3D Atlas is an educational title which boasts 3D graphics on twelve
different types of spinning globes, time lapse video sequences animations
showing changes to the planer such as the destruction of the ozone layer and
more. The title has been in production for some time, the credits show this
release was also called 3D Atlas 98 and that before that there was a 3D
Atlas 97 , 3D Atlas (v1.1) and 3D Atlas(v1.0). The atlas has built in
links to America On Line which held downloadable content.

This version, and probably the earlier versions too, includes what is
described as ‘a challenging quiz’ called ‘Around The World’ which can be
played by one to three players. In their turn each player faces a round of
five questions. Each question is timed and is worth a certain amount of points
or air-miles, but that value decreases over time. When a round has been
completed the game shows a humorous video of some form of transport, usually
early aircraft. When all players have completed their round the game shoes a
representation of the earth and how far the players have travelled with their
accumulated air miles.

Questions are obviously based on geography and countries of the world.
Identifying a natoins flag is a common kind of question as is recognising a
country from a picture of its scenery or a local market, knowledge of capital
cities and major exports helps too.

The quiz ends when a player has made a complete circuit of the earth. The
scoreboard does not show high scores because a trip around the earth is always
the same distance, instead it shows the percentage of questions answered
correctly.

3D Atlas