Uncle Albert's Fabulous Voyage (1999)
Genres:Puzzle, Point-and-click
Themes:Educational
Game modes:Single player
Story:Tom the chameleon is in grave danger. Can you trace Uncle Albert's route to the four corners of the Earth in order to save Tom? From Istanbul to Zanzibar, passing by Borneo, the Amazon, and numerous other far away places, Uncle Albert will take children on an amazing journey full of surprises and unexpected trails. Crocodiles, carnivorous plants, mischievous crabs, and a magic recipe--Uncle Albert is counting on his young companions to overcome the obstacles in his path. Kids go on four different missions in a world full of realistic backgrounds and poetic humor. The program also features pages kids can personalize and print.Show more
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We had this game growing up and I remember spending many sessions trying to figure it out. The puzzles were decent (and especially notably, many of them have multiple different methods of solving them), but difficult for youngsters to figure it out. Still, the charming presentation, quirkiness of Albert himself, and "global voyage" feel of the game made it a memorable experience and one that we'd reference even as we grew older. Revisiting it as a young adult, I thought it held up great; the charm really comes through now and there's no other games quite like this series. Thankfully, I still have our old CD (and two more that I got of the other Uncle Albert games); unfortunately, it doesn't run on modern machines and so I have to rely on an old Windows XP I keep around in order to play it again. Rereleasing it for modern platforms so that a whole new generation can experience it is a fate that this game absolutely deserves.
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