Path Tactics, a math game for children ages 5 to 12, is designed to reinforce basic math skills. The game tests players' abilities to use basic math operations and also challenges their problem-solving skills.
The Path Tactics game has seven levels of play. Children can choose from Counting, Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, Dividing, and Subtracting (with negative answers allowed).
Children can play against a friend or against the computer. Children can each choose a different level of play and still compete equally.
At all levels, children are given a set of three numbers. They can control the actions of their robot by skillfully using these three numbers. Each player tries to outsmart the other player to reach the finish first and become the Path Master.
Game strategy allows a player to bump another player back or drop through a trapdoor to get ahead.
The program includes animated step-by-step instructions. And, two winners' lists record the success of the top ten players in each math level.
Notes
Disk info for Path_Tactics_v1.1_1984_MECC_US.do:
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Disk Name: DISK VOLUME #14
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Archive Order: DOS
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Disk directory for Path_Tactics_v1.1_1984_MECC_US.do:
a2_Path_Tactics_v1.1_1984_MECC_US/Path_Tactics_v1.1_1984_MECC_US.do DISK VOLUME #14
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DOS 3.3 format; 38,144 bytes free; 105,216 bytes used.
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