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Before Google Earth there was World Reference 3D Atlas '98. Come explore the planet like it's the 90s š! The most in-depth and fascinating exploration of planet earth! 3D Atlas is an educational title which boasts 3D graphics on twelve different types of spinning globes, time lapse video sequences animations showing changes to the planer such as the destruction of the ozone layer and more. The title has been in production for some time, the credits show this release was also called 3D Atlas 98 and that before that there was a 3D Atlas 97, 3D Atlas (v1.1) and 3D Atlas(v1.0). The atlas has built in links to America On Line which held downloadable content.
This version, and probably the earlier versions too, includes what is described as 'a challenging quiz' called 'Around The World' which can be played by one to three players. In their turn each player faces a round of five questions. Each question is timed and is worth a certain amount of points or air-miles, but that value decreases over time. When a round has been completed the game shows a humorous video of some form of transport, usually early aircraft. When all players have completed their round the game shoes a representation of the earth and how far the players have travelled with their accumulated air miles.
Questions are obviously based on geography and countries of the world. Identifying a nations flag is a common kind of question as is recognizing a country from a picture of its scenery or a local market, knowledge of capital cities and major exports helps too.
The quiz ends when a player has made a complete circuit of the earth. The scoreboard does not show high scores because a trip around the earth is always the same distance, instead it shows the percentage of questions answered correctly.
"3D Atlas 97" - Name of earlier release
Published by TLC Properties, Inc.
Developed by The MultiMedia Corporation plc
Released 1998
Also For Macintosh, Windows 3.x
Genre Educational
Perspective 1st-person
Visual Fixed / flip-screen
Gameplay Game show / trivia / quiz
Educational Geography
Vehicular Flight / aviation, Naval / watercraft
-- Preceding information from Mobygames --
-- Video creator notes --
The application decided to stop playing music after a while. I think it's a bug but I didn't really want to bother troubleshooting it.
-- Timestamps --
0:00 Video intro
0:10 3D Atlas intro
0:40 Environmental world
4:01 Physical world
5:34 Political world
7:24 Geological Forces
18:29 Physical features
34:46 Climatic Conditions
1:00:49 Human Impact
1:16:52 Zoom Cities
1:26:14 Around the World
1:38:27 Statistical Globe
1:40:29 Country Postcard (Antarctica)
1:41:24 Credits
1:47:06 Video outro
-- Game Credits --
Dedicated to the memory of William George Crampton credited as William George Crampton PhD
3D Atlas 98: Update Team for Creative Wonders
ABC World Reference Executive Producer Jonathan Denholtz
ABC World Reference Senior Producer Philip Bouchard (credited as R. Philip Bouchard)
Associate Producer Shannon Des Roches Rosa
Assistant Producer Emily Bell
3D Atlas 98: Update Team for The MultiMedia Corporation
Software Design Chris Pointon, Kevin Marks, Maf Vosburgh
Executive Producer Kevin Marks
Producer Richard Turnnidge
Assistant Producer Dan Salmon
Graphic Design Jason Hodge
Lead Windows Programmer Chris Pointon
Lead Macintosh Programmer Maf Vosburgh
3D Atlas 98: Update Team for Planetary Visions
Producers Philip Eales, Kevin Tidsley
3D Atlas 98: MultiMedia Corporation Team
Windows Programmers Esther Lan, John McDonnell
Macintosh Programmers Wolf
Production Assistants Danny Brandt, Adele Carrol (credited as Adele Carroll), Marcus Fielding
Flag King Graham Bartram
Narration Update Dick Vosburgh
Special Thanks William George Crampton (credited as William Crampton), ClarƔn Doyle, Roland Dunn, Chris Prior, Venetia Rowland, Di Sproul
3D Atlas 98: Creative Wonders Team
Product Managers Bernard Camarao, Simon Fleming-Wood, Tom Romary, Suzanne Sinclair
Testing Supervisor Kevin Gibson
Lead Software Testers Sarah Titon, Stefan M. Nelson (credited as Stefan Nelson)
Software and Content Testing Erik Aadahl, Wilfred-Francis Albovias, Julia Duringer, Theresa Duringer, Greg Kitamura, Steve Krug, Nghia Ly, Chris McCall, Darin Momrow, Ayeda Ravindran, Scott Schork
Quality Assurance Young David Morgan
-- Settings and application information --
Used emulator: PCem v17
CPU: Pentium 120
OS: Windows 98 SE
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