Challenge of the Ancient Empires!

Challenge of the Ancient Empires!
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DeveloperThe Learning Company
PublisherThe Learning Company
PlatformsMS-DOS, Macintosh
Release1990
GenreEducational/Adventure
ModeSingle-player

Challenge of the Ancient Empires!, also known as Ancient Empires, is an educational computer game created by The Learning Company in 1990 for both MS-DOS and Macintosh. It is designed to improve history, logic, and problem solving skills in children ages 10 and up.

Challenge of the Ancient Empires! is an adventure game whose objective is to obtain the artifacts hidden in each of the four regions. To do this, the player must navigate through cavern chambers, dodging enemies and obstacles, recovering pieces of artifacts and putting them together in a tiling puzzle in order to advance to the next level.