I will be honest. I really REALLY appreciate the efforts of the Wikipedia creators... But... You can't beat that feeling of when you sit down as a kid, working on Encarta, exploring things you never even thought were imaginable. I still remember the part where you can walk around inside a 3D simulation of the castle of Nobunaga in Japan. I wish Wiki will become more like this.
as a german, I still remember being able to watch speeches of hitler as a kid in Encarta. That stuff was a big nope, but because it was educational, it felt ok.
Ah, the pre-internet days of having to look things up in books to do any kind of research for school. I got so distracted reading about every topic except the one I was supposed to be reading about... especially ones with pretty pictures. So when I finally got Encarta, you can imagine how much more distracted I got with all it's multimedia goodness packed right in. I don't even know how many hours I spent on Mind Maze. Too many probably. XD
Wow, you REALLY brought a nostalgia trip on for me with this one. I had Encarta Encyclopedia 2000. Growing up, my family didn't have much money. We had no internet and literally only had 4 other games for our computer, all of which were from my grandmother lending the discs to us. The only one she let us keep was the Encarta Encyclopedia set for my education and schoolwork. I've always been curious about the world around me for as long as I can remember, I'd spend all day and night looking through the pages of the software cramming my head full of knowledge and playing through this game. I guess it was no wonder I was one of the smarter kids in my classes. Though my grades...I still got through all my schooling with diplomas to show for it, but holy crap...Kids, just know being a slacker and procrastinator is not a good thing.
That happened to be my last year in high school. We Filipino high schoolers in the late 2000s used Encarta 'til MS discontinued it. It was a must-have. Around this time as well, most of us had moved from old Friendster and Yahoo! Messenger to Facebook, we started switching from the old cellphones to smartphones, and CD-Rs/CD-RWs were slowly replaced with increasingly affordable ext. HDDs and flash drives. Basically, my transition to college felt like entering a new era, haha.
Every lunch break at school I'd play this. It reminded me a bit of a British television show called Knightmare which was a very atmospheric labyrinth challenge that a blinded contestant had to wade through with the help of their friend's directions. Every so often they'd run into a living wall who'd ask them somewhat educational questions.
Just wanted to thank Clint for always answering questions/responding to comments, I've even seen him go back to his older videos on the regular. I never see this from other UA-camrs which is why YOU ARE THE BEST!
@@LGR We all notice, Clint. You're the best. I randomly remembered my experience with Encarta 98 a few days ago and it's been burning in the back of my mind since then. Playing with the fractal tree growth simulator is another one that really sticks out in my mind. I just broke down and started searching for what this game was called; I couldn't believe there was really a game inside the encyclopedia. But this video was the first on the list and here we are.
I did it... I finally found the random game that I loved to play when visiting my dad and new stepmother on his court ordered visit. This and "experimenting" with the girl across the street was the pinnacle of my childhood. Being 10 years old was so much fun.
Ahh the nostalgia.. I can still remember the feeling. We live in a pretty remote area and didn't have internet back then. I would just spend my days in the computer, if not doing my Jumpstart lessons, just browsing through Encarta. There's so much to discover, like the virtual tours, videos, audios, pictures, and this game! It's a lot of simulation for a kid like me whose entertainment was only the TV. Mind Maze also made me really interested in medieval times. That's why as an adult, I always like learning about history. Not only that, I like watching informative, trivia, and general knowledge shows. Thanks Encarta!
I used Encarta all the time; I didn't have internet at home all throughout highschool and it was a life saver. And Mine Maze? Loved tha game, and quite a few others Encarta had littered throughout its awesomeness. Felt like a champ when I remembered stuff I learned in previous questions in the same game session or in later ones. xP
Oh wow, I've often tried to remember what this game was called ever since I finished school. I didn't know many of the answers, but it was still awesome.
