Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science
Quarky & Quaysoo's Turbo Science is an educational computer game developed by Jeff Tunnell Productions and published by Sierra On-Line for MS-DOS in early 1992. It was designed to teach scientific concepts to children.
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| Developer(s) | Jeff Tunnell Productions |
| Publisher(s) | Sierra On-Line |
| Series | Sierra Discovery Series  |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS |
| Release | 1992 |
| Genre(s) | Educational game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
The game centered on Quarky and Quaysoo O'Gandi, two space "elfs" that were green and yellow respectively. With the help of the player they raced through a town in vehicles ranging from cars to jet packs. To purchase vehicles, the player answered questions relating to science at stops along the way. Each stop had a theme: the construction site was simple machines, Clown College was chemistry, etc. There were three opposing teams: two tough street fighters, a pair of alien siblings, and a know-it-all named Odessa King. The game also featured an information book that ran over one-hundred pages long and taught science topics such as optics (via a run-in with the light police) and energy (with the help of Sheik Oil Slick).
References
- Sokol Margolis, Ronald (1993). "Science class was never like this". Technology Review. 96 (8): 74. ISSN 0040-1692.
- Sears, David (1993). "Quarky and Quaysoo's Turbo Science". Compute!. 15 (10): 82. ISSN 0194-357X.
- Scisco, Peter (June 15, 1993). "From Anatomy to Zoology: Scientific Method Meets the PC". PC Magazine. Vol. 12 no. 11. p. 468.
- Keizer, Gregg (December 1992). "Stocking stuffers: Computer games can be teachers and toys in one". Omni. 15 (3): 106. ISSN 0149-8711.