Done right, a computer game can be a great way to learn and review. This page collects some of my favorites that can help students learn geography and history. One important note though. Several of the linked games are on subscription based sites. SInce my school has subscribed to many of them, I furnish the usernames and passwords to my students, but I cannot post the passwords on the site. If you are redirected to a game site requiring a subscription username and password, check to see if your school already subscribes to the site. Additionally for safety reasons, students are reminded that they should never furnish individually identifying information about themselves to any site without permission from their parents/guardian.
U.S. Mapping Games: (You can use these links for your states project)
Thanks to the Internet Archive, you can play the original Oregon Trail! Can you make it across!CLICK TO PLAY OREGON TRAIL
World War II for GBC
1942
Fight in the Pacific in this emulation of the classic Capcom port of the arcade game to the Game Boy Color released in 2000. Do you think you can make it all the way to Tokyo? Give it a try, Super Ace!CLICK TO PLAY 1942
Cold War for Atari 2600!
Missle Command (1981)
Your cities are under attack from enemy missles, M.I.R.V.s, and planes! Can you avoid “the end” by launching defense missles in this emulation of the classic Atari 2600 port of the arcade game.voluptate.CLICK TO PLAY MISSLE COMMANDTime Riders in American History (1992)Restore the historic record to defeat Dr. Dread i this Carmen Sandiego like DOS emulator classic .CLICK TO PLAY TIME RIDERS……>>Oregon Trail Deluxe (1992)Enjoy this later MS-DOS version of the classic game.CLICK TO PLAY OREGON TRAIL DELUXE
Done right, a computer game can be a great way to learn and review. This page collects some of my favorites that can help students learn geography and history. One important note though. Several of the linked games are on subscription based sites. SInce my school has subscribed to many of them, I furnish the usernames and passwords to my students, but I cannot post the passwords on the site. If you are redirected to a game site requiring a subscription username and password, check to see if your school already subscribes to the site. Additionally for safety reasons, students are reminded that they should never furnish individually identifying information about themselves to any site without permission from their parents/guardian.
Thanks to the Internet Archive, you can play the original Oregon Trail! Can you make it across!CLICK TO PLAY OREGON TRAIL
World War II for GBC
1942
Fight in the Pacific in this emulation of the classic Capcom port of the arcade game to the Game Boy Color released in 2000. Do you think you can make it all the way to Tokyo? Give it a try, Super Ace!CLICK TO PLAY 1942
Cold War for Atari 2600!
Missle Command (1981)
Your cities are under attack from enemy missles, M.I.R.V.s, and planes! Can you avoid “the end” by launching defense missles in this emulation of the classic Atari 2600 port of the arcade game.voluptate.CLICK TO PLAY MISSLE COMMANDTime Riders in American History (1992)Restore the historic record to defeat Dr. Dread i this Carmen Sandiego like DOS emulator classic .CLICK TO PLAY TIME RIDERS……>>Oregon Trail Deluxe (1992)Enjoy this later MS-DOS version of the classic game.CLICK TO PLAY OREGON TRAIL DELUXE