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.

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[mrnutt]

How did you get this to install on Vista? I've still got a copy of it from years ago and I can't seem to get it working.

[Obscuritory]

@mrnutt Windows 3.1 in DOSBox just uses normal directories, so I installed it through there but could run it in Vista. I haven't actually attempted to install it through Vista though... try tinkering with compatibility modes a bunch.

[ethen24]

Anyone else remember a math racing game where you completed math problems to earn money to buy a car so you could race against a guy in a black dragster?

When he appeared you would hear "Ooh nooo, ohnooo, oh nooo."

Anyone remember that?

[Obscuritory]

@ethen24 Oh man! I remember that one too. Was it... Turbo Math Facts?

That voice got annoying really fast.

[bakudandanLL]

This brings back memories.I would always die because I couldnt activate the calculator fast enough and it pissed; me off

[doobsmcgee]

Best part:

"What is your name?"

Butt

LOL! i remember always doing something like that in grade school. something hilariously immature

[BleachBummer]

Ah...

The memories of playing this back when I was in 3rd Grade are coming back to me. Good times, I liked this game. Wish I could play it again, but 1) I have a Windows 7 and 2) I am in College now so it would be way to easy.

[Keesho013]

Please .. I WANT THIS GAME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I used to play it when I was a kid :) ... could you please send me the game in a windows format !?!?! .. just a link or something ..

Thanks in advance

[Despatche]

"UUUUGGGGGHGHGHGHHGHHGHGHGHHGH­HGHHGHGHHHHHHGHHHGHHHHHHHHHhhh­hhhhhhh"

[crazyfrenchfreak]

I remember playing this game when I was a little kid. It was actually pretty fun.

[dc3fan2003]

love this! i remember playing this game in elementary school. id purposely get in trouble in class so i can get sent to the counselors office and play troggle trouble math on the computers lol

[sapphire91288]

omg I finally found this game! even just the sound effects bring back memories of my childhood :)

[KuroStrawberryX]

Fuuuuuuuuuuck I used to love this game in elementary!!

[harboringanomalies]

I loved this game in elementary school, didn't make me any better at math though. lol

[Chiiwanu]

This game = AWESOME. For some weird reason, the sound Sparky made as he fell was really effin' hilarious. >w<

[ZILOGz80VIDEOS]

I get the feeling that it took less then 5 minutes to do the script, sound, and voice acting.