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[madhattervvvi]

Played: early 90s
OS: either DOS or win 3.1
GFX: very few colors (16? 32?)
Style: Point and Click Adventure/Educational

The game had several different "sub-games" to play, all pretty much point and click, and all offering educational entertainment about whales.

In one game, you play a CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE as a newbie marine biologist who responds to a beached whale. I believe you could access a town map to visit different buildings and people to help you make decisions on how to best help the whale.

In another game, players were on a PHOTO EXPEDITION and had to click the mouse as a whale fluked (showed its tail) then match the unique markings to other photos whales. People with a sound card could also "record" whale noises and try to match vocalizations.

And in another game (perhaps the best) you played as a kid who moved to an old whaling town. And as you navigate around your house and town (all via clicking on icons on a map) you learned about the history of whaling through various mystery style clues. There was also the ghost of a remorseful whaler who wanted you to help him.

Given the nature of the game and its relative obscurity, google searching has proven fruitless. Thanks