Random Gaming Thoughts

[MrPopo]

edutainment games

Number Munchers FTW

You, sir, are a quality individual.

[prfsnl_gmr]

edutainment games

Number Munchers FTW

You, sir, are a quality individual.

Thank you! I remember Number Munchers very fondly, and if I recall correctly, it was a very solid well-designed "arcade" game. (That said, I also think that Donkey Kong, Jr. Math is one of the best early NES games; so, maybe I am just a bit strange.)

EDIT: Personally, I think the "Munchers" series is sorely in need of a gritty reboot...Number Munchers: Origins, Number Munchers Rising, Number Munchers: Black Ops, Number Munchers: Minnesota Drift, etc.

[FerretGamer]

The best edutainment game award goes to:

[AppleQueso]

Just where in the world is Carmen Sandiego anyways?

[fastbilly1]

Just where in the world is Carmen Sandiego anyways?

Doing math on the Island of Diamonds

[darsparx]

1.) Really wanted to play carmen sandiego when I was younger and never did
2.) Played a little bit of oregon trail at school when I was younger(or some version of it I think)
3.) Number munchers.....wat?

I just didn't think I was that into edutainment games when I was younger I think I was wrong....now

[MrPopo]

Super Solvers Midnight Rescue was the best edutainment game of all time.

[darsparx]

Outnumbered in that series is pretty good too(and yes it is in that series from what I recall).


Also I just discovered roller coaster tycoon is on gog...almost want to get it there but I think I can find a decent disc only of that for about the price they want for it or cheaper and play it on my xp computer possibly

[ExedExes]

Can we just say MECC ruled when it came to edutainment? At least on the Apple II!

Speaking of Apple I found something interesting out just last night. Turns out one of the 2 Steves that founded Apple was a pretty damn good Tetris player.

[MrPopo]

Can we just say MECC ruled when it came to edutainment? At least on the Apple II!

Speaking of Apple I found something interesting out just last night. Turns out one of the 2 Steves that founded Apple was a pretty damn good Tetris player.

Yeah, I read about that in The Ultimate History of Video Games. He also submitted a lot of Tetris scores to Nintendo Power (including some fake names because he thought they might be ignoring him for submitting so many scores).