Wow!!! I was just explaining this game to my daughter and this video took me way back!!!! Thank you for this nugget of nostalgia. The Encarta discs were pretty much my only form of computer entertainment growing up but they were completely sufficient while also being thoroughly educational
Its such a childhood nostalgia to see these things.I was too young to understand the language back then completely(English wasn't my mother tongue)and no internet to browse, I just fiddle around things like building rockets and cycle completing world maps, I really did try to solve the puzzle but I didn't quite understand. Its a beautiful thing down the memory lane. After so many years I can try to solve on my own
I used to have Encarta 95 and remember it being REALLY fascinating at the time since you could look up virtually anything. The videos, animation, and sometimes mini-games (including mind-maze) made it fun. Obviously it is now replaced with the Internet but it was cool back then. On a side note, I remember how I used to LOVE the medieval music that plays in the background when asked a question in mind maze.
Oh man, you just blew my mind. I remember messing around with Encarta when I got my first computer ever: a Compaq Presario running Windows 95. I loved messing with the orbit simulator, watching videos of 50's commercials, and most definitely playing Mind Maze. It's like you said, it isn't really an interesting game on it's own, but being a part of an encyclopedia, it was a very welcomed edition.
I didn't have have reliable internet growing up and my parents were among the 'videos games are bad' group in the early 90s and oh the hours I spent playing this.
No joke the music and game were a favorite of mine as a young dude. Don’t ask me why. I feel like it was maybe on another version from a year or two prior? I feel like I played it earlier than 98.
I remember this software. It came as part of a package of DVD / CD ROMS that came with my very first Windows PC ! A Compaq Presario Desktop PC with an AMD K2 processor. Clint I agree with you 100%....finding a game within that Encyclopedia was like something magical.Now I have to look for my old DVD ROMS ..who knows I might just find it.
I've spent the past two decades plagued by a mental image whose origin I could not figure out: a room in a castle, sometimes with a table next to a window and sometimes with a spiral staircase, and once in a while a caption box scrolling by, and a vague sense that I'm supposed to be trying to escape this place. I always knew this was from some game I'd seen on my dad's computer back in the 90s, but I couldn't remember enough details to even begin trying to find out what game it was. And then I found this video quite by accident. No doubt, Encarta Mind Maze is what's been drifting about in my subconscious all this time. I don't even know for sure that I played this game myself, but at some point I definitely saw this game being played by somebody. It's such a relief to know for a fact that this was real. Thank you, LGR.
I had Encarta 94 and loved Mind Maze. Anyone else remember the witch who would sometimes pop up and send you back to the beginning of the maze if you got her question wrong?
I got a double dose of nostalgia from this video. Not only did I play this game (and use Encarta and some of the other similar Microsoft programs like Dangerous Creatures - I also remember looking up languages and listening to words/phrases in foreign languages, and looking up musical instruments and hearing both samples of notes played by the instruments and small music clips in which the particular instrument was featured, though I can't remember if the music thing was a separate program, I can't remember the name of it and google didn't help) but that picture you showed of the 1960 World Book looks exactly like the set that my Grandparents had and that I looked through often when I stayed there as a kid - it had a lot of cool illustrations and pictures to go along with some of the larger articles like the one on the American Civil War. Edit: the music program I was thinking of was called Microsoft Musical Instruments. I am pretty sure I still have Encarta and Musical Instruments somewhere (and I still have my old Win98 PC) but Dangerous Creatures might have been something my other grandparents had on their computer. It's been a while since I booted up that computer (last time was to play Planescape Torment) - I think I'm due for another hit of nostalgia and I think some edutainment is in order.
HOLY HELL! Thanks for the nostalgia trip LGR! This brings back great memories back with my dad when we played through the Mind Maze together. Man, I miss being 12, haha!
Speaking of tears in the space-time continuum, think the one we caused with our little edutainment month crossover a couple years ago is repaired yet? I'm still getting the occasional continuity leak and reality glitch...
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Holy shit, I completely forgot about Mind Maze! I loved that game when I was like 9. I had another one that was like a push-puzzle game but with letters and you were an Eskimo? Good times.
