when i was little, this was the only video game my asian parents ever bought me

FalseCape · 8 months

You play Math Blaster? Why you no play Math Blastest?

JiggleBones · 8 months

This game + reading rabbit = my early childhood!

MingusFan · 8 months

Yes! Mathblasters kicked way to much ass as a kid.

jayinater · 8 months

I played this game all the time as a kid... thanks for the memory

I_R_ENGINEER · 8 months

That game rocked! Also enjoyed Gizmos and Gadgets!

spvn · 8 months

This was one of the two only games on my school's computer. The other one was some typing game that I owned everyone else in.

tar0s · 8 months

synapsecollapse · 8 months

I played that all the time at the library when I was like 8.

Wheatly · 8 months

My asian parents got me cluefinders for 6th graders when I was in 3rd grade :(

Liquidska · 8 months

I JUST NOSTALGIA'D SO HARD!

kevLAXpro · 8 months

Didnt everyone play this? And Oregon Trail?

donaldodie · 8 months

same here good game

DrUnderdog · 8 months

Yeah, my Asian parents could sometimes be a drag too. Fortunately, my German parents hooked me up with all the bratwurst I could eat.

DarQraven · 8 months

And it was awesome.

captainersatz · 8 months

Zombinis?

easy_being_green · 8 months

In case anyone was wondering: Math Blasters: In Search Of Spot

Space-Pajama · 8 months

Damn, and I thought that meme about always getting A's was a myth... Damn. Math B? Why you no get Math A!

Seriously though, that game was a bomb.

EternalRose · 8 months

This and Jump Start 3rd Grade were my favorites. I would seriously play both of those games today just for the lulz. Botley was awesome.

gagnatron5000 · 8 months

I remember playing this in the library as a kid and just fucking acing it in front of kids at least five years older than me who just couldn't beat it. First "like a bauss" status i ever achieved.

Kimosaube · 8 months

Nostalgia, like a slap in the face….A fucking awesome slap in the face

mr_dragon · 8 months

Sooo... Are you any good with maths now?

Evilwicht · 8 months

OMG I loved it! We always played that in school. I almost forgot that it exists. Thanks for remembering :)

Kam-ron · 8 months

This was the only game I played along with Pajama Sam and Oregon Trail II. I loved the 90's... Grabbing a stack of Oreos and a Caprisun and playing this till my eyes dried out from staring.

rindindin · 8 months

Oh my God. You just brought back my childhood. I totally forgot what was this called until now. So awesome...

Cognative · 8 months

Wow. Mathblasters. That shit rocked!

kaydub88 · 8 months

I had this and that typing game...

Mason Beacon I think the typing game was called.

OH! And Mega-Race.

CitizenPremier · 8 months

Me too, that's why today I KICK ASS at rudimentary algebra!

Bramblepelt · 8 months

Did your caucasian parents buy you better games?

[deleted] · 8 months

My Filipino mom bought me this, now I'm an accountant.

intothecold · 8 months

my asian parents never bought me anything.

ForgettableUsername · 8 months

Hey, this guy has parents!

zomb3h · 8 months

Nostalgia Blaster.

EDSire10 · 8 months

Mathblasters was the game to play to grade school

athousandtimesmaybe · 8 months

Asian parents? My white parents only EVER let me have games like this!

Katalytic · 8 months

Ah, Mathblaster. Such fond memories. One of my favorite games, at least until 6th grade when I really branched out in gaming. That's when my parents bought me Mathblaster: Pre-Algebra edition. SO EPIC.

Stuffing · 8 months

I still have the box with the floppy and 5.25, feels good man.

panzerman513 · 8 months

You get upvoted for major monday nostalgia!

lurker_becomes_lurkd · 8 months

Math Blaster! The only part I liked was when you could zap the floating garbage. That was the only part that actually felt like a game.

piano007 · 8 months

that game was so freaking boss.

obskure · 8 months

Motherfuckers tricked me into learning.

Tomcfitz · 8 months

That was a great game!

Protikon · 8 months

And such people go on to become starcraft pros or lawyers, depending on their coolness.

theblackdart · 8 months

I just randomly guessed the answers when I first got it because I was too young, but later I became a mathlete and went on to rule the Mooniverse! To da moon!

easye7 · 8 months

Woo math blasters! All over my elementary school, along with Truckin USA or whatever, and an awesome "Going West" game (not Oregon trail)

cbmason · 8 months

Math Blasters, All The Right Type and Storybook Weaver. Great times in elementary computer class!

Them1stocles · 8 months

Fucking love Math Blasters! We used to have competitions in elementary school!

WARGLBARGL · 8 months

at least it was awesome.

jbradfield · 8 months

Came expecting high-expectations Asian parent memes. Was not disappointed (but at the same time was also severely disappointed).

Podrick · 8 months

My dad got me this, though the first game he ever bought me was Diablo.

