<s>
Goldfields	B-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	O
game	O
for	O
children	O
which	O
simulates	O
'	O
life	O
on	O
the	O
diggings	O
 '	O
during	O
a	O
19th-century	O
gold	O
rush	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
IBM	O
compatible	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
was	O
later	O
developed	O
using	O
Hypercard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Goldfields	B-Application
package	O
contained	O
a	O
disk	O
,	O
teacher	O
's	O
guide	O
,	O
four	O
black-line	O
masters	O
and	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
A	O
Goldfields	B-Application
Journal	O
or	O
A	O
Guide	O
to	O
Prospective	O
Gold	O
Seekers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
its	O
age	O
,	O
Goldfields	B-Application
remains	O
well	O
regarded	O
as	O
a	O
mining-themed	O
economic	O
simulator	O
with	O
integrated	O
action	O
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
its	O
ongoing	O
popularity	O
with	O
children	O
and	O
educators	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
rewritten	O
from	O
scratch	O
for	O
Windows	O
XP	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
OSX	O
by	O
Greygum	O
Software	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
who	O
bought	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
title	O
after	O
Jacaranda	O
Software	O
's	O
closure	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
