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game_name | Math Blaster Plus! |
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platform | Amiga |
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players | 1 |
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publish | 1 |
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publisher | Davidson |
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year | 1990 |
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__link_name | math-blaster-plus |
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__long_description | An updated version of the older Math Blaster! educational game. Unlike the previous version, this one's not in BASIC!
A new GUI greets users, called the "Davidson Student Desktop Interface"- this allows people to switch from one portion of the game to the next without all that nasty _typing_.
The math is broken down into five subjects- addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions/decimals/percents. The game itself is broken into 5 activities-
Countdown- a flash-card style "game" with no scoring or timing. A problem, with answer, is shown on screen- upon command, the same problem appears sans answer, and must be answered correctly.
Ignition- problems appear, and upon a correct answer, motivational messages and animations pop up. The player has two chances to answer correctly, and receives a scoreboard at the end showing number of problems, number solved, etc. (This scoreboard appears in the next two listed activities.)
Lift-off- problems appear, with answer, but missing an internal component (like 2 * _ = 12). Three chances per problem are given to answer correctly. Once again, there are encouraging messages and animations- and a certificate of achievement may be printed out.
Orbit- three problems appear on-screen with portions of each in boxes; these boxes may contain errors and need to be changed by the player. Each correct answer earns a star, and the player can attempt to answer twice. This one also can print a certificate of achievement.
Blasternaut- the action-oriented math activity- you control a Blasternaut that must get into a rocket aimed at the correct answer to a shown problem. Bonus points are awarded if you can rescue floating Blasternauts- apparently slamming into them with the nosecone of a huge rocket constitutes help.
The math problems contained within aren't randomly generated, but are pre-written lessons (which are handily printed in the instruction manuals.) Math Blaster Plus! can be used to create new lessons, can be used in a classroom setting to track individual students' performance, and can print stored lessons as paper-based quizzes/tests for more traditional (and more boring) use. |
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floppy_list | Disk 1.adf: 1476c99ccc42bb4e48686e14e02118e28bcdafd1 |
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languages | en |
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parent_uuid | a8289afd-34c4-50e5-a625-0c127a9f0407 |
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platform | Amiga Amiga |
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tag_gamebase | 2.1 |
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variant_name | ADF, GameBase |
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x_name | math blaster plus! Amiga, ADF, GameBase |
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_type | 2 |
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__imported | 2017-01-18 |
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