Don’t be fooled by the lower quality graphics. is generally less than that needed by today’s games, GOG games are an extremely good option for educators using hardware that is not cutting-edge. Since the processing power needed by older games for graphics etc. Prices tend to be very reasonable and the games are available by digital download. They take old game code and update it so that the games will run on new versions of Windows (and some Macs). Over the past few years, GOG.com has revived all manner of games that were designed in the past 20 years or so. GOG.com (Good Old Games) has changed all this. Just a few years ago there was little chance to use games from ten or fifteen years ago, games that were no longer actively produced, in the classroom. The newest games need more powerful computers to run them and tend to be significantly more expensive than older games. Often times, however, the newest games are not the best choices for an educator wishing to use historical games. Hard as it is for me to believe, both are five years old now and new games continue to be available. I have made some lists of potentially viable historical games in Gaming the Past (2011) and my website. For a history educator, trying to find suitable simulation games to use in class can be a significant obstacle to using the medium.
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