Volcanoes: Life on the Edge
Publisher(s)Corbis
Platform(s)Windows, Macintosh
Release1996
Genre(s)Educational
Mode(s)Single-player

Volcanoes: Life on the Edge is a 1996 interactive CD-ROM published by Corbis.[1] It recounts the expeditions by photojournalist Roger Russmeyer to volcanoes around the world.[2]

Discover Magazine deemed it a satisfying title about Earth science.[3] Technology Review deemed the title both the most conventional and arresting of Corbis' output.[4] Newsweek described the project as "well-wrought".[5] The Washington Post deemed it a first-rate CD-ROM documentary.[6] The Sydney Morning Herald disliked the "humdrum photo-essays about low-key eruptions".[7]

MacUser praised the well-organised interface[8] while Popular Science enjoyed the "stunning" photographs.[9] MacWorld gave the game 7.2/10.[10]

Development

The game was announced in December 1995.[11]

References

  1. Robert Enstad (31 March 1996). "Volcanoes: Life on the Edge Produced by Corbis Corp..." Chicago Tribune.
  2. Inc, Ziff Davis (9 April 1996). "PC Mag". Ziff Davis, Inc. via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. "Tokens of Science: CD-ROMs - DiscoverMagazine.com".
  4. Roush, Wade. "Setting A Standard In Multimedia Software".
  5. "Thar She Blows". Newsweek. 4 February 1996.
  6. "NERDY BUT NICE". 28 November 1996 via www.washingtonpost.com.
  7. "The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales". 26 July 1997. p. 182.
  8. "MacUser's 1996 Top 50 CD-ROMs - Science and Nature" (PDF). MacUser. Vol. 12, no. 12. Ziff Davis. December 1996. p. 86. ISSN 0884-0997.
  9. Corporation, Bonnier (1 April 1996). "Popular Science". Bonnier Corporation via Google Books.
  10. "Macworld: The Macintosh Magazine". PC World Communications. 1 July 1996 via Google Books.
  11. "Corbis Announces Volcanoes: Life on the Edge". corbis.com. December 18, 1995. Archived from the original on April 5, 1997. Retrieved May 30, 2022.


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