Software Reviews : A MIND FOREVER VOYAGING Staff Review Publisher: INFOCOM,Inc.,PO Box 478,Cresskill,NJ 07626 (telephone: [phone]) Year: 1985 Materials: IBM disk,24-page booklet,map,decoder,pen,installation card Price: $39.95 ($34.95 for Commodore 128 version) Availability: Apple II,Macintosh,Atari ST,Commodore 128,Commodore Amiga,IBM PC System Requirements: 128K memory,80-column display Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Good Documentation: Good

Abstract

A MIND FOREVER VOYAGING is one of the few adventure games that could be used effectively at the introductory college level, particularly in courses on social systems, public policy, or future studies. Whereas most such games are based on "dungeons-and-dragons" scenarios and involve solving puzzles to acquire treasures, A MIND FOREVER VOYAGING is based on exploration in a setting vaguely reminiscent of 1984 or Brave New World. If used by a creative instructor, it could be an effective introduction to a course dealing with the unanticipated consequences of public policy.