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Basic Math

Developer / Publisher: Atari
11 September 1977
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21 Ratings / 1 Reviews
#13 for 1977
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Math#4 Scholastic#8
Players can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with options for timed, table, and random questions.
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There is discreet pleasure in writing about a math game from the 1970s. Basically nothing is known about this game, the creator made only this game, did other stuff at Atari, and is now lost to history.

It at least tries to offer some variety. You get a sound when you get an answer right and after 10 questions you get marked out of ten.

In some rounds, you can set which math table you want to tackle. while others give you more complex sets.

Great, but outside the lame display of big chunky default Atari numbers, this game reeks of doing, well, basic math. I do like music slowly beeping up as you run out of time in the timed modes, but this seriously sucks as education too because if you want to learn division, you the game doesn't even teach you in the manual or otherwise. So you can't learn multiplication or as a kid, it just expects you to know it.

Only a curiosity for those checking early console games. A good one to show the difference between a good Atari game and a truly bad one.
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tdstr Basic Math 2024-02-02T09:46:36Z
Atari 2600/VCS • XNA
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1.5
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atari 50
unj Basic Math 2024-01-31T03:51:44Z
2024-01-31T03:51:44Z
1.5
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etness Basic Math 2024-01-15T04:35:03Z
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1.0
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angerwolf Basic Math 2023-12-29T00:34:06Z
2023-12-29T00:34:06Z
1.0
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Zippybing Basic Math 2023-12-27T03:16:16Z
Atari 2600/VCS • XNA
2023-12-27T03:16:16Z
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Harmony_VCS+2600
JoshuaTheSCPKing Basic Math 2023-12-16T06:50:22Z
2023-12-16T06:50:22Z
4.0
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grondylion Basic Math 2023-08-18T10:16:37Z
Atari 2600/VCS • XNA
2023-08-18T10:16:37Z
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omo_ree Basic Math 2023-07-30T08:04:48Z
2023-07-30T08:04:48Z
1.0
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nbatman Basic Math 2023-06-22T20:27:58Z
2023-06-22T20:27:58Z
0.5
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Keapy Fun With Numbers 2023-05-24T04:11:24Z
Atari 2600/VCS • XNA
2023-05-24T04:11:24Z
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gb7b5 Basic Math 2022-12-14T05:35:38Z
2022-12-14T05:35:38Z
1
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ale_ire Basic Math 2022-10-10T04:13:24Z
Atari 2600/VCS • XNA
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Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 2 32 in 1 Atari Anthology
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  • cute 2017-07-21 01:41:02.410306+00
    lol
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    i hate basic math
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