The nostalgia is intense with this one. I can't remember if it was this game or another similar one that had surprisingly good stringed music in the background.
Yea, I remember these back in the day. There was something special about having a CD in your hands with so much information in it. The little videos were fun too, and a good way for my younger self to blow through some free time when bored.
I have been trying to remember this game and found the answer on the forum. My husband loves games like this and I wanted to share it with him! Thank you for the nostalgia!
Wow that bought back memories, i thank that game for making me have a knowledge and the beginnings of learning deep dives on subjects far and wide between
This was that game that I remember playing as a quiz, exploring castles, but never remember playing but that familiar scratch in my mind was there. Thank you for reviewing this.
I remember playing this game along with the matching games for instruments all over the world, paintings, and learning foreign languages. I was so excited whenever I won Mindmaze! Encarta truly made learning so much more fun. Maybe it's silly, but I'd wish there was something like this for my kid. Im sure there is, but the nostalgia certainly grips me with this!
I played the hell out of this as a kid and loved it. My late granddad got it for me, along with all my early PC stuff. Lots of great memories. Thanks for posting it!
Well...here's another one I suggested recently that if I just did a quick search wouldn't have commented like a bimbo...thanks for reviewing this! Love your videos!
I loved the hell out of Encarta. Always loved the panorama pictures, and the timeline. I've always been a reference book geek and Encarta was as a kid excellent.
I had Grolier's 1998 Encyclopedia on CD and it was so fascinating to my younger self. I spent hours playing around with the interactive bits more than I spent learning from it however.
Wow, thank you for this video. I had not thought of this fun little distraction since I used it as a 6-8 year old, it was just the cool magical setting with funny looking characters that gave me fond memories of this. Great nostalgia rush!
I remember this! Exploring around Encarter as a kid one day then stumbling on Mind Maze was a memorable experience. Plus that orbiting simulator thing was pretty fun too, despite its crudeness.
Oh lord, I remember having Encarta Encyclopedia soooo many years ago, I remember using that, playing the musical instrument quiz game, and of course the mind maze game when I wasn't busy with Delta Force 2 and Diablo II (was a different type of youngster back then)
I remember owning this as a child. I also remember also not going all that far in that maze game because i cared more about video games than facts and information at the time and couldn't answer any of the questions.
I would play this game endlessly for hours after school, beating it over and over again till I had all the questions for specific categories memorized, good times
Encarta was so nice, especially when I was a kid. As I grew up without Internet, Encarta was so nice. It came with my PC and it was awesome. I was getting lost in it for hours, reading about stuff, watching videos or hearing audios, I know that the different country anthems were a big fascination, also the art section, where you were able to see different paintings. Mind Maze was great too, but I was not knowing English good enough back then to be good at it. I know that I've played long enough to memorize a lot of the answers, as they were pretty repetitive.
Holy friggin crap, my first computer (not family computer, mine) was a hand me down that had several loose cd rom programs and games including encarta 98, memories, thanks LGR.
thanks to this game and its map that you could only look at for a few seconds at a time, I can now look at a map and memorize the route I want in about 10-15 seconds
Greetings, LGR: Keeper of Encarta. Yes, in all honesty, I recall this game very fondly, and I was just thinking about this game the other day, and remembering how frustrating it was when I was ten or so. Even if Wikipedia had their own version of a maze game, it would never compare to Encarta's... Encarta 4 Life - WORD 95', SON!
I went to a tear in the Time-Space continuum, but instad of finding any of your videos I found myself in Badwolf Bay trying to help some poor girl who lost her lover...
I was just thinking about playing this again today. I remember back when it came with our Windows 98 computer (I think it did, or it came with the Windows 98 box). It was amazing to explore the interactive elements, hear sounds, and watch videos all in interactive 'slides'. Mind Maze was brilliant and I loved the theme of it. I think I will always go back to playing it every once in a while for a bit of nostalgia from my 90s kid days.
