Math Rabbit

Math Rabbit

Opening title screen
Developer(s) The Learning Company
Publisher(s) The Learning Company
Series Reader Rabbit
Platform(s) Original:
Apple II, DOS
Deluxe:
Windows, Macintosh
Release date(s) 1986 (Original)
1993 (Deluxe)
Genre(s) Edutainment
Mode(s) Single-player

Math Rabbit is a 1986 video game that serves as a spin-off to the Reader Rabbit edutainment series. It was made by The Learning Company for DOS and Apple II. A Deluxe version was released in 1993 for Macintosh and Windows 3.x.

Production

Upon the release of the Deluxe edition, Bill Dinsmore, The Learning Company president and chief executive officer, said: "With the release of 'Reader Rabbit 1' and 'Math Rabbit for Windows,' we now offer five Windows educational software products that help to develop important learning skills".[1]

Gameplay

The game takes place in a circus and teaches addition, subtraction, and counting; each game has multiple difficulty settings.[2][3] The game is for ages 4–7.[4]

Commercial performance

The game was the 7th most popular titles in the education category sold across 11 Software Etc. stores in the Washington area in the week ending August 23, 1995.[5]

Critical reception

The program received highly positive reviews from critics. In particular the Chicago Sun-Times was a champion of Math Blaster, praising and recommending it in no less than seven separate articles.

The Los Angeles Times said the game was "sweet", though negatively compared it to Millie's Math House.[6] FOGG praised the easy-to-use gaming interface,[2] and The Washington Post thought it was "entertaining"[7] while incorporating valuable lessons into "colorfully fun graphics".[8] Superkids described the game as "excellent", and said it was a great first introduction to educational video gaming for the target audience.[9] Chicago Sun-Times recommended the "outstanding"[10] software for the 1989 holiday season[11] and noted it was among the "high-quality educational software sold",[12] also saying in other article that it was one of the best educational titles for offering a "solid instructional model" that teaching kids the fundamentals of mathematics[13] through "smoothly" integrating the gaming and learning[14] without "bogging them down in mindless mathematical trivia",[15] and example being the teaching of geometry at a very early age.[16] Computer Shopper said the product was "remarkably good software",[17] and positively compared its depth and carde gameplay to Power Rangers ZEO PowerActive.[18] PC Mag said the game was the supurior choice over Stickybear Numbers and Math and Me due to its customisation options.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "TWO AWARD-WINNING RABBITS, 'READER RABBIT 1' AND 'MATH RABBIT,' NOW APPEARING IN WINDOWS! - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  2. 1 2 "Math Rabbit". www.fogg.cc. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  3. ↑ "Children's educational software still an exploding market". 1994-11-20.
  4. ↑ "READER RABBIT TRIO NOW AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM! - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  5. ↑ "BESTSELLERS". 1995-08-28.
  6. ↑ SUNILA, JOYCE (1993-10-15). "SOFTWARE REVIEW : Education Made Fun : New computer programs employ adventure and games of skill to help youngsters learn math.". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  7. ↑ "A Guide For Parents Series: Education Review". 1987-11-01.
  8. ↑ "Computers; Merry Software ... (For Kids' Entertainment and Education)". 1991-12-10.
  9. ↑ "SuperKids Software Review of Math Rabbit.". www.superkids.com. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  10. ↑ "Reader flummoxed by glitch in software". 1991-09-01.
  11. ↑ "Crabb's bottom line". 1989-12-03.
  12. ↑ "Holiday Computer Gift Suggestions". 1992-12-13.
  13. ↑ "Offspring does parent proud // Aiming for slightly older kids, Reader Rabbit 2 hits mark". 1991-10-13.
  14. ↑ "Math Blaster Plus! makes math fun for kids". 1991-06-23.
  15. ↑ "Gifts for the computer-lover". 1989-12-03.
  16. ↑ "This educational software's a joy to use". 1989-11-12.
  17. ↑ "Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library 3. (Learning Co) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)". 1996-09-01.
  18. ↑ "Power Rangers ZEO PowerActive Math. (Saban Entertainment's educational software) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)". 1996-11-01.
  19. ↑ Inc, Ziff Davis (1989-02-14). PC Mag. Ziff Davis, Inc.


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