Difference between revisions of "Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia"
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− | {{sub-stub}}'''''Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia''''' is a piece of [[Sega Mega CD]] software which acts as an interactive encyclopedia. It was only released in North America. | + | {{sub-stub}}'''''Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia''''' is a piece of [[Sega Mega CD]] software which acts as an interactive encyclopedia. It was only released in North America and was bundled with the [[X'eye]]. |
At the time, it would have been one of the first interactive encyclopedias, sporting over 34,000, 5,000 pictures and 30 videos artices from the American Library Accociation. In comparison, at the time of writing the English [[wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] has 3.8 million articles and [[wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]] has over 12 million freely usable files, making ''Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia'' a bit redundant in the modern age. | At the time, it would have been one of the first interactive encyclopedias, sporting over 34,000, 5,000 pictures and 30 videos artices from the American Library Accociation. In comparison, at the time of writing the English [[wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] has 3.8 million articles and [[wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]] has over 12 million freely usable files, making ''Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia'' a bit redundant in the modern age. |
Revision as of 20:52, 29 February 2012
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Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia is a piece of Sega Mega CD software which acts as an interactive encyclopedia. It was only released in North America and was bundled with the X'eye.
At the time, it would have been one of the first interactive encyclopedias, sporting over 34,000, 5,000 pictures and 30 videos artices from the American Library Accociation. In comparison, at the time of writing the English Wikipedia has 3.8 million articles and Wikimedia Commons has over 12 million freely usable files, making Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia a bit redundant in the modern age.