BASIS+FOR+FIRST+MARKETING...-a014922326