Wow, I remember this. For some reason I still remember that fox character: "Yo, I'm the fox and I'm here to say: click on the door if you want to play!" Huh, so that's what the fox says.
WOW i finally found it after wondering where the hell i had this game from or what it was called i immediatly recalled it when you showed encarta 98 cd cover thats amazing! :D
Despite being born in the 2000s, I downloaded the 1994 version of Encarta off the interwebs and played the OG MindMaze. I just love the fox's line: "Yo, I'm the fox and I'm here to say, click on the door if you wanna play!"
Had encarta 95, ive been trying to remember the name of this game for years! Thanks for the nodule of nostalgia LGR! Now im gonna try and figure out how to get this on my PC
I remember messing around on this version of encarta quite a bit at the library in middle school. everyone thought it was so awesome. man the memories...good times.
I was looking for something and came across to this video. This is so cool, and I can clearly remember playing this when I was 10, during the computer club meeting in school. That was my first time get to know the computer, I think it was around 1995. None of my friend do really remember about this, but I can still remember this is one of my favourite game to play during the club meeting (apart from the technician used teaches us about other things inside the windows lol)
I will be honest. I really REALLY appreciate the efforts of the Wikipedia creators... But... You can't beat that feeling of when you sit down as a kid, working on Encarta, exploring things you never even thought were imaginable. I still remember the part where you can walk around inside a 3D simulation of the castle of Nobunaga in Japan. I wish Wiki will become more like this.
+Nejo Goldsmith If forms of VR/AR take off, we'll see this in the next decade.
Nejo Goldsmith They did a few like that. My version had Beaumaris castle... Which would be great if I didn't live within a 10 minute drive of it.
as a german, I still remember being able to watch speeches of hitler as a kid in Encarta. That stuff was a big nope, but because it was educational, it felt ok.
half those educational CD roms were so much fun wish their was an emulator that could run these.
Nejo Goldsmith I’m all the way 4 years into the future and I can tell you Wikipedia is still the same.
Ah, the pre-internet days of having to look things up in books to do any kind of research for school. I got so distracted reading about every topic except the one I was supposed to be reading about... especially ones with pretty pictures.
So when I finally got Encarta, you can imagine how much more distracted I got with all it's multimedia goodness packed right in. I don't even know how many hours I spent on Mind Maze. Too many probably. XD
We might have to go back to that with how AI is pushing misinformation.
Wow, you REALLY brought a nostalgia trip on for me with this one. I had Encarta Encyclopedia 2000. Growing up, my family didn't have much money. We had no internet and literally only had 4 other games for our computer, all of which were from my grandmother lending the discs to us. The only one she let us keep was the Encarta Encyclopedia set for my education and schoolwork. I've always been curious about the world around me for as long as I can remember, I'd spend all day and night looking through the pages of the software cramming my head full of knowledge and playing through this game. I guess it was no wonder I was one of the smarter kids in my classes. Though my grades...I still got through all my schooling with diplomas to show for it, but holy crap...Kids, just know being a slacker and procrastinator is not a good thing.
I always found exploring the castle more fun than answering the questions.
Me too. How I miss those times
I could barely read the questions but I played this game anyway.
I can't believe they were still making Encarta in 2009.
Classic80sStuff
And it was found that Encarta was much much worse than Wikipedia because it had problems citing sources.
same here. I haven't seen any Encarta Software after 1999 version.
That happened to be my last year in high school. We Filipino high schoolers in the late 2000s used Encarta 'til MS discontinued it. It was a must-have.
Around this time as well, most of us had moved from old Friendster and Yahoo! Messenger to Facebook, we started switching from the old cellphones to smartphones, and CD-Rs/CD-RWs were slowly replaced with increasingly affordable ext. HDDs and flash drives. Basically, my transition to college felt like entering a new era, haha.
I've had vague memories of a castle game that I played once as a kid, now I know where it was from. Thanks so much for posting this!!
