Description
Categorizing: Detective Games is an educational game for the Apple II.
It contains two games: In Word Sort*, the player has to categorize a list of 8 words into 3 separate categories, and are rewarded a score based upon their success at this.
- In Detective Game, the player takes on the role of a consulting detective who must determine the identity of a person, place, or object based upon available clues. First, the player is told several basic facts about what they wish to learn, and must correctly choose the categories that are described. The player must then look through a detailed description of 8 people, place, or objects, and correctly pick out the word that adequately fills the category that is chosen. With this information in hand, the player speaks to the local police commissioner to try to correctly state which of the 8 fits the original description.
