Did anyone else have an odd attraction to this game inside Encarta Encyclopedia?

Wertyui09070 · 1 year

For me, it was Encarta's only purpose.

rbert · 1 year

You just made me nostalgia over something I wasn't aware I had any memories of.

technoskittles · 1 year

Is it weird I only remember the sound effects from this game? Like the sound of the footsteps and matches were soothing...

rumnscurvy · 1 year

This game, the musical instruments game and the orbital simulator was 98% of my time spent on Encarta.

Prius · 1 year

Thanks for the quarter life crisis.

laserfire · 1 year

This and Journeyman Project Turbo, were games from my childhood that I never completed...

directhex · 1 year

Mindmaze makes us remember an encyclopaedia fondly.

We're reminiscing about an encyclopaedia.

Think about that.

grapesofhate · 1 year

Does anyone know if there's an online/downloadable version of this?

fockzhound · 1 year

The story at the end was epic

lauren239 · 1 year

Encarta...My generations Wikipedia

shivasprogeny · 1 year

If you want to relive it all...

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1ZBNNO4N

Crandom · 1 year

The jester freaked me out as a child :(

Crazy_maniac · 1 year

Encarta was awesome back in the day, it was like the internet on a disc.

drdro123 · 1 year

Oh Mindmaze, I miss that game. I knew none of the answers and always lost, but I remember it fondly.

bboyZA · 1 year

Haha, damn - I forgot bout this. Yeah, I think I was just blown away by the "3D" vibe.

lilberr · 1 year

I see people asking where they can play this game now. I would also really like to know. I played this and Carmen Sandiego all the time as a kid. I was an only child so I would literally spend hours on the computer uninterrupted. There was another game that came with the computer we had that I remember vaguely. It was like a giant house and you could create rooms with all these different themes. You could change the view from the windows and you could add and change furniture. There were some other functions I think, like a calendar or something, but they were adult oriented. I remember a little dog that ran around with you. You could change it into something else, but I liked the dog the best. Weird.

Come_at_me_friend · 1 year

Encarta was my knowledge source before the internet.

MrEli · 1 year

You just nostalgia'd the shit out of me.

walter_sobchak1 · 1 year

Ha! I loved this game.

Poliwhirl · 1 year

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SOMEONE LINK US TO WHERE YOU CAN PLAY IT!

brodygb · 1 year

I'm the fox and I'm here to say, click on my door if you want to play!

LaszloK · 1 year

How is this not available as an in-browser game?

Nostromo1 · 1 year

My parents used to ban video games from the computer and this was my excuse for using it. "Don't worry parental units, I'm just using Encarta to look something up for a project."

hobbes2424 · 1 year

I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL OF ZEE MIND!

WalnutSoap · 1 year

It was the music. The music was definitely some kind of hypnotic magic.

[deleted] · 1 year

I'm a north american black bear!

phleg · 1 year

YES. i played it on my gateway 2000.

ilikepolo · 1 year

Before the Internet, this was my source for everything.

Powerage27 · 1 year

MOTHER OF GOD. I thought I was the only one.

SeriousDude · 1 year

remember the world 97 free flight simulator in the Grand canyon ? oh yeah I doo.

dialex · 1 year

Holy crap! I completely forgot about the hours i wasted on this game. Thanks for the warm fuzzys

cookiesone · 1 year

any one know where i can play it now??

TheBruceMeister · 1 year

This and the game where you got to create orbits were my favorite. I don't know why encyclopedias don't do this today.

Ren0neR · 1 year

YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES, I'VE NEVER PLAYED THIS AND NOW I WANT TO JUST TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE ALL JIZZING OVER YOURSELVES ABOUT

protus · 1 year

Massive nostalgia.

agloriousdawn · 1 year

Is it on the internet? I'll still play this shit.

theresaviking · 1 year

Right now you've set me on a Nostalgia hunt, this was in about 1993-1997, there was some sort of operating system where there was like a living room, a room looking out into space etc. where you'd click onto relevant objects pertaining to what you wanted to do, I remember one room having an iguana in it and it just being overally kinda creepy with weird music and really odd things to click on that gave up weird responses. anybody remember the system? edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqZpvOPI_aI#t=7m17s found it and it's as glorious as I remember

bluefold · 1 year

Surely someone could re-make this using wikipedia as the source. Even if it won't run on modern machines the assets should be recyclable.

excellentlistener · 1 year

YES! God yes. I forgot this even existed!

[deleted] · 1 year

I wasted so many hours on this, it blew my mind. Before then I learned all my useless facts from trivial pursuit cards.