Every lunch break at school I'd play this. It reminded me a bit of a British television show called Knightmare which was a very atmospheric labyrinth challenge that a blinded contestant had to wade through with the help of their friend's directions. Every so often they'd run into a living wall who'd ask them somewhat educational questions.
The 360 panoramas were pretty damn cool back in the day. I was always fascinated on how they did that.
Pow3rh0use I loved QuickTime VRs as a kid. Street View outdates them, but it just isn't the same you know?
Where are the panoramas? I didn't see any
I remember playing this all the time on Encarta 95. Especially when I got grounded from playing video games. It was my little loophole.
Do you remember that gravity game where you had to get the moon to orbit around the earth.
Crap! I forgot entirely about the orbital simulator.
Just wanted to thank Clint for always answering questions/responding to comments, I've even seen him go back to his older videos on the regular. I never see this from other UA-camrs which is why YOU ARE THE BEST!
And thanks to those like YOU for noticing!
@@LGR We all notice, Clint. You're the best.
I randomly remembered my experience with Encarta 98 a few days ago and it's been burning in the back of my mind since then. Playing with the fractal tree growth simulator is another one that really sticks out in my mind. I just broke down and started searching for what this game was called; I couldn't believe there was really a game inside the encyclopedia. But this video was the first on the list and here we are.
I did it... I finally found the random game that I loved to play when visiting my dad and new stepmother on his court ordered visit. This and "experimenting" with the girl across the street was the pinnacle of my childhood. Being 10 years old was so much fun.
Ahh the nostalgia.. I can still remember the feeling. We live in a pretty remote area and didn't have internet back then. I would just spend my days in the computer, if not doing my Jumpstart lessons, just browsing through Encarta. There's so much to discover, like the virtual tours, videos, audios, pictures, and this game! It's a lot of simulation for a kid like me whose entertainment was only the TV. Mind Maze also made me really interested in medieval times. That's why as an adult, I always like learning about history. Not only that, I like watching informative, trivia, and general knowledge shows. Thanks Encarta!
Wow, I haven't even thought about this game in almost 20 years, but I remember really liking the baroque music and characters.
I used Encarta all the time; I didn't have internet at home all throughout highschool and it was a life saver.
And Mine Maze? Loved tha game, and quite a few others Encarta had littered throughout its awesomeness. Felt like a champ when I remembered stuff I learned in previous questions in the same game session or in later ones. xP
I remember the game where you had to drag the musical instrument to the place where it was from on the map.
I miss this so much. Makes me glad I have experienced the full evolution of the computer
Oh wow, I've often tried to remember what this game was called ever since I finished school. I didn't know many of the answers, but it was still awesome.
I remember playing the shit out of the music samples on encarta! And playing the "match the music with the country" game.
I can still hear those sound clips in my head, quite frequently actually. I will like look at a banjo and hear the banjo song 😂
Wow!!! I was just explaining this game to my daughter and this video took me way back!!!! Thank you for this nugget of nostalgia. The Encarta discs were pretty much my only form of computer entertainment growing up but they were completely sufficient while also being thoroughly educational
3:43 "Methodically Meander through the Maze" Alliteration is Awesome
Its such a childhood nostalgia to see these things.I was too young to understand the language back then completely(English wasn't my mother tongue)and no internet to browse, I just fiddle around things like building rockets and cycle completing world maps, I really did try to solve the puzzle but I didn't quite understand. Its a beautiful thing down the memory lane. After so many years I can try to solve on my own
Nostalgia mode unlocked! I totally forgot about this gem, loved it during my childhood! Thanks for the video!
I used to have Encarta 95 and remember it being REALLY fascinating at the time since you could look up virtually anything. The videos, animation, and sometimes mini-games (including mind-maze) made it fun. Obviously it is now replaced with the Internet but it was cool back then.
On a side note, I remember how I used to LOVE the medieval music that plays in the background when asked a question in mind maze.
