http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=4717
Probably two of the rarest Apogee games in existence, Word Whiz and
Trivia Whiz are two decent trivia games by George Broussard and Scott
Miller, two founders of Apogee. Word Whiz is the more limited and
straightforward game of the two: you must pick the right synonym or
definition of the highlighted word from 4 multiple choices. In Trivia
Whiz, the questions span a wide range of subjects, and there is a nice
real-time mechanic: you must answer each question within fifteen
seconds to get bonus points. There are "free misses" you can use as
well. All in all, fun games that trivia fans will enjoy - and Apogee
fans will definitely delight in acquiring ;) Big thanks to Apogee
Central for putting up registered versions of these oldies (with full
blessings from the authors, no less) for us to enjoy. Last but not
least: an interesting anecdote is that Trivia Whiz was actually not
published under Apogee name but "Micro F/X," a small company that
George Broussard ran before he teamed up with Scott Miller in 1990 to
form Apogee.
P.S.: In an earlier post, I mentioned that Word Rescue was the first
and last Apogee educational vocabulary game. Well, after finding Word
Whiz which has been even longer abandoned by Apogee, it's time to
revise the statement. Word Rescue is not the first educational
vocabulary word game from Apogee but it still remains the last. It
still amazes me though that Apogee discontinued these games. But
anyway, it's all free so no worries.
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