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Crosscountry Canada

DOS - 1991
Also available on: Apple II

One of the best edutainment titles ever made, Cross Country Canada is an excellent game for kids aged 4-9 designed to teach them about the geography of Canada.

Your goal in the game is to take various delivery jobs drive by driving a truck across the country. The game gives you the starting location and the destination, and your task is to load commodities and deliver some of them along the way. The game not only teaches geography, but also involves a lot of strategic decisions. For example, you may have to deliver corn to Vancouver. You have to check the map and choose the city where it would be most economical for you to stop and load the corn (usually there are 3 cities to choose from). In a nod to realism, you have to budget the time to sleep, eat, and fill the tank with gas.

While doing all this, you will learn many interesting factoids about various Canadian cities (ranging from the weather, terrain, to cultural differences), basic map reading and interpretation skills, time and distance factors, gas mileage calculations, and even a little economics. The game uses a user-friendly interface that lets you type in commands similar to text adventures, and the graphics are crisp and clear, even with the limitation of 4-color CGA palette.

The game even allows 2 players to compete on the same computer by taking turns driving their own trucks. Two thumbs up, way up!

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

zippadai 24 Feb. 2022

This game was used for a video on Sportsnet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTYhxxQ8p2U

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shyhermit 14 Oct. 2016

I use to play this game in school :)

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MemeChef 08 May. 2016

This gave me a virus and I know it was this game because the registry key was named cross country canada

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2934c37 04 May. 2015

all these dos games can be played with this in 7/ up /w this program and dosbox together ProGammaX

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Gnarcade 21 Nov. 2014

Check out Gnarcade's review of Crosscountry Canada!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgm56In8sC4

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Elena 29 Jan. 2014

In D-Fend Reloaded choosed "ccan.exe" as program file and program started without problems.

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ss1 22 Sep. 2013

It will only let me "set-up" the game, but not actually play it! Any help? using D-Fend Reloaded

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Rebecca 25 Feb. 2013

Hi Kelseyyyy (and anyone else who has this question),

you must use a DOS emulator to get it to work on your computer (any Mac or Windows, after '98!). This is a piece of software that essentially pretends to be the old early-90s computer that this game was designed to run on. Google "DOS emulator" or the program I use, "DOS box". It is free software. There are many helpful tutorials that should help you successfully play Cross Country Canada, and you don't necessarily have to be a computer genius to follow them. :)

*TL;DR: You need to use a DOS emulator.*

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matt 30 Nov. 2012

i hate it were can I get the other one FREE

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cooldood 24 Oct. 2012

hi guys

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liss 03 Oct. 2012

lov this gamme

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Kelseyyyy 14 Aug. 2012

How do you get this game to work on Windows 7?!!!

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rainbow666 14 Aug. 2012

love this game

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KINGtrevor 29 Jul. 2012

Played this in school in the 80's, just thought of it today, so im going to download it. whoo hoo!

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Meg 07 Jan. 2012

AWESOME. I played this game in elementary school and have looked for it periodically ever since, but never found it... thanks!

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dokkie1131 16 Dec. 2011

this game is going to be awesome.

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mike 08 Dec. 2011

can anyone tell me how to properly download this?

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singher 04 Oct. 2011

I cant play the game, i set one up then i get sent back to the game menu, help please!!!!

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Em 29 Nov. 2010

this game was my favourite all through elementary school.
We played it instead of doing whatever we were supposed to be doing.
It totally fed my premature inklings of wanderlust.
It is preventing me from finishing my English essay right now. xD
Thanks guys!! :)

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D 25 Nov. 2010

omg i remember this game from kindergarten!

thanks!

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mikeyscott 21 May. 2009

good site!!

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Downloads

DOS version
Game file
United Kingdom English
289 KB
Apple II version
Game file
United Kingdom English
135 KB

Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
DOS 6 KB English English

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