Kizaing · 8 months

Oh man, this game was my early childhood. Sure it was math, but it was amazing

eXeOzone · 8 months

No Starcraft? :(

[deleted] · 8 months

yeah, but to be fair the game was so cash

cazafex · 8 months

played the hell out of this.

Kizaing · 8 months

Oh man, this game was my early childhood. Sure it was math, but it was amazing

callumgg · 8 months

It's all fun and games until (z2-z3)² = 4(z3-z1)(z1-z2) sin² alpha/2 comes up..

macoling729 · 8 months

Dude I didn't even know math and I played this (I was 4)

Eclypse90 · 8 months

nestalgia-ungasm, my dad made me play this when i wanted to play donkey kong.

matchel74 · 8 months

Sooo many hours put into this game. Love it.

Skyldt · 8 months

i was just trying to remember this game the other day!

snap_wilson · 8 months

Wait, wait, I know this...

cotoncub · 8 months

I actually enjoyed Mathblasters as a kid, but then again my parents enrolled me in Kumon at the age of six so I was basically conditioned to enjoy math early in life.

grahamhewlett · 8 months

The only effect of Y2K that i saw was that the date on mathblaster went to 1900 instead of 2000. I thought the world was ending.

Battlesheep · 8 months

I played that, AND the "Jump Start" series

whoisthedrizzle · 8 months

Mathblasters FTW.

zacharybab · 8 months

omfg i remember this.... i still suck at math tho.

bigmeech · 8 months

DAE remember THIS game?!

Soldepaz · 8 months

if it makes you feel any better, i'm a butterball, and this is all my parents would let me play for a long time too.

amy_gdala · 8 months

Khaemwaset · 8 months

Do you still have asian parents, or was that only when you were little?

Alarmin · 8 months

I honestly think this game made my multiplication skills triple and my space junk shooting skills quadruple

IzzyFeelsUneasy · 8 months

OH MY GAWD! My Asian parents bought me this too! I love the jetpack sound whenever I'm selecting the answers.

ADONISBPC · 8 months

I personally would have enjoyed a childhood where I only got to play Mathblasters. Why did I have to grow into Rollercoaster Tycoon... :(

gamerofdestiny · 8 months

When I was a kid I asked my mom to buy me a copy of Donkey Kong Country 2. She got me the SNES version fo this instead.

echis · 8 months

Wow, never had these types of games as a kid, and just now I thought the little space man was going to hit the wrong one until I did the math in my head again...I suck at math.

ischju · 8 months

i vaguely remember playing this! wow, just wow! what a gem!

deepfriedhaggis · 8 months

The only time I enjoyed maths.

5acred · 8 months

OMG! I had this! So much nostalgia. Upvoted.

HymenSlayer · 8 months

MEGA MATH BLASTER WAS LIKE 50 TIMES BETTER! Best sequel EVER fuck skyrim

queen_medb · 8 months

I played it and thought I was so badass cause my little brother didn't know how to play.

Octopudding · 8 months

I always thought I was beast at that game.

jennisan · 8 months

i am not asian and this was the only video game my parents bought me.

lionwar922 · 8 months

SO MUCH NOSTALGIA!

turbojeebus · 8 months

Im surprised they didn't only buy you games that were "A only"

Raej · 8 months

I still blame this game for my love of gaming to this day.

LaserZeppelin · 8 months

good thing that game fucking RULED

ShabCrab · 8 months

I was pro at mathblaster. I shot space junk good.

jwilliard · 8 months

Loved this game!

Kurochihiro · 8 months

NOSTALGIA ATTACK!

Sotordamotor · 8 months

replace Asian with white uptight my baby can read parents and you got me..

king_ghost · 8 months

This game was so awesome

KWiP1123 · 8 months

When i was grounded, my parents took away every game except this one. I feel for you buddy.

brad1775 · 8 months

fuck yeah I remembered.

TheMesso · 8 months

I can still remember the sound of that ship's blaster. . .

neonjcv · 8 months

The first computer game my parents bought me was about a frog on a hurdle race. Every jump you had to check the spelling of a word, if it was correct you pressed the space bar to eat it and jump... I googled a little but could find its name

BasorexiaK · 8 months

omg i don't think there was i day i would see this again lol thanks for the memories

MIDItheKID · 8 months

Oh man. One year for Christmas I asked my parents for Master Blaster. They got me this instead because they thought it was the same game "but with math"

skamando · 8 months

Math Blasters and motherfuckin' Zoombinis.

carlog234 · 8 months

Win win win spent hours playing that

wallythewombat · 8 months

I had the fucking reading rabbit, treasure cove, some medical game where you go around reciting facts and killing virus's inside of patients, oh and a boot copy of super number munchers.

nairb101 · 8 months

Did anyone else ever play a game called Counting on Frank? Where you walked around a neighborhood solving math games with a dog? Anyone?

Truly_A_Gentleman · 8 months

Aw man this brings back so many memories...what was the other math game where you had to climb the mountain and catch elves?

all_the_sex · 8 months

Did you ever play that visual basic game with a turtle?

mulduvar · 8 months

First thing that came to mind is "Nothing to do here!"

