3D Atlas
About the Game
3D Atlas is an interactive geography reference designed for the 3DO. It turns satellite imagery, global statistics, documentary clips, and three-dimensional navigation into a browsable multimedia atlas, allowing the player to study the planet rather than move through a conventional action-game campaign.
Gameplay & Experience
The central globe can be viewed through environmental, physical, and political layers, then explored through multiple zoom levels. Users can examine major cities, trigger 3D fly-throughs, browse photographs and time-lapse material, and compare thousands of geographic facts and statistics. An included world-trivia game turns the reference material into a more traditional challenge.
Interactive Globe & Reference Tools
The experience is self-directed: choose a region or topic, rotate and zoom the globe, open multimedia exhibits, or move into the question-based trivia section. This makes the disc useful both as a period educational title and as an example of early CD-based interactive reference software.
Presentation
Satellite photography, narrated video documentaries, maps, animated fly-throughs, and layered globe views showcase the 3DO’s emphasis on full-motion video and multimedia storage.
Standout Features
- Environmental, physical, and political globe views
- Nine levels of geographic detail
- Satellite imagery, city photography, documentaries, and time-lapse sequences
- 3D fly-throughs and thousands of statistics
- World-trivia game with more than 1,000 questions
Quick Specs
| Release Date | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Electronic Arts |
| Developer | The MultiMedia Corporation |
| Genre | Educational geography / edutainment |
| ESRB | Not Rated |
| Physical Media | 3DO CD-ROM |
| Supported Players | 1 player |
