This is kind of surreal because I was just going to ask about something along these lines. I'm not sure if this is part of the educational program or not but I thought I should at least ask. Back in 1999-2000 my 9th grade English class was doing a segment on the power of advertising. We were split up into teams and used this school computer program that presented us with an advertising scenario. You play the role of the advertising manager of a big shoe company that is sponsoring this made of TV movie called "City Streets". The movie is very violent, depicting street crime and people getting shot from multiple angles. The violence is considered so bad that it has gotten the attention of parent groups who want the show ban, and if the show is not banned the product that you represent as advertisement manager will be boycotted.
Through the assignment you're given a series of choices on how to approach this dilemma which will end in either you getting a promotion or you getting fired. When my team did this assignment we made all the wrong choices and ended up getting fired. I was just wondering if this was part of that program or perhaps made by the same people who did that.
Post by apartofthenarrative on Mar 14, 2018 15:02:26 GMT
Update: I contacted some of the people who worked at the elementary school I went to. They no longer have the computer or hardware the program was stored on, although they do remember having the program up until 2009.
Every now and then I've thought about this program and felt really nostalgic for it. I'm actually glad to hear someone remembers this game. I'm not an experienced hunter, but I'd be willing to help.
Wow sorry for the mega bump, but I was just about to make a thread until I found this one.
I remember back in 2006/2007 going to the computer lab a couple times a week to use this program. The walls were completely decked out with posters from characters in the game. I can only recall a bear and a chicken, but there were a ton more.
From what I know, this program had around 8 versions since it was bought out by Pearson (was previously owned by the Computer Curriculum Corporation) and only licensed to schools.
9 years ago I remembered it and found actual screenshots of the 2006/2007 version but I can't find them anymore. Must be gone. I do know that it was stylistically like most 90's education games. Here's a screenshot of one of the games (don't know why I took this with my phone):
I honestly don't know why but this software is just engraved in my memory. Specifically the bear character because it looked insanely creepy.
Hope we can find some of the older versions of this program.
Last Edit: Feb 14, 2020 17:46:09 GMT by meditate03
I found a school webpage that was last updated in early 2008, it turns out there was a version you can install at home. Which means someone might have files sitting on their old PC.
It noted that there are two versions, a CD version with an orange envelope, and a white envelope with all the courseware on it. And a DVD version with one single disc.
I think I might have found it! It might have been floating on the internet for 10 years unnoticed. I found this old Google Site that was last updated in 2011, that links to a working download of the Successmaker program 64-bit version. Google Site Link
Unfortunately I cannot get it to work as launching the shortcut on the desktop opens Internet Explorer to what should link to a server where the school kept track of your progress. But the site has since been abandoned and is now just ads. link
This version of the Successmaker exe is from 2009, but all of the files inside were created in 2002.
However it seems to have a lot of what I remember, even some exes of the programs themselves, but I cannot get them to start by themselves.
Here are the icons for the games.
If someone can get the program to run, that would be amazing. Even just seeing these icons is super nostalgic.
I know this is probably like dead but I remember having this in kindergarten in like 2013 and there was this game with this seal named Sammy the Seal I think? I know his thing was math if I'm not mistaken, other than that I remember the homepage with the classroom shown in the post!! I can try contacting my elementary school, the only problem is that my teachers don't work there anymore😭 but whatever I can try though even though I don't think they use SuccessMaker anymore we all used Pearson Realize and Savvas and stuff💀
I think I might have found it! It might have been floating on the internet for 10 years unnoticed. I found this old Google Site that was last updated in 2011, that links to a working download of the Successmaker program 64-bit version. Google Site Link
Unfortunately I cannot get it to work as launching the shortcut on the desktop opens Internet Explorer to what should link to a server where the school kept track of your progress. But the site has since been abandoned and is now just ads. link
This version of the Successmaker exe is from 2009, but all of the files inside were created in 2002.
However it seems to have a lot of what I remember, even some exes of the programs themselves, but I cannot get them to start by themselves.
Here are the icons for the games.
If someone can get the program to run, that would be amazing. Even just seeing these icons is super nostalgic.
Do you still have it? The Google Site link is no longer working, and it links to somewhere that archive.org doesn't have. I've been looking for this since the mid-00's. Thanks for posting those icons!