Petrarch1603 · 1 year

The chick from Civ2 was hotter

Miiike · 1 year

Don't tell anyone, but I used to get scared when the crazy witch lady showed up in that game :[

Mepsi · 1 year

Nostalgic Encarta memories:

Sat in a classroom of 10 years olds with every computer playing the clip of David Bowie "Changes" every 5 seconds.

rookayyy · 1 year

MindMaze! Loved this game :D a few download links around the net but unfortunately it won't run on my x64bit PC :(

fistea · 1 year

Oh yes. and I think i used to look at the Renaissance paintings of nude women too. porn for a 7th grader :)

Matriss · 1 year

YES

Was it possible to beat it, or did it just spawn more mazes?

Hotello · 1 year

I played this game a lot. But I think I recognize the music from it... is this it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdpO847gg4w This means Encarta Encyclopedia "borrowed" it? Or did FF9 borrow it from Encarta? Or worse, my memory is just screwing with me.

Anchors_Away · 1 year

Nostalgia city with this one, boys. upvoteeeee

bastardfuck · 1 year

Fuck yeah Mindmaze! I used to memorise the answers and fantasise about doing the courtly ladies.

boudreau · 1 year

I remember playing with the orbit simulator the most. Oh and the fractal tree generator. Good times!

dedbet · 1 year

I had totally forgot everything about this. This and national anthems (in MIDI of course) were the only thing I used Encarta for.

Epi117 · 1 year

Lol i remember showing my wife the first cd rom, back when 56k AOL was king and saying wow! Yu can watch video clips, it was amazing.

AntieJ · 1 year

Only reason I went to school

[deleted] · 1 year

It was much more glorious in my head. I was too young when I played this, didn't know anything at all.

I also looked at the sex articles.

insideman83 · 1 year

I wouldn't say it was odd like a 51 year old stripper with a predilection for filming her 13 year old son in the bathtub odd. The game was legitimately fun.

dtmax · 1 year

I think this was one of the first games I actually played, if no the first.

TheSteveLee · 1 year

I played this back when I used to use Netscape Navigator. And when I used to go to the library.

rednukleus · 1 year

Yes! It was so mysterious. I haven't played it in probably 15 years.

CitizenPremier · 1 year

Yes, but probably because I had no idea what was going on.

ekm · 1 year

I've been trying to figure out what this game was for ages! I could remember what it looked like but couldn't remember what the game was. Thanks for reminding me!
Didn't it have a lot of minstrel music??

jordsta · 1 year

I remember this, and some flight(?) simulator in Encarta 2000.

Oh, and the camera photo guessing game.

velocillama · 1 year

Is there anyway I can upvote this more then once??

illyni · 1 year

It's a jungle out there, and I outta know

kasborg · 1 year

How do we play this now?

persephonesunset · 1 year

totally. I shoulda known then that the day would come when I couldn't easily walk away from the computer.............

basscadet · 1 year

this game fills my head with a calming s p a c e.. very odd allure to this game and lovely nostalgia vibes

soptheturtle · 1 year

If I remember correctly, there was this really fun gravity simulator with like an earth and a moon and you could spend a lot of time trying to get funky orbits to work out. That encyclopedia had a ton of fun side stuff to do.

cornish_cookie · 1 year

My childhood was this and HOVER!

CTraise · 1 year

Anyone remember an old 3d first person game in which you play as a magic user of some sort who flies around the desert shooting fireballs on his magic carpet?

Rricecakes · 1 year

Played it all. The. Time.

DocObvious · 1 year

Dude! I remember that!

tanks · 1 year

I sing of days gone by. When the world was new and answers few.

kassieplx · 1 year

YES. I played this game all day every day. I had real computer games and I still preferred this.

SaturnKitteh · 1 year

Yes! I used to play this game for hours!

burbinder · 1 year

there was something about the music that was fucking awesome

wristuzi · 1 year

OMFG YES. The memory is crystal clear now.

ArchAtlien · 1 year

Shit yea... this and all of the old windows media video's they used to have.

andrewsucks · 1 year

I need to play Mindmaze now. I never will again T_T

kosure · 1 year

I was just thinking about this game yesterday but couldn't quite place it.

xervesk · 1 year

So many memories

IEng · 1 year

Best. Game. Ever.

TWiesengrund · 1 year

I don't remember that game but I loved the geography quiz in Encarta World Atlas. I like to think it broadened my mind. Very educational.

LnDHaze · 1 year

I loved this game!

ZombieFett · 1 year

My god I forgot this existed! It's like whole waves of childhood memories are flooding back! Could do without the one about the overly affectionate clown though.

jeanifurr · 1 year

My God...you found my childhood...

misspixel · 1 year

Beat this game like twice when I was a kid...

