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Nor is it the first time a video game has simulated wolf life: the DOS game "Wolf" was released in 1994.īut Steve Feldman, spokesman for the American Zoo Association, said "WolfQuest" takes things to a higher level. The San Diego Zoo, National and the New York Zoos and Aquarium have games for younger kids on their Web sites. It's not the first time a zoo has offered computer games. "It's not like humans where humans have to go just a few blocks to the grocery store." "They can run over miles and miles of area just to get to one elk to get something to eat," he said. The game also gave him new respect for wolves. "We're hoping to capture some of those kids back with this game," he said, adding that the Minnesota Zoo also hopes to interest kids in wolf conservation and biology.Įleven-year-old Riley Breckheimer, of Apple Valley, tried out "WolfQuest" at its launch party at the zoo and declared it "pretty cool." He said he took down one snowshoe hare and got an elk about halfway down. The game is aimed at ages 10 to 15 because kids that age have largely stopped going to zoos and are more interested in things like video games, Spickelmier said. Other partners include the National Zoo in Washington, the Phoenix Zoo, Yellowstone and the International Wolf Center in Ely. Paul, on a US$508,253 National Science Foundation grant.
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The Minnesota Zoo developed "WolfQuest" with Eduweb, an educational software developer in St. Spickelmier said the game had been downloaded 13,500 times by Wednesday. The first episode, "Amethyst Mountain," was officially released Dec.
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"You have to learn how to hunt, survive, defend your territory and ultimately find a mate and establish your own pack," said project director Grant Spickelmier, assistant education director at Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley. Players learn quickly, with help from realistic graphics, that wolves do a lot of running - across plains, through forests and up and down steep slopes. MINNEAPOLIS - The new video game "WolfQuest" allows players to follow the call of the wild in the role of a wolf in Yellowstone National Park.