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Super Solvers: Challenge of the Ancient Empires!

Super Solvers: Challenge of the Ancient Empires! (1990)

Genres:Strategy, Platform

Themes:Educational

Story:An entry in the Super Solver series, Challenge of the Ancient Empires requires players to use problem solving skills to learn about ancient civilizations.

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January 29, 2025

It was simple, it was clunky, it was barely understandable. It was one of the first (if not THE first) games I played by myself. It gave me a crash-course on history even with me hardly understanding any English back then. It taught me challenge, despair and success. Solving logic puzzles in this game made me actually score better on an IQ test (!!!) No game since has ever been able to repeat the experience I had with this game: gaining real life skills and knowledge while playing a video game. There were some incredible people behind this that knew how to make an educational game actually work. I now play this game with my children - let this be a testament to how impactful it is. This is a forgotten (given the number of votes) classic, that NEEDS to be preserved on GOG, as it is still as good as it was on release and the engagement and educational value hasn't changed one bit.

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February 14, 2025

My wife used to play this game when she was little! They are both the same age, it's incredible! Some puzzles were difficult to figure out but it was loads of fun

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