Abra-Cademy Adventures is a series of point-and-click adventure video games created and published by Playfair Interactive (and later continued by its successor Bronzelight Studios). It was created as the publisher's answer to Humongous Entertainment's Junior Adventure games and similarly consists of traditionally animated adventure titles. It ran from 1995 until its final titles released in 2007 (shortly before Bronzelight shut its doors for good the following year).
The games also featured a subtle but pronounced educational theme with each entry focusing on a topic and integrating it into the plotline and challenges required to solve the conflict at hand. This helped set it apart from Humongous' aforementioned Junior Adventures and contributed to the publisher's relationship with North American school boards.
GIven that Playfair was a subsidiary, the series consists heavily of games based on intellectual properties created and owned by Magic World, such as Sonnawood, F.U.R., Joe's Real Weird School Life, A.S.A.P: As Silly As Possible and so forth, although non-Magic World series such as Alexventures have had titles adapted as well.
In addition to personal computers, some titles were also released on game consoles such as the 3DO, MocTown MLC, PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo Wii, and some of the best-selling entries were later re-issued or included in compilations (particularly The Castle of Mount Doohickey, which proved to be one of the most popular Abra-Cademy Adventure titles).
List of titles[]
| Title | Featured topic(s) | Developer(s) | Platform | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonnawood: Mystery of the Nighttime Noises | Sound | Playfair Interactive (in-house) | 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Macintosh, MocTown MLC, Windows | November 28, 1995 |
| Grimm & Grimm: No Easy Pea-sy Princess to Please-y | Teamwork and organization | Playfair Interactive (in-house) | 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Macintosh, Windows | March 4, 1996 |
| Joe's Real Weird School Life: The Castle of Mount Doohickey | Creativity and problem-solving | ImageBuilder/Playfair Interactive | Macintosh, Windows | October 15, 1996 |
| Sonnawood: The Root of the Problem | Plants | Playfair Gatineau | Macintosh, Windows | May 27, 1997 |
| Storm Chase: The Rained-On Parade | Precipitation | Playfair Interactive (in-house) | Macintosh, Windows | October 7, 1997 |
| Joe's Real Weird School Life: This Place is a Zoo! | Animals | ImageBuilder/Playfair Interactive | Macintosh, Windows | December 9, 1997 |
| A.S.A.P: Blasted Bug Bytes! | Computers | Playfair Interactive (in-house) | Macintosh, Windows | May 5, 1998 |
| Joe's Real Weird School Life: Gonna Rock The World! | Geology | Playfair Gatineau | Macintosh, Windows | September 22, 1998 |
| Byron Bones in: Catsablanca | World history | Macintosh, Windows | June 15, 1999 | |
| Joe's Real Weird School Life: Them Old-Time Bones | Dinosaurs | Playfair Gatineau | Macintosh, Sega Dreamcast, Windows | November 30, 1999 |
| A.S.A.P: A Lot of Food for Thought | Balanced healthy diets | Equal Librium Inc. | Macintosh, PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast, Windows | April 11, 2000 |
| Joe's Real Weird Last Day of Villains | Revolutions | Playfair Interactive (in-house) | Macintosh, Windows | May 9, 2000 |
| Abra-Cademy: The Fabulous Mathematical Factory | Mathematics | Playfair Gatineau | Macintosh, Sega Dreamcast, Windows | July 4, 2000 |
| The Flying Cats: The Lost Flying Machine | Flying machines | Equal Librium Inc. | Macintosh, Sega Dreamcast, Windows | February 6, 2001 |
| Abra-Cademy: Water You Up To? | Water | Macintosh, Windows | July 3, 2001 | |
| Sonnawood: Make It or Bake It | Chemical reactions | Macintosh, PlayStation, Windows | November 27, 2001 | |
| The 12:00 Squad: The Park in the Dark | Trees' relevance to the environment | Macintosh, Windows | March 12, 2002 | |
| Alexventures: The Road Trip of DOOM! | Geography | Macintosh, Windows | May 12, 2004 | |
| Sincerely, Cody: When Building A Squirrel Bridge Goes Wrong | Construction | Macintosh, Windows | July 6, 2004 | |
| Alexventures: The Missing Painting | Art history | Macintosh, Windows | December 6, 2004 |