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| developer = [[MECC]] |
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| platforms = [[MS-DOS]], [[Macintosh]] |
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| released = {{vgrelease|WW|1992<ref name="mecc">{{cite web|url=http://www.mecc.com/products/other/drq/drq.html |title=The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary Product page |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970203060109/http://www.mecc.com/products/other/drq/drq.html |archivedate=February 3, 1997 }}</ref><ref name="worldcat">{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org |
| released = {{vgrelease|WW|1992<ref name="mecc">{{cite web|url=http://www.mecc.com/products/other/drq/drq.html |title=The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary Product page |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970203060109/http://www.mecc.com/products/other/drq/drq.html |archivedate=February 3, 1997 }}</ref><ref name="worldcat">{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35954481|title=The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary|oclc=35954481}}</ref>}} |
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| genre = [[Educational game|Educational]] |
| genre = [[Educational game|Educational]] |
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| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]] |
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==Puzzles== |
==Puzzles== |
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There are a variety of puzzles in the game, most requiring some mathematical or logic skills, with some memory challenges thrown in as well. There are also varieties of traditional puzzles, such as the [[Tower of Hanoi]] and [[Nim]]. Beating each puzzle nets the player an ingredient for the Fixer Elixir, the recipe of which can be a puzzle in itself for the harder difficulty levels.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gilbert|first=Ben|title=How to play the best educational game classics of all time, from 'The Oregon Trail' to 'Number Munchers'|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-play-the-oregon-trail-online-2020-4|access-date=2020-11-11|website=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary|url=https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue144/82_The_Secret_Island_of.php|access-date=2020-11-11|website=www.atarimagazines.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=LGR - Secret Island of Dr. Quandary - PC Game Review - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KorpLa02yw&ab_channel=LGR |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/_KorpLa02yw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2020-11-11|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
There are a variety of puzzles in the game, most requiring some mathematical or logic skills, with some memory challenges thrown in as well. There are also varieties of traditional puzzles, such as [[Tangrams]], [[Bulls and Cows]], [[Taxman (mathematical game)|Taxman]], the [[Tower of Hanoi]], and [[Nim]]. Beating each puzzle nets the player an ingredient for the Fixer Elixir, the recipe of which can be a puzzle in itself for the harder difficulty levels.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gilbert|first=Ben|title=How to play the best educational game classics of all time, from 'The Oregon Trail' to 'Number Munchers'|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-play-the-oregon-trail-online-2020-4|access-date=2020-11-11|website=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary|url=https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue144/82_The_Secret_Island_of.php|access-date=2020-11-11|website=www.atarimagazines.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=LGR - Secret Island of Dr. Quandary - PC Game Review - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KorpLa02yw&ab_channel=LGR |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/_KorpLa02yw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2020-11-11|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 15:21, 30 November 2023
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| Developer(s) | MECC |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Macintosh |
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| Genre(s) | Educational |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary is an educational computer puzzle game developed by MECC, which pits the player against a variety of mathematical and logical puzzles. It was released in 1992 for MS-DOS and Macintosh.
Story
The player starts as a human playing in a shooting gallery in Dr. Quandary's carnival, and is given a live-action figure when the shooting game is defeated. However, it is a ruse for Dr. Quandary to put the player in the doll and transport them to his secret island, where the player must gather and brew the Fixer Elixir in order to escape.[1][2]
Puzzles
There are a variety of puzzles in the game, most requiring some mathematical or logic skills, with some memory challenges thrown in as well. There are also varieties of traditional puzzles, such as Tangrams, Bulls and Cows, Taxman, the Tower of Hanoi, and Nim. Beating each puzzle nets the player an ingredient for the Fixer Elixir, the recipe of which can be a puzzle in itself for the harder difficulty levels.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ a b "The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary Product page". Archived from the original on February 3, 1997.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary. OCLC 35954481.
- ^ Gilbert, Ben. "How to play the best educational game classics of all time, from 'The Oregon Trail' to 'Number Munchers'". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary". www.atarimagazines.com. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "LGR - Secret Island of Dr. Quandary - PC Game Review - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2020-11-11.