On the Campaign Trail
{{Short description|1988 video game}}
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On the Campaign Trail is a 1988 video game published by Campaigns & Elections.
Gameplay
Development
In 1987, On the Campaign Trail was developed as a tool at Kent State University's political campaign management program, and engaged students in decision-making regarding the campaigns for United States Senate elections between 1970 and 1986.Nadine S. Koch, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/419407 "Winning Is Not the Only Thing 'On the Campaign Trail': An Evaluation of a Micro-Computer Campaign Simulation"] PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Dec., 1991), pp. 694-698,
Reception
Wyatt Lee reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Frankly, On The Campaign Trail is an awesome program that can teach players more about politics than several college courses."{{cite magazine |last=Lee |first=Wyatt |title=Campaign '88: A Survey of Political Election Games for the Computer |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=September 1988 |volume=1 |issue=51 |pages=36, 47}}
References
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External links
- [https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_99/page/n99/mode/2up?q=%22On+the+Campaign+Trail%22 Article] in Computer Gaming World
- [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ps-political-science-and-politics/article/winning-is-not-the-only-thing-on-the-campaign-trail-an-evaluation-of-a-microcomputer-campaign-simulation/ED128F8BB71B078DA55076C479E0F2BF Cambridge article]