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The Electric Company Math Fun

Math fun is an educational game which can be played by one or two players. Each player controls a gorilla which is wandering through the jungle. As the gorilla walks on, it will encounter a creature which has…

16 October 1980

The Electric Company Math Fun is a puzzle developed by APh Technological Consulting, released 16 October 1980 on Intellivision and Intellivision Amico.

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What The Electric Company Math Fun is

The Electric Company Math Fun is a puzzle game developed by APh Technological Consulting and released in 1980. It was published by Digiplay. It is available on Intellivision and Intellivision Amico.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Math fun is an educational game which can be played by one or two players. Each player controls a gorilla which is wandering through the jungle. As the gorilla walks on, it will encounter a creature which has a math problem with it. You need to enter in the correct answer to the problem as quickly as possible. If you get the answer correct, your gorilla may continue on. If you get the answer wrong, then your gorilla must jump into the river. Your gorilla is unable to leave the river and continue on until you answer another math problem correctly. The goal is to correctly answer as many of the problems as you can in the shortest amount of time. The game includes eighteen different levels of…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Electric Company Math Fun launched on 16 October 1980, within three weeks of Battlezone and Rally-X.

Released around the same time: Battlezone, Rally-X.

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When did The Electric Company Math Fun come out?
The Electric Company Math Fun was released on 16 October 1980 for Intellivision and Intellivision Amico.

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