Game Classification

North Polar Expedition Virgin Games (United Kingdom), 1992  

Informations Analyses Serious Gaming
 

Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

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Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Educative message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Ecology

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old / 8 to 11 years old
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:

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In North Polar Expedition the player is tasked with leading an expedition to the North Pole. The story and setting are inspired by an actual transglobe expedition by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. The game uses photographic footage from the expedition in question. In the game the player is presented with all kinds of different situations in which the player must choose how to act, mostly in a choose-your-own-adventure style. Points are earned and a score is kept to compare different expeditions. Each new expedition presents the player with different problems. The player takes on the role of different members of the expedition in different situations.

The game comes with a copy of Sir Ranulph Fiennes book To The Ends of the Earth. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : CDTV

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