Oh man, you just blew my mind. I remember messing around with Encarta when I got my first computer ever: a Compaq Presario running Windows 95. I loved messing with the orbit simulator, watching videos of 50's commercials, and most definitely playing Mind Maze. It's like you said, it isn't really an interesting game on it's own, but being a part of an encyclopedia, it was a very welcomed edition.
I didn't have have reliable internet growing up and my parents were among the 'videos games are bad' group in the early 90s and oh the hours I spent playing this.
Who did the amazing art in Mind Maze? That was a big part of its appeal I think
No joke the music and game were a favorite of mine as a young dude. Don’t ask me why. I feel like it was maybe on another version from a year or two prior? I feel like I played it earlier than 98.
I remember this software. It came as part of a package of DVD / CD ROMS that came with my very first Windows PC ! A Compaq Presario Desktop PC with an AMD K2 processor. Clint I agree with you 100%....finding a game within that Encyclopedia was like something magical.Now I have to look for my old DVD ROMS ..who knows I might just find it.
I've spent the past two decades plagued by a mental image whose origin I could not figure out: a room in a castle, sometimes with a table next to a window and sometimes with a spiral staircase, and once in a while a caption box scrolling by, and a vague sense that I'm supposed to be trying to escape this place. I always knew this was from some game I'd seen on my dad's computer back in the 90s, but I couldn't remember enough details to even begin trying to find out what game it was.
And then I found this video quite by accident. No doubt, Encarta Mind Maze is what's been drifting about in my subconscious all this time. I don't even know for sure that I played this game myself, but at some point I definitely saw this game being played by somebody. It's such a relief to know for a fact that this was real. Thank you, LGR.
Well that was a hefty blast of nostalgia I wasn't expecting. Thanks a bunch, man!
Thanks for posting this. Hearing that music again gives me goosebumps. This was my first computer game. Love it!
So lucky to have had this introduction to computing with the brilliant win95 intro sound. No social-media just natural wonderment about the potential!
I had Encarta 94 and loved Mind Maze. Anyone else remember the witch who would sometimes pop up and send you back to the beginning of the maze if you got her question wrong?
I got a double dose of nostalgia from this video. Not only did I play this game (and use Encarta and some of the other similar Microsoft programs like Dangerous Creatures - I also remember looking up languages and listening to words/phrases in foreign languages, and looking up musical instruments and hearing both samples of notes played by the instruments and small music clips in which the particular instrument was featured, though I can't remember if the music thing was a separate program, I can't remember the name of it and google didn't help) but that picture you showed of the 1960 World Book looks exactly like the set that my Grandparents had and that I looked through often when I stayed there as a kid - it had a lot of cool illustrations and pictures to go along with some of the larger articles like the one on the American Civil War.
Edit: the music program I was thinking of was called Microsoft Musical Instruments. I am pretty sure I still have Encarta and Musical Instruments somewhere (and I still have my old Win98 PC) but Dangerous Creatures might have been something my other grandparents had on their computer. It's been a while since I booted up that computer (last time was to play Planescape Torment) - I think I'm due for another hit of nostalgia and I think some edutainment is in order.
HOLY HELL! Thanks for the nostalgia trip LGR! This brings back great memories back with my dad when we played through the Mind Maze together. Man, I miss being 12, haha!
I had totally forgotten about this! Memory unlocked
Speaking of tears in the space-time continuum, think the one we caused with our little edutainment month crossover a couple years ago is repaired yet? I'm still getting the occasional continuity leak and reality glitch...
Yeah, I'm still seeing cats pass by a doorway twice in a row and such...
link plz?
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Holy shit, I completely forgot about Mind Maze! I loved that game when I was like 9.
I had another one that was like a push-puzzle game but with letters and you were an Eskimo? Good times.
The nostalgia is intense with this one. I can't remember if it was this game or another similar one that had surprisingly good stringed music in the background.
