3D Atlas
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| developer = Creative Wonders
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October 1996{{cite web|url=http://www.creativewonders.com/cwonders/pr/09963d.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980121061041/http://www.creativewonders.com/cwonders/pr/09963d.html|title=3D Atlas 97|website=Creative Wonders|archivedate=January 21, 1998|date=September 1996|accessdate=September 8, 2024}}
1997
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Macintosh{{cite web|first=Jean|last=Johnson|url=https://archive.today/20240907205821/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1995/09/11/an-honor-roll-of-back-to-school-software-references/678eb4b3-9316-42b7-b46e-7fd48aee84a3/|title=An Honor Roll of Back-to-School software references|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 10, 1995|accessdate=September 8, 2024}}
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3D Atlas is an educational multimedia software application developed by Creative Wonders and published by Electronic Arts.{{cite web|first=Trish|last=Murphy|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald/154846239/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907205357/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald/154846239/|title=Atlas takes a byte out of the globe|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|page=39|archivedate=September 7, 2024|date=July 2, 1995|accessdate=September 8, 2024|via=Newspapers.com|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Barry|last=Brenesal|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA17587283&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=ec2154cc|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907210403/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA17587283&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=ec2154cc|title=Get a new look at our small green planet with 3D Atlas|magazine=Computer Shopper|archivedate=September 7, 2024|date=November 1995|accessdate=September 8, 2024|via=Gale Research|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7p19YtI_Z4C&dq=%223D+Atlas%22+%22Creative+Wonders%22&pg=PA321|title=Digging Deeper-Geography|magazine=PC Magazine|date=March 26, 1996|accessdate=September 8, 2024}} It consists of the original 3D Atlas as well as 3D Atlas 97 and 3D Atlas 98.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
|rev1=Chicago Tribune
|rev1Score=4/4{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/154845878/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907204938/https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/154845878/|title=3D Atlas|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|page=309|archivedate=September 7, 2024|date=July 12, 1996|accessdate=September 8, 2024|via=Newspapers.com|url-status=live}}
|rev2=Macworld
|rev2Score=4/5{{cite web|first=David|last=Pogue|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA16739502&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=0110e2e8|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907210219/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA16739502&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=0110e2e8|title=Atlases|magazine=Macworld|archivedate=September 7, 2024|date=May 1995|accessdate=September 8, 2024|via=Gale Research|url-status=live}}
|rev3=PC Review
|rev3Score=7/10{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/pc-review-64/page/88/mode/2up|title=3D Atlas|magazine=PC Review|pages=88,89|date=January 1997|accessdate=September 8, 2024}}
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The New York Times said "3D Atlas is best at displaying national statistics, letting you graph and compare them in many fascinating ways, including ones you invent. But the inconsistent interface does not always make you aware of scale".{{cite web|first=Stephen|last=Manes|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9C0CE1D81339F93AA35752C0A960958260.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904064539/https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9C0CE1D81339F93AA35752C0A960958260.html|title=Personal Computers;CD-ROM Atlases Shrug Off Details|newspaper=The New York Times|archivedate=September 4, 2022|date=January 9, 1996|accessdate=September 8, 2024|url-status=live}}
CNET said: "Still, 3D Atlas offers excellent introductory information for anyone interested in learning more about the earth".{{cite web|url=http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Cdcentral/Reviews/0%2C50%2C34%2C00.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961221102754/http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Cdcentral/Reviews/0,50,34,00.html|title=3D Atlas Review|website=CNET|archivedate=December 21, 1996|accessdate=September 8, 2024}}
By 1997, 3D Atlas sold more than 2 million units.{{cite web|url=http://www.creativewonders.com/cwonders/pr/09973da.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980121060005/http://www.creativewonders.com/cwonders/pr/09973da.html|title=
Award-Winning 3D Atlas CD-ROM series from FROM Creative Wonders expands to include 3D Atlas 98 & 3D ATLAS 98 Deluxe travelers edition|website=Creative Wonders|archivedate=January 21, 1998|date=September 2, 1997|accessdate=September 8, 2024}} It won the "Best International Reference Product" Award from the European Multimedia Association and MacUser's "Best Reference Award".