Epic Win: Number Munchers
Submitted by A Ng
(I have no idea why that clip is ten minutes long. I would skim it if I were you…)
Ah, Number Munchers — one of the original math games. I’m still pretty good at basic mathematical functions, and I owe it all to you, Number Munchers. Hooray!
Though Number Munchers is an epic win in its own right, does anyone else think Math Blaster is just as worthy of the title? And I’m talking the DOS version of Math Blaster where you did a subtraction problem and got to shoot aliens, not garbage.
This looks really boring
Oh man this was fun to do on our Apple 2e computers in school since we had a limited number of Oregon Trail and Odell Lake floppies… I was also like 9 or 10 at the time too. XD
you have died of dysentery
I always picked the rich guy behind the wagon who gave like $400 to you, but he almost always died halfway through… :C
We had lots of Oregon Trail but nowhere near enough Odell Lake! We LOVED that game.
Number Munchers was okay, but I suck at math. Word Munchers was way better.
TROGGLE!!
I thought this was really cool when I was younger. Ohhh, those graphics. :]
I always liked running the Prime-Number level set, because I could get the furthest the fastest. But that may have been Super Number Munchers.
Nope, I think that was regular Number Munchers. That was always my favorite, too.
I loved Math Blaster on our Apple 2C
I remember playing this in advanced computer class in first grade… God I hated it and I still hate it today. D:<
Math Blaster RULED!!!!
Funny…I was just playing this yesterday and now I see it here! It’s meant to be!
I rather enjoyed Troggle Trouble Math from the 90s. Some of it was too hard for me but I still loved it!
I loved this in 1st/2nd grade(s). Word Munchers was cool, too.
i dont remember this, but math blasters!!! that was the only good part of going to school every week
omfg, I remember mathblasters.
I don’t think it’s the one you are talking about though. ;3
I just remember a “puppet theater” and “math worms”and that build a ship.
omfg I loved that as a little kid though.
And that was the last time I was good at math.
This game was so awesome! Is there an emulator or flash game for this? I would love for my kids to be able to play it one day
yes, there is! My hubby just found it for me! I knew there was a reason I love him!
Ah number munchers, one of the clever games of the time that got kids to be entertained and actually learn at the same time.
You could never get a kid now-a-days to play something like this. Even if the graphics were updated.
Wow! I remember playing this on my PC Jr. Along with The DOS version of Math Blaster and Alge Blaster and all that stuff.
I still have this in my classroom.
Remember Thinkin’Things Collection? Living Library ( Sammy Science..), Putt Putt or even Jump Start…those were the days!
Oh my goodness I absolutely LOVED Math Blasters. And the Thinkin Things and Living Library and all those games that didn’t melt your brain and focus on killing people (cough*COD*cough)
omfg number munchers FTW. 1989 represent.
Aaah, there are those little repedative beeping noises I’ve missed so much. Me and my siblings used to fight over who got to play Number Munchers at grandma’s house…. there was sooooo nothing better do to. ><
ahh i remember this game we had a whole bunch in the computers at school back in the day ther ws also pregon trail, and the other math games like teh circus ones and stuff
All hail MECC. Right? Right.
We had this and Oregon Trail on a bunch of floppy disks at after-school daycare at my elementary school. Those were the only games we had. That was all we needed. D: I think there was a Word munchers one as well; I like that one so much better.
yes!
Oh good lord, I remember playing that all the time. x_x
omg! I WAS THE ONE THAT SUBMITTED THIS!!!!! ME!!!!! ROBOTOPOTATO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I was my school’s reigning bitch at Prime Number Crunchers. We didn’t get this until 5th or 6th grade (on the aforementioned Apple 2es in the monochrome green) and I just LOVED this. Number Munchers FTW!
this was my fav game when i was a kid! i’m 22 now and i played this on dos! basically one of the best epic win games ever.
OMG I loved this game! It was one of my faves. I am 30 now and remember playing it on the black screens when everything was bright green and it was on a 5 inch floppy! When I was in school you had to earn the ability to play this game. If you completed all of your typing assignments in computer class you were able to play this game or the Oregon Trail! I always loved Number Munchers. Hmmm Maybe that is what led to me getting my accounting degree?
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*gasp* I had completely forgotten about this game! I loved it and the word one. Must find more videos!
In school, we played this too often… I salute the troggles.
My first experience with computers was an old Macintosh from the mid-80s with a whole bunch of educational games on it.
I remember there being a humongous list of games and we were forced to scroll down the list and choose a game by typing in the number that corresponded with the game. The class would spend an hour just playing computer games. I recall Number Munchers/Word Munchers, and a whole bunch of other games on the computer. I also recall sucking at most of them XD.
It was like this until the school got new iMacs for a new computer lab across the building.
Man all these games were amazing but I remember one where you were a yellow blob and had to run around solving puzzles and one of the bad guys was a sun looking character that moved every time you did… does anyone remember the name of that game? I’ve been trying to look for it for a while now…