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| Filename: | Education/!Meg2/!Help |
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| File size: | 09A9 bytes |
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| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Sums With Meg
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By David Pratt
Sums With Meg allows a child to be tested on a variety of different sums.
Four main types are available, addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division. With addition and subtraction sums there are four levels of
difficulty to the actual sums, ranging from easy to very hard. With the
multiplication and division sums, the 'table' of the sum can be chosen from
1 up to 12.
The game has been designed to be enjoyable to young children and includes
graphics, animation, sound and an arcade game at the end. The basic idea of
the game is to get ten sums right. After the sums, there is, as mentioned, a
game. It is a very simple concept. Shoot the planet at the top without
hitting the bugs, moving about across the middle. The number of shots you get
depends on the number of sums you got right in the previous section. Once
the arcade game is over, the final score is worked out from both the number
of sums right, and the number of large aliens killed. If the score is high
enough, the child can put their name on the high score table.
The controls for the arcade game are
Z - Move craft right
X - Move craft left
Space - Fire
To change the type of sums used, click menu over the icon on the icon bar and
click on the Options entry. A window will appear consisting of four sections.
The top section is to alter the volume of the sound fx in the game. Drag the
dark grey bar to change the volume, click on Sound On/Off to turn the sound
on or off and click on Test Sound to test the volume.
The second section is the type of sum. Simply click on the appropriate icon
The third section is only accessable when multiply or divide is selected.
This second allows you to alter the table of the sums from 1 to 12.
The last section is only accessable when Add or Subtract is selected. The
difficulty of these sums is determined in this section. Simple click on the
appropriate icon. To save the current set up click on Save Options.
If you wish to reset the highscore table to its original set up, ie scores
from 10 to 100, press and hold Space, then double click on !Meg2. Release
the space bar once the Meg icon appears on the icon bar.
And thats all there is to it!
Hope you enjoy the game....
David Pratt
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