Wyatt Earp's Old West

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Wyatt Earp's Old West
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Developer(s) Grolier Electronic Publishing
Publisher(s) Grolier Electronic Publishing
Platform(s) Windows, Macintosh
Release1994

Wyatt Earp's Old West is a computer game developed by Grolier Electronic Publishing in 1994 for Windows 3.x and Macintosh.

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Plot

Wyatt Earp's Old West is an educational game within a multimedia encyclopedia. The package includes a "Shootout" game which is a stand-up arcade shooter. The majority of the program involves exploring an Old West town, while the narrator talks about life in that era. When the player leaves a building, the narrator asks a question related to the room, with the player earning money for correct responses. [1]

Reception

The game was reviewed in 1995 in Dragon #215 by Jay & Dee in the "Eye of the Monitor" column. Both reviewers gave the game 2½ out of 5 stars. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Jay & Dee (March 1995). "Eye of the Monitor". Dragon (215): 57–64.
  2. https://archive.org/details/electronic-games-1995-03/page/80/mode/2up