RatRebellion · 1 year

OMG. CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. ARGH.

jhn109 · 1 year

YES! I loved playing this game as a kid!

dextux · 1 year

Oh wow, I forgot about that game until now!

nategiraffe · 1 year

what! i remember this game, don't think i ever beat though...

Tripleshadow · 1 year

When this came out, I was young enough not to know what I was doing, but all I knew was that it was awesome. Good times

justim · 1 year

oh man, I still have the cd for this somewhere

self_riteous · 1 year

I spent countless Saturday's at my mom's office playing this and the original Sim City. Only two games on the computer, only two games I needed.

mugwump10 · 1 year

Wow. Completely forgot that game existed. Used to play the shit out of it, though, because my mom would come into the room and be like "Okay, that's enough Doom."

hummingbird61 · 1 year

Totally forgot about that until you posted it. :)

scaraba · 1 year

Yes, my childhood was sparked here, dear god this game was awesome.

siestastan · 1 year

I immediately hear light piano.

himmelkrieg · 1 year

MindMaze! YES!

li5anwt02 · 1 year

MILF cleavage.

KarmaIsCheap · 1 year

I learned so much about pets because I only wanted to answer questions about Sports & Hobbies.

420wasabisnappin · 1 year

OMG. I remember this game!!! I was only like 7 and was GOOD at this game. I would play it over and over until I just knew which answer to click if I got a repeat answer.

[deleted] · 1 year

Before Google and Kitten Cannon, this was my first "need to do homework, oh wait, there's a game right here" combination.

dcdrawk · 1 year

I remember playing a similar game on a Macintosh back in elementary school. Similar layout, you'd navigate a house solving questions to open each door. Anyone have any ideas as to what it was called?

GimmeCat · 1 year

I knew exactly what this submission would be about and said "yes" outloud before I even clicked it.

I miss that game so much!

ltx · 1 year

YES! And I still have my Encarta 95 and Encarta 98 (possibly 2000) discs!

Auchdasspiel · 1 year

My parents used to have Prodigy as an ISP back in the 90's and there was a game that was really similar to this that came with it. Same sort of idea without the quiz questions- walk around a fantasy world, can go right, left, forwards, backwards, talk to gnomes etc. Don't remember much else other than a few blurry images in my head from when I was 8.

dbell · 1 year

Odd? Like sexual?

vty · 1 year

LETS PLAY ENCARTA MINDMAZE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLmudzYWY94

Snake_Byte · 1 year

My jaw literally dropped from the nostalgia. I have had SO much fun with Orbit in Encarta 96.

drwormjr · 1 year

In keyboarding class I would tab between this and Scortched Earth.

arterian · 1 year

I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL OF THE MIND, IF YOU ACCEPT, CHOSE THE WAY

thatsgreat2345 · 1 year

TIL Encarta was an encyclopedia and not just a maze game

ordinaryrendition · 1 year

Can we get a definitive link to the music in this game??? I miss it. And Leo the Tiger's piano arrangement is a good 8 seconds long...

PLEASE

OhioAdam · 1 year

Man, Encarta. How much must those guys just hate Wikipedia?

KennyFuckingPowers · 1 year

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"

voiddd · 1 year

I have tried to talk to people about this game in the past but everyone looks at me like I'm crazy.

themaskedlemur · 1 year

Oh man. Nostalgia. DAE ever feel like there was a creepier power at work behind the entire thing? I always felt like there was something going on that all the questioners were hiding from me...

Zaveno · 1 year

This brings back memories ;_;

Kativla · 1 year

Is this the game where there were a bunch of doors and you had to answer questions to open the doors? I remember that one having math problems...

Shit, this looks so familiar though.

boatswain · 1 year

I completely forgot about this.

jackbandit · 1 year

I was about 10 when I played this. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing.

nupogodi · 1 year

I'M AN AMERICAN BLACK BEAR I'M AN AMERICAN BLACK BEAR I'M AN AMERICAN BLACK BEAR I'M AN AMERICAN BLACK BEAR

EndSerenading · 1 year

Such good times.

parakleet · 1 year

YES. I fucking pwned at Mindmaze. That and Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego…ah, the making of a young 90's nerd.

Iraelyth · 1 year

This is really weird, I actually remembered about this game the other day. Now I have the music stuck in my head. Specifically, the music you had while reading questions, but I can't find it.

p1nkfl0yd1an · 1 year

Encarta was an encyclopedia? Dammit, got tricked into learning things again.

dino340 · 1 year

I think I can attribute this game to my current love of trivia.

lostincali · 1 year

i don't think the attraction is odd at all. just look at the picture, she's an attractive gal, and she's got the girl's on display too...

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