Title: Desert Storm
Overall Rating:
B+
Source:Time Warner Interractive Group
Playing Time: 2-3 Hours
Date: 1991
Cost: $1.99 http://www.surplusdirect.com/free.asp?UID=DF283D0SVDD03981
Number of Players: 1-2
Special Equipment/Facilities Needed: CD-Rom
Subject Area:History
Objectives: Understanding of the Gulf
War
Brief Description: Magazine Style, uses
photos and articles from Time Magazine. Interactive format.
Player can choose their own starting point. Self paced.
Entry Capabilities Required: Prior subject-matter
knowledge/vacubalary; reading ability
Rating: (1-5)
Relevance to objectives: 4 (good coverage
of events; has sound pictures and text)
Provides practice of relevant skills:
2 (not much skill involved)
Likely to arouse/maintain interest: 4
(history buffs will love it)
Likely to be comprehended clearly:4(Easy
to understand)
Technical quality (durable, attractive): 4
(Nice Grahpics)
Game: Winning dependent on player actions (rather
than chance): 5 (the winning end state is
learning about the war)
Simulation: Validity of game model (realistic,
accurate depiction): 5 (uses actual footage
and articles from the war)
Evidence of effectiveness (e.g. field-test results):
Clear directions for play:
2 (Took me a while to figure out what to do!)
Effectiveness of debriefing:1
(there is no debriefing)
Strong Points: visually
pleasing, historically accurate, very interractive, appropriate for 7th
grade +
Weak Points: no
directions, Age appropriateness
Reviewer: Darrell Vaughan
Position:Student
Date:3/19/98
Computer System Reviewed on: Macintosh
PowerPC 6500/250, 32mb ram.
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