Oh man - the memories are flooding back! Great review as always my friend!
THE MEMORIES!
I remember playing this as a kid, so amazing to see it again :)
Great vid as usual man
Yea, I remember these back in the day. There was something special about having a CD in your hands with so much information in it. The little videos were fun too, and a good way for my younger self to blow through some free time when bored.
Love all your videos! Lazy Game Reviews
I have been trying to remember this game and found the answer on the forum. My husband loves games like this and I wanted to share it with him! Thank you for the nostalgia!
Wow that bought back memories, i thank that game for making me have a knowledge and the beginnings of learning deep dives on subjects far and wide between
Mind maze....heh the first RPG I've ever played.
This was that game that I remember playing as a quiz, exploring castles, but never remember playing but that familiar scratch in my mind was there. Thank you for reviewing this.
I knew my brain was keeping me up and on the computer for some reason, now I know it was for this!
Can't believe this was uploaded 3 years ago! I remember this coming up in my subscription box like it was yesterday!
I completely agree with your views on this. Totally forgot about this 90s game but indeed, I remember now how much I enjoyed this.
Hit with a whole load of nostalgia with this one.
I miss this game, it was mysterious, kind of eerie but in a cool educational way haha
I remember playing this game along with the matching games for instruments all over the world, paintings, and learning foreign languages. I was so excited whenever I won Mindmaze! Encarta truly made learning so much more fun. Maybe it's silly, but I'd wish there was something like this for my kid. Im sure there is, but the nostalgia certainly grips me with this!
I use to play the shit out of that game as a kid, I could barely read but still played it.
There needs to be a Wikipedia Mind Maze!
I keep coming back to these classic LGR videos!
When I was a child, we had the ENCARTA 1994 !!! It was so amazing tio learn count from 1 to 10 in every language af the world !!!
Lili LaScène encarta 94 was the shit, pretty sure ive still got the disc somewhere. ..
I used to play the heck out of this when we got our first ever Windows 95 pc.
I was finding my dads old Riven Strategy Guide and I found some Microsoft CD's. One of those was Encarta 98. And thus, I discovered a bit of the 90's.
I played the hell out of this as a kid and loved it. My late granddad got it for me, along with all my early PC stuff. Lots of great memories. Thanks for posting it!
I have been trying to figure out what Mind Maze was for years. Played it as a kid but totally forgot what it was called. Thank you!
Well...here's another one I suggested recently that if I just did a quick search wouldn't have commented like a bimbo...thanks for reviewing this! Love your videos!
I LOVED Mind Maze and Encarta. It would be great if there was a version that was upgraded for 2016.
I loved the hell out of Encarta. Always loved the panorama pictures, and the timeline. I've always been a reference book geek and Encarta was as a kid excellent.
Great idea using the torch segment. Very smart indeed.
Thank you!
I remember this one on my familys Windows 95 Packard Bell. as I kid I found it a little unsettling, the Maze just felt so cramped
I had Grolier's 1998 Encyclopedia on CD and it was so fascinating to my younger self. I spent hours playing around with the interactive bits more than I spent learning from it however.
Wow, thank you for this video. I had not thought of this fun little distraction since I used it as a 6-8 year old, it was just the cool magical setting with funny looking characters that gave me fond memories of this. Great nostalgia rush!
Dungeons and Dragons... with all the excitement of an encyclopedia!
How did I ever manage to live for so long without this?!
I completely forgot about this game. Such good memories of messing around on Encarta.
I remember this! Exploring around Encarter as a kid one day then stumbling on Mind Maze was a memorable experience. Plus that orbiting simulator thing was pretty fun too, despite its crudeness.
Loved this review, so many feels!
Oh lord, I remember having Encarta Encyclopedia soooo many years ago, I remember using that, playing the musical instrument quiz game, and of course the mind maze game when I wasn't busy with Delta Force 2 and Diablo II (was a different type of youngster back then)
I remember owning this as a child. I also remember also not going all that far in that maze game because i cared more about video games than facts and information at the time and couldn't answer any of the questions.
