Troggle Trouble Math

Troggle Trouble Math is a 1994 educational game by MECC, the legendary edutainment company responsible for classics like The Oregon Trail and the Munchers series. This game is an action-adventure spinoff of the Muncher games featuring the scientist Magenta and her dog Sparky as they try to rescue the Muncher from the evil Dr. Frankentroggle. Rather than presenting problems to answer, Troggle Trouble Math makes players explore a handful of stages (some repeated) and solve story problems to find items important to tracking down the Troggles. Incidental events force players (from grades 1 through 7) to make their own math problems and quickly solve equations. This clip shows the game's introduction and roughly the first third of the game. The game runs slowly on purpose; otherwise, the fast speed and off-centered camera would send Sparky hurtling through the stage uncontrollably. The Macintosh version has much better music compared to the Windows 3.1 version's MIDIs.