# What was that game

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 2, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-game/165998 "2003-04-02T17:14:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![bling\_to\_the\_2nd\_power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bling\_to\_the\_2nd\_power](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bling_to