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Re: Help me ID old Apple II game
- Subject: Re: Help me ID old Apple II game
- From: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
- Date: 1998/04/14
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Southwestern Bell Internet Services, Richardson, TX
- References: <6h09ds$ngl$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6h0l4e$arv$1@newacme.west.net>
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Joe Seeley writes ...
>
> It's called Agent USA I believe. I used to play it in the library back when
> you had to book //e time by the hour to use one (if you were too poor to
> afford one at home). Those were the days! I never finished it in time and it
> was suppose to be one of those damnable educational titles. Despite that fact
> and my usual adversion to the genre I played it anyway. Maybe Scholastic
> published it. ....
Yes. Agent USA is a 1984 hi-res educational game from Scholastic
designed mainly to teach U.S. geography. You take trains from city to
city, check in at Info booths, etc. in a quest to gather crystals and
stop the Fuzzbomb-- a bit like 'Carmen Santiago.
Rubywand