1893: A World's Fair Mystery CD-ROM
© 2002 Illuminated Lantern
Eight diamonds have been stolen from a diamond mine exhibit at the 1893 World's Fair. Your task is to explore the fair through over 500 archival pictures, read accompanying descriptive and narrative text, solve puzzles, and ultimately solve the diamond mystery. Although the premise and photos are very intriguing, the interface is cumbersome, and players frequently don't know what to do and get stuck. Help is hard to find. To play successfully, the game requires lots of reading and lots of perseverance. It's billed as "a game that you read, a novel that you play". Plan on spending some time figuring this program out yourself before turning your students loose on it.
$19.95, Macintosh, Windows
Teaches: history