<s>
Crosscountry	B-Operating_System
is	O
an	O
educational	O
simulation	O
software	O
series	O
of	O
programs	O
for	O
North	O
American	O
students	O
(	O
grade	O
one	O
through	O
grade	O
nine	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
by	O
Didatech	O
Software	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
DOS	B-Device
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
ICON	B-Device
,	O
the	O
made-in-Canada	O
educational	O
computer	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Home	O
of	O
the	O
Underdogs	O
deemed	O
Crosscountry	B-Operating_System
Canada	I-Operating_System
"	O
One	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
edutainment	O
titles	O
ever	O
made	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
was	O
similar	O
to	O
Crosscountry	B-Operating_System
USA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
was	O
released	O
onto	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Proceedings	O
of	O
the	O
Annual	O
State	O
Conference	O
of	O
the	O
Texas	O
Computer	O
Education	O
Association	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
more	O
attractive	O
to	O
Texan	O
teachers	O
than	O
Crosscountry	B-Operating_System
USA	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
proximity	O
and	O
familiarity	O
with	O
the	O
content	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
state	O
would	O
provide	O
statistical	O
data	O
to	O
adapt	O
Cross	B-Operating_System
Country	I-Operating_System
USA	I-Operating_System
to	O
a	O
North	O
Dakotan	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
announcement	O
,	O
Didatech	O
was	O
arranging	O
deals	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
North	O
Dakotan	O
one	O
with	O
Illinois	O
,	O
Virginia	B-Application
,	O
Ontario	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
British	O
Columbia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
onto	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
while	O
a	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
was	O
being	O
worked	O
on	O
for	O
release	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
formula	O
was	O
later	O
followed	O
with	O
Where	B-Application
in	I-Application
North	I-Application
Dakota	I-Application
Is	I-Application
Carmen	I-Application
Sandiego	I-Application
?	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
"	O
much	O
like	O
Crosscountry	B-Operating_System
USA	O
2	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
animals	O
rather	O
than	O
commodities	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
"	O
much	O
like	O
Crosscountry	B-Operating_System
Canada	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
but	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
animals	O
rather	O
than	O
commodities	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
