Old CD’s: Games, Encyclopedia, Apps.

Reviews About Old Software on CD-ROM from the 1990’s

Twelve Roads to Gettysburg April 30, 2009

History & Mythology

Twelve Roads to Gettysburg

Twelve Roads to Gettysburg (TDC Interactive/Queue) is an interesting disc that misses an opportunity to be outstanding. It’s packed with an enormous amount of well organized, well written information (more…)

 

A Passage to Vietnam

World Culture

A Passage to Vietnam

A Passage to Vietnam is the brand new title from Rick Smolan of Against All Odds Productions – the same company that produced From Alice to Ocean and the same photographer that produced the Day In the Life series of books (more…)

 

American Journey: The Hispanic American Experience April 29, 2009

History & Mythology

American Journey: The Hispanic American Experience

American Journey: The Hispanic American Experience (Primary Source Media) is a collection of pictures, text, and audio clips concerning the history of Hispanics from the 1500s to the present day (more…)

 

Oregon Trail II

History & Mythology

Oregon Trail II

Pony Express is similar to Oregon Trail II (MECC/Softkey International ages 10 & up) in so many ways that there’s no doubt McGraw-Hill lifted a few tricks from that software classic (more…)

 

Interactive Complete Joy of Home Brewing

How-To Guides

Interactive Complete Joy of Home Brewing

The rallying cry of zymurgist Charlie Papazian is “Relax. Don’t worry. Have a homebrew.” The Interactive Complete Joy of Home Brewing (MediaRight Technology) offers this wisdom at every possible opportunity, even when there’s no obvious cause for alarm – the most benign discussion of hops is followed by the heartfelt advice, “Relax (more…)