MaurusMahrntahn · 8 months

This whole thread == nostalgia trip to tha maxx.

abotdarobot · 8 months

i wish i still played math blaster. and reading rabbit. best games ever.

Skeleton_Key · 8 months

omg is that math blaster?? hahaha, I had that and some game that came out of a captain crunch cereal box, it had these furry little guys that eventually grew up the more you played them.

Mr_Tacos · 8 months

The Oregon trail was my shit.

Broken_Envoke · 8 months

I used to play these games as well.

I never beat them because I sucked at math and other puzzle shit :(

apricity_ · 8 months

I played this and Reading Galaxy! Freaking awesome. I'D PLAY 'EM AGAIN, DAMNIT.

ElfieStar · 8 months

...I know how ya feel man...my parents too...

pumphry · 8 months

Math Blaster!

patchsonic · 8 months

MATH BLASTER. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. did i mention yes?

enmunate · 8 months

What did your Black parent's buy you? Your White ones?

BlackSmokeDemon · 8 months

Oh my god I remember this game I loved it

Gropah · 8 months

I actually remember this one... but then the dutch one of it :)

avanish11 · 8 months

Ahhhh I remember playing Math Blaster when I was 4. It was also the only game my parents bought me. Indian parents.

CampfireHeadphase · 8 months

So, do you feel having played this game improved you math skills?

ripJDilla · 8 months

I played the shit out of the math blaster games, those and the jumpstart games. I also remember having several magic school bus games. Looking back, I think those educational games really helped me excel in elementary school, I remember knowing a lot of things they taught in class already and being super stoked. Those games were actually fun too. Proof for me at least that educational games have a place in industry and work.

rastapasta808 · 8 months

I almost cried when i saw this. So many beautiful memories :) ahh im happy now

mablake184 · 8 months

Loved this game!

Fonjask · 8 months

I played this in Holland like 15 years ago but under another name... Was anyone older than 4 at the time and/or still remember?

Kottfoers · 8 months

I need no CALCULATOR, I NEED NO calculator. I need no CALCULATOR, I NEED NO calculator.

bluegoon · 8 months

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Vtech_socrates.jpg

-xCaMRocKx- · 8 months

FUCK YEAH, MATH BLASTER!

stjep · 8 months

What games did your black parents buy you?

chopperdave47 · 8 months

Wow another nostalgia post on r/gaming. Who woulda thought?

AndyRames · 8 months

I don't feel bad for you. Math Blaster fucking rocked.

foolishsnails · 8 months

math mother fucking blasters, thankyouverymuch

Jenkworthy · 8 months

For the love of god, 23!

elitexemnas · 8 months

Dude. You just gave me the biggest blast from the past.

bougs · 8 months

Dr. Brain for me

dookieface · 8 months

your parents gave you a game?!

darkmarine23 · 8 months

I take it you downloaded the shareware versions of everything else?

[deleted] · 8 months

fucking hell....i forgot what this game was called but i had it too...

zachkush · 8 months

haha! yes

Plurralbles · 8 months

good game. But I went home and played real video games afterwards.

Skwiggity · 8 months

Too much nostalgia...

As a geeky six year old I was the proud owner of ALL the Magic School Bus games.

thesalemdit · 8 months

What was the game from that same company that had the robot as the character? I miss that game!

Yourmyfavoritedeputy · 8 months

Math blaster? Fuck yea. I have lat least three

tsuk · 8 months

i still play this game on my 1997 laptop

k3nnyg · 8 months

child that sucked at math playing math blaster = very sad childhood

darthkling · 8 months

I got this game too... currently engineer with my roots in math. I was sad that when I was little it didn't get harder (math-wise)

nbenzi · 8 months

I just remember back in the early nineties I played a game where you were in a labrynth/maze thing and you started out in one corner and you only had like two paths to take, and every path you chose revealed more paths but you had to like solve a riddle or answer a question to move forward.

Anyone remember what it was called? I feel like it may have just been called "Labrynth"

TbanksIV · 8 months

I can still hear the oddly squeaky sounds.

ylli101 · 8 months

All my friends were enjoying Rayman 2, so me and my dad go to EB games and he finds this game Rayman math. He told me to finish this then you can get Rayman 2. I have not finished it and it's been 12 years. Maybe I should do it and surprise him, only to fin the game.

somebodyshootme · 8 months

holy crap i totally forgot about this game for the last 20 years or something

Fornicated · 8 months

Oh man... I can imagine myself sitting in my computer class and feeling like a boss when I beat it. But now I feel old...

drohne · 8 months

when i was little, this was the only video game my asian mother ever bought me. My dad got me Myst.

HeadJounin215 · 8 months

Best game ever!!!! just wish there was a version for Windows 7...could fresh up my math skills

Zemedelphos · 8 months

I miss Math blasters.

Piker10 · 8 months

holy crap my schoolmade us use this in math class in like 3rd grade

mdjubasak · 8 months

did you have another type of parents as well?

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