LGR - Super Solvers Spellbound! - DOS PC Game Review
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Date: 2022-04-14
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Will
I owned a later game in the Super Solvers series, Gizmos and Gadgets. Played a lot of that game. I think it's better than the games that appeared previously because, in addition to having puzzles, the gameplay surrounding said puzzles was tight and responsive. It wouldn't be out of place on a game console of the time.
Also, I have to give props to Morty, Dr. Wily's half-witted cousin. Keep trying to conquer the surprisingly diverse location that is Shady Glenn and perhaps one day you will achieve basic competence.
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I owned a later game in the Super Solvers series, Gizmos and Gadgets. Played a lot of that game. I think it's better than the games that appeared previously because, in addition to having puzzles, the gameplay surrounding said puzzles was tight and responsive. It wouldn't be out of place on a game console of the time.
Also, I have to give props to Morty, Dr. Wily's half-witted cousin. Keep trying to conquer the surprisingly diverse location that is Shady Glenn and perhaps one day you will achieve basic competence.
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Wyrdwad
I'd love to see you review Solver Solvers Challenge of the Ancient Empires at some point, as it's the only Super Solvers game I know of that DIDN'T use the Carmen Sandiego-esque -take a case and solve it, then move on to the next case- formula. Instead, it was pretty much a straight-up puzzle platformer with basically no educational content in it whatsoever. Instead, it just had lots of bats and spiders, and the SLOWEST-MOVING LIGHT BEAMS EVER. Yet it was oddly very fun, like all SSolvers games.
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I'd love to see you review Solver Solvers Challenge of the Ancient Empires at some point, as it's the only Super Solvers game I know of that DIDN'T use the Carmen Sandiego-esque -take a case and solve it, then move on to the next case- formula. Instead, it was pretty much a straight-up puzzle platformer with basically no educational content in it whatsoever. Instead, it just had lots of bats and spiders, and the SLOWEST-MOVING LIGHT BEAMS EVER. Yet it was oddly very fun, like all SSolvers games.
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plan7a
: D - Guess part of the beauty of the game is the fact you can put your own words in - much like the way you can enter your own names in SkoolDaze and Bak2Skool, as there are no limits to what you could put - other than the size of the words (or names. Games which allowed such things always seem to be something more special in some regards than others due to this. Like entering a high score in the arcades I guess. Gives a sense of pride to see your name or initials at least for a short time.
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: D - Guess part of the beauty of the game is the fact you can put your own words in - much like the way you can enter your own names in SkoolDaze and Bak2Skool, as there are no limits to what you could put - other than the size of the words (or names. Games which allowed such things always seem to be something more special in some regards than others due to this. Like entering a high score in the arcades I guess. Gives a sense of pride to see your name or initials at least for a short time.
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Terestrasz
We actually had the CD version that had voice acting on this one when the robots spelled the words out. So we made custom spelling lists so they would say funny things.
-Please spell the following flashed word:
Imapos
EYE EMM A PEE OH ESS
Spell the following flashed word
Urapos
YOU ARE A PEE OH ESS
Impp
EYE EMM PEE PEE
Icup
EYE SEE YOU PEE
Fuunu
EFF YOU YOU ENN YOU
Urpp
YOU ARE PEE PEE
Ifu
EYE EFF YOU
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We actually had the CD version that had voice acting on this one when the robots spelled the words out. So we made custom spelling lists so they would say funny things.
-Please spell the following flashed word:
Imapos
EYE EMM A PEE OH ESS
Spell the following flashed word
Urapos
YOU ARE A PEE OH ESS
Impp
EYE EMM PEE PEE
Icup
EYE SEE YOU PEE
Fuunu
EFF YOU YOU ENN YOU
Urpp
YOU ARE PEE PEE
Ifu
EYE EFF YOU
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compyislife
Hey LGR, do you think you'd ever review Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold? It's a Wolf3D clone, made in an enhanced version of that engine, developed by Jam Productions and published by Apogee in 1993. (Like most other FPS titles from that year, it was widely ignored because of DOOM's awesomeness, but is still quite underrated in my opinion) Hopefully you and your cats are well, and I look forward to next time.
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Hey LGR, do you think you'd ever review Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold? It's a Wolf3D clone, made in an enhanced version of that engine, developed by Jam Productions and published by Apogee in 1993. (Like most other FPS titles from that year, it was widely ignored because of DOOM's awesomeness, but is still quite underrated in my opinion) Hopefully you and your cats are well, and I look forward to next time.
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brod2man
To this day I thought the character was a big hairy blue guy with a red head. Finally realised its a coat and a hat
I played the one in the TV station. It was so hard but I loved running around zapping the TV's with my ray-gun thing. Zapping them would enter you into a mini-maths game which I'd always fail at. I'd pretty much last 5 minutes before running out of energy and just starting the game again.
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To this day I thought the character was a big hairy blue guy with a red head. Finally realised its a coat and a hat
I played the one in the TV station. It was so hard but I loved running around zapping the TV's with my ray-gun thing. Zapping them would enter you into a mini-maths game which I'd always fail at. I'd pretty much last 5 minutes before running out of energy and just starting the game again.
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Premium
I went to a private school up until 8th grade, and the computers in the computer lab had almost this entire series of games. Some of them were actually really good, like full on games. I can't remember what they were called but my favorite was the one where you explore an entire underwater world in a submarine. I also have some memories of one that was a platformer in an aztec temple or something.
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I went to a private school up until 8th grade, and the computers in the computer lab had almost this entire series of games. Some of them were actually really good, like full on games. I can't remember what they were called but my favorite was the one where you explore an entire underwater world in a submarine. I also have some memories of one that was a platformer in an aztec temple or something.
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Sammyyam
I had this game along with the reading one at my house. At school in the third or fourth grade they had the science and math versions. My classmates and I would always try to see who could get the farthest in the game. The math one was pretty difficult. I was happy when I could go home and play my own two games and not worry about having to race anyone haha.
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I had this game along with the reading one at my house. At school in the third or fourth grade they had the science and math versions. My classmates and I would always try to see who could get the farthest in the game. The math one was pretty difficult. I was happy when I could go home and play my own two games and not worry about having to race anyone haha.
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Tyler
I actually wouldn't mind seeing some of these classic Learning Company games re-released on GOG(dot)com, but of course they'd have to pick and choose what would actually -fit- with their catalog. Something like Zoombinis and certain Super Solvers titles I'd think would sorta work, not so much JumpStart, though. :P
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I actually wouldn't mind seeing some of these classic Learning Company games re-released on GOG(dot)com, but of course they'd have to pick and choose what would actually -fit- with their catalog. Something like Zoombinis and certain Super Solvers titles I'd think would sorta work, not so much JumpStart, though. :P
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