I would play this game endlessly for hours after school, beating it over and over again till I had all the questions for specific categories memorized, good times
I've been trying to remember this game for the last two years, thanks! haha
Encarta was so nice, especially when I was a kid. As I grew up without Internet, Encarta was so nice. It came with my PC and it was awesome. I was getting lost in it for hours, reading about stuff, watching videos or hearing audios, I know that the different country anthems were a big fascination, also the art section, where you were able to see different paintings. Mind Maze was great too, but I was not knowing English good enough back then to be good at it. I know that I've played long enough to memorize a lot of the answers, as they were pretty repetitive.
Holy friggin crap, my first computer (not family computer, mine) was a hand me down that had several loose cd rom programs and games including encarta 98, memories, thanks LGR.
thanks to this game and its map that you could only look at for a few seconds at a time, I can now look at a map and memorize the route I want in about 10-15 seconds
No comments on the perfectly delivered Groundhog Day lines? One day I'll run out of unwatched LGR vids and it will be a Sad Day.
Oh geez, those memories of playing this on Encarta '95 are flooding back in a big way!
Greetings, LGR: Keeper of Encarta. Yes, in all honesty, I recall this game very fondly, and I was just thinking about this game the other day, and remembering how frustrating it was when I was ten or so. Even if Wikipedia had their own version of a maze game, it would never compare to Encarta's... Encarta 4 Life - WORD 95', SON!
Dude, I loved messing with the ORBIT activity
I was wondering what that was from
I went to a tear in the Time-Space continuum, but instad of finding any of your videos I found myself in Badwolf Bay trying to help some poor girl who lost her lover...
Another gem from my childhood that I forgot about. Thanks Clint!
I was just thinking about playing this again today. I remember back when it came with our Windows 98 computer (I think it did, or it came with the Windows 98 box). It was amazing to explore the interactive elements, hear sounds, and watch videos all in interactive 'slides'. Mind Maze was brilliant and I loved the theme of it. I think I will always go back to playing it every once in a while for a bit of nostalgia from my 90s kid days.
4:08 Omikron store jingle. You really are the master of subliminal game references Clint!
Haha, glad you noticed :D
Wow, I remember this. For some reason I still remember that fox character: "Yo, I'm the fox and I'm here to say: click on the door if you want to play!"
Huh, so that's what the fox says.
I remember playing this in high school during lunch as you were bored as hell. So many memories, I kind of miss it to an extent.
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE FEEEEELS THO
Would love a full longform video about Encarta 95. So many hours getting lost in it as a kid.
WOW i finally found it after wondering where the hell i had this game from or what it was called i immediatly recalled it when you showed encarta 98 cd cover thats amazing! :D
Despite being born in the 2000s, I downloaded the 1994 version of Encarta off the interwebs and played the OG MindMaze. I just love the fox's line:
"Yo, I'm the fox and I'm here to say, click on the door if you wanna play!"
LGR at midnight? Well don't mind if I do!
Had encarta 95, ive been trying to remember the name of this game for years! Thanks for the nodule of nostalgia LGR! Now im gonna try and figure out how to get this on my PC
I used to spend HOURS playing this!! This was before the original Sims took over for awhile - around '97.
I remember messing around on this version of encarta quite a bit at the library in middle school. everyone thought it was so awesome. man the memories...good times.
I was looking for something and came across to this video. This is so cool, and I can clearly remember playing this when I was 10, during the computer club meeting in school. That was my first time get to know the computer, I think it was around 1995. None of my friend do really remember about this, but I can still remember this is one of my favourite game to play during the club meeting (apart from the technician used teaches us about other things inside the windows lol)
Omg I had forgotten about this. Watching this brought back a few memories of doing reports. I remember this game was to hard for me at the time.
I had completely forgotten about this! I used to play Mind Maze all the time!