Ingenious!

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Details

Released
1997
Developer
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Genre
Education / Science
Players
Up to 1; single player
Type
Freeware \ Shareware
Rating
E - Everyone
Platform
Windows 9x
Pack
eXoWin9x
Manual
Not included

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Title screen of Ingenious!
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Gameplay of Ingenious!
Gameplay
Gameplay of Ingenious!
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About this game

This edutainment game challenges 8- to 14-year-old children to become science detectives and solve science mysteries. Distributed for free to Australian schools, it was widely played by schoolchildren of the late 90s and early 2000s. Its content is divided into five parts:

Are We Alone? - learn about the search for alien intelligence
Racing on the Sun - design a solar car
Something Fishy - discover the reason behind a massive die-off of pilchards
Fire Fighter - simulates bushfire fighting
The Last Tribe - the quest to save an endangered wallaby species

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Theme
Mystery