Help me find an old educational computer game

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Help me find an old educational computer game Sept 23, 2018 23:40:48 GMT via mobile nottoptext likes this

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Post by lockoboi on Sept 23, 2018 23:40:48 GMT

I used to play this cool educational game on the school computers with friends. When I try to find this game on the internet I have no luck.I don’t remember much about The game, All I remember is that it’s about this explorer whos body is a yellow sphere with arms and legs, kinda like Pac-Man. He wears one of those hats that Indiana Jones wears and im pretty sure he has a backpack. the game had levels and the levels I remember playing was this volcano level, you had to cross it by doing some sort of math like addition or subtraction and another level I remember playing was this level were you had to go from 1 to 10 in order (I think) that’s all I remember. Btw I’m from Australia and played this around 7 years ago

Edit: I just remembered this character featured on a website called sunshine online, but I still can’t seem to find his game I’m looking for, I also found a picture of the guy encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQpePBp3ro-ifBl32WO1kKrJLt9tCIEuw8JebieuXfG8bNZGFA5zpxPdzvS-A

Last Edit: Sept 24, 2018 0:26:14 GMT by lockoboi

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Help me find an old educational computer game Sept 30, 2018 1:49:26 GMT

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Post by bagman on Sept 30, 2018 1:49:26 GMT

Number Cruncher Investigates

A Google search shows the game was on a 2007 edition of Galaxy Kids Maths, Purple/Gold.

www.worldcat.org/title/galaxy-kids-maths-purplegold/oclc/314374426

Galaxy Kids Maths, Purple/Gold

Early learning in maths CD-ROM series
Levels 15-22

ISBN: 1877387738 9781877387739
OCLC Number: 314374426

You might want to contact Wendy Pye Publishing of New Zealand to see if they have a Galaxy Kids Maths app that includes a Number Cruncher Investigates game, or see if a library in Australia or New Zealand has the CD.

lockoboi Lost Media Beginner Posts: 5	Help me find an old educational computer game Oct 11, 2018 8:39:47 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by lockoboi on Oct 11, 2018 8:39:47 GMT Update: game has been found and was known as number cruncher returns home and can be found here www.sunshineonline.com.au/sampler/loader.swf

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Help me find an old educational computer game Oct 4, 2023 2:44:39 GMT

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Post by 108CAM on Oct 4, 2023 2:44:39 GMT

Bringing this thread back because I'm trying to find the Red and Yellow levels of Galaxy Kids Maths since they were the 2 I played most on the school computers.

So far, I've found ISO images of the Light Blue and Purple/Gold levels but not the Red or Yellow levels.
The Galaxy Kids Maths games are Flash based however they don't rely on a Flash Player plugin for your web browser since the games came on CDs that contained a built in desktop Flash Player which is not dependent on browser plugins so the CDs aren't affected by the discontinuation of Adobe Flash in 2019.

The National Library of New Zealand has the the CDs for the Red and Yellow levels in their archives which is good but because I live in Australia, it would be impractical to fly to New Zealand for the soul purpose of borrowing a couple of CDs.

I've already checked the Internet Archive but I'm going to pop the publisher's website into the Wayback Machine to see if any archived download links are hiding away.

Preservation saves not only the media, but also the time and effort put into making the media.

Post by lockoboi on Sept 23, 2018 23:40:48 GMT

Post by bagman on Sept 30, 2018 1:49:26 GMT

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Post by 108CAM on Oct 4, 2023 2:44:39 GMT

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