Crosscountry Canada

GAME » on 1986

Apple II (Platform)PC (Platform)

Players take the role of a cargo trucker who delivers goods between various cities in Canada. Crosscountry Canada has frequently been called "the Canadian Oregon Trail" in terms of its importance as a geography-based educational game.

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Released in 1991 for Elementary schools all over Canada. An equivalent to Oregon Trail with a contemporary Canadian twist. Players control a truck driver who is picking up and delivering commodities all across Canada. Dropping things off to 80 different Cities. Controls are mainly text based, with commands such a "turn on motor" and "W" to display the weather.

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Game details

Name

Crosscountry Canada

Release Date

1986

Platform

PC (Platform)
Apple II (Platform)

Developer

Ingenuity Works, Inc. (Company)

Genre

Driving/Racing (Genre)
Simulation (Genre)
Educational (Genre)

Franchise

Cross Country (Franchise), Crosscountry (Franchise)

Aliases

Cross Country Canada

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Characters

• None

Locations

• Forest (Location)
• North America (Location)
• Canada (Location)
• Farm (Location)
• Gas Station (Location)
• Montreal (Location)
• Toronto (Location)
• Restaurant (Location)
• British Columbia (Location)
• Vancouver (Location)
• Motel (Location)
• Edmonton (Location)
• Ontario (Location)
• Ottawa (Location)
• Winnipeg (Location)
• Québec (Location)
• Alberta (Location)
• Café (Location)
• Calgary (Location)
• Yukon (Location)

Concepts

• 2D (Concept)
• Currency (Concept)
• Police (Concept)
• Day/Night Cycle (Concept)
• Weather (Concept)
• Sleeping (Concept)
• Eating (Concept)
• CGA Graphics (Concept)
• Dashboard View (Concept)
• Titular Location (Concept)
• Smashing into the Screen (Concept)

Objects

• Water (Object)
• Car (Object)
• Tree (Object)
• Boat (Object)
• Police Car (Object)
• Street Light (Object)
• Truck (Object)
• Street Sign (Object)
• Pine Tree (Object)
• Semi (Object)
• Tow Truck (Object)
• Ferry (Object)
• Windshield Wipers (Object)

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