OutNumbered!
Encyclopedia
OutNumbered! is an education
al computer game published by The Learning Company
in 1990 for both Windows
and Macintosh
PCs. It is aimed at children ages seven to fourteen and is designed to teach children mathematical computation and problem solving skills.
's Super Solvers series and Treasure series, from taking over a television and radio station before midnight. To do this, the player must deduce which room the Master of Mischief is hiding in by comparing sets of patterns for each room to those of the room the Master of Mischief is hiding in. To obtain the pattern for each room, the player must visit each room and solve a math puzzle related to that room.
During the course of the game, the player will randomly happen upon the Master of Mischief's robot, Telly. Telly will attempt to knock down the player by either crashing into him or hitting him with hurled discs. If the player zaps Telly with his zapper before either of these things happen, he will get a chance to earn a clue to the pattern of the room that the Master of Mischief is hiding in.
When the player has all four patterns for the room the Master of Mischief is hiding in as well as those of each room, he must decide which room he thinks the Master of Mischief is hiding in. The player must compare clues obtained by zapping Telly to those for each room. If the player correctly guesses the room the Master of Mischief is hiding in, he will get a bonus score based on time and zapper energy remaining. This score will then be added to the player's lifetime score. If the guess is incorrect or the player fails to gather enough information by midnight, he will lose the game and his lifetime score will not change.
As the player wins more games, his lifetime score will increase. At certain score amounts, the player will advance in rank and the game becomes more difficult.
that contain both educational and entertainment qualities.
OutNumbered! is the second program of the series to be released. Other programs in this series include Midnight Rescue!
, Spellbound!
, and Gizmos and Gadgets! among others.
, specifically, its first and fourth movements. The music played in the rooms are based on Rachmaninoff's variations on Paganini's 24th Caprice.
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
al computer game published by The Learning Company
The Learning Company
The Learning Company is an American educational software company, founded in 1980. It produced a grade-based system similar to Knowledge Adventure's JumpStart series. The products for preschoolers through second graders feature Reader Rabbit, and software for more advanced students features The...
in 1990 for both Windows
Microsoft Windows
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and Macintosh
Macintosh
The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
PCs. It is aimed at children ages seven to fourteen and is designed to teach children mathematical computation and problem solving skills.
Gameplay
OutNumbered! is a side-scrolling educational game whose objective is to stop the Master of Mischief, a common antagonist of The Learning CompanyThe Learning Company
The Learning Company is an American educational software company, founded in 1980. It produced a grade-based system similar to Knowledge Adventure's JumpStart series. The products for preschoolers through second graders feature Reader Rabbit, and software for more advanced students features The...
's Super Solvers series and Treasure series, from taking over a television and radio station before midnight. To do this, the player must deduce which room the Master of Mischief is hiding in by comparing sets of patterns for each room to those of the room the Master of Mischief is hiding in. To obtain the pattern for each room, the player must visit each room and solve a math puzzle related to that room.
During the course of the game, the player will randomly happen upon the Master of Mischief's robot, Telly. Telly will attempt to knock down the player by either crashing into him or hitting him with hurled discs. If the player zaps Telly with his zapper before either of these things happen, he will get a chance to earn a clue to the pattern of the room that the Master of Mischief is hiding in.
When the player has all four patterns for the room the Master of Mischief is hiding in as well as those of each room, he must decide which room he thinks the Master of Mischief is hiding in. The player must compare clues obtained by zapping Telly to those for each room. If the player correctly guesses the room the Master of Mischief is hiding in, he will get a bonus score based on time and zapper energy remaining. This score will then be added to the player's lifetime score. If the guess is incorrect or the player fails to gather enough information by midnight, he will lose the game and his lifetime score will not change.
As the player wins more games, his lifetime score will increase. At certain score amounts, the player will advance in rank and the game becomes more difficult.
Development
Super Solvers series
The Super Solvers series is a series of computer games released by The Learning CompanyThe Learning Company
The Learning Company is an American educational software company, founded in 1980. It produced a grade-based system similar to Knowledge Adventure's JumpStart series. The products for preschoolers through second graders feature Reader Rabbit, and software for more advanced students features The...
that contain both educational and entertainment qualities.
OutNumbered! is the second program of the series to be released. Other programs in this series include Midnight Rescue!
Midnight Rescue!
-Super Solvers series:The Super Solvers series is a series of computer games released by The Learning Company that contain both educational and entertainment qualities. Midnight Rescue! is the first program of the series to be released...
, Spellbound!
Spellbound!
Spellbound! was a computer game made by The Learning Company. The original game is compatible with computers running DOS 3.3 or higher and a later CD release added Windows 95 and Macintosh compatibility.-Gameplay:...
, and Gizmos and Gadgets! among others.
Music
In lieu of original musical scores, OutNumbered! uses famous classical pieces as background music. The music played in the halls is from Mozart's 40th SymphonySymphony No. 40 (Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550, in 1788. It is sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony," to distinguish it from the "Little G minor symphony," No. 25. The two are the only minor key symphonies Mozart wrote....
, specifically, its first and fourth movements. The music played in the rooms are based on Rachmaninoff's variations on Paganini's 24th Caprice.