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April means edutainment on LGR, and 2019 is no different!

Throughout the month I'll be covering two or three entertainingly educational software titles, with the first entry being this somewhat obscure one from 1994.

Rescue the Scientists was not only the final Redwood Games release (following in the footsteps of Pickle Wars, Math Rescue, and Word Rescue) but it was also the first computer game actor Christopher Lloyd ever worked on! Not that these facts mean that it's a fantastic edutainment game, but yeah.

How this ended up being a sixteen minute video, I have no idea. Hope you enjoy!

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Time Travelling with Christopher Lloyd in Rescue the Scientists!

Doc Brown needs your help for Edutainment Month 2019 commences! Taking a look at Rescue the Scientists -- a puzzle platformer from Redwood Games in the vein of Word Rescue, Math Rescue, and Pickle Wars. ● LGR links: https://twitter.com/lazygamereviews https://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews ● Music courtesy of: http://www.epidemicsound.com #LGR #Retro #Edutainment

Comments

Anonymous

Wow, is it already edutainment month again? Man time sure does fly. I really enjoy these quirky edutainment games

Anonymous

Heck yeah! Edutainment Month

Anonymous

I wasn't aware Christopher Lloyd has worked on a video game besides Toonstruck. Any chance you'll cover that title too?

naota3k

Around 4:37 the kid says "Our solar oven disappeared too!" wtf is a solar oven, and how does this child know about them?

Anonymous

Cristopher Lloyd too old to time travel... in any other kind of game I'd assume that was an intentional bit of irony, but here I can't help but wonder if it just happens to be a coincidence. I mean, surely they brought Lloyd on the time travel plot on purpose, but that little tidbit there is what has me wondering if they meant it.

Anonymous

"And my dad's crowbar is missing!" Uh, why was she looking for her dad's crowbar?

LazyGameReviews

Potentially, sure. I've seen it covered by a number of others already though so it's not high on my list.

Sanguine Games

Wait a minute ... • Mazes you navigate with the mouse • Cryptograms • Crosswords that unlock a single vertical word • Rectangular jigsaw puzzles • Word scramble puzzles that require you to push buttons in a certain order • A matching card game where you're not told the rules in advance These are all puzzles from THE FOOL'S ERRAND! <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/fools-errand/screenshots" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/fools-errand/screenshots</a> I call shenanigans on this.

Kris Asick

...I'm gonna have to cover this on my own show someday, aren't I? &gt;_&gt;;;;

Anonymous

Haha.. This was amusing, your snarky comments and sassy narration made this one of the highlights of the day! Keep 'em coming, Clint! :D

Anonymous

oh yisss more edutainment!! only christmas month is better

Anonymous

Man, the Glixer(ian)s sound like the Sorceress from Spyro 3.

Anonymous

I'm not sure what's weirder: the idea that Hollywood producers in 2010 took a premise from this obscure 1990s game, or the fact that at least two people independently thought up the idea of a Hot Tub Time Machine.

Anonymous

Great Scott, it's LGR Edutainment Month again! Now we know where the "Hot Tub Time Machine" film comes from. LGR, debunking Hollywood. I like Edutainment Month and I feel very edutained indeed.

Anonymous

do you have Road Adventures USA LGR

Anonymous

I mentioned "edutainment" to my wife in the car the other day, and she said "Did you just say Edu-tainment?" ....baffled.. where I got it from....LOL

Anonymous

Nearly sprayed water at the screen at the pitch-shift bit, nicely done!

Untrustedlife

You like maxis style games, for edutainment moth you should take a look at the game Thrive! Its a newer game though, not an old one.