Who Is Oscar Lake?
Released internationally in 1995 and developed by Jersey COW Software, Who Is Oscar Lake? is widely regarded as the first hybrid adventure game/language learning tool. Its simple point-and-click mechanics…
31 December 1996
Who Is Oscar Lake? is an adventure, released 31 December 1996 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Who Is Oscar Lake? is
Who Is Oscar Lake? was released in 1996. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Released internationally in 1995 and developed by Jersey COW Software, Who Is Oscar Lake? is widely regarded as the first hybrid adventure game/language learning tool. Its simple point-and-click mechanics, liberal use of recorded speech, and mix of pre-rendered backgrounds with live action video represent common development techniques of the 1990s.
How it plays
Its themes are educational.
What it launched against
Who Is Oscar Lake? launched on 31 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8 and Money Puzzle Exchanger.
Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8, Money Puzzle Exchanger.
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When did Who Is Oscar Lake? come out?
Who Is Oscar Lake? was released on 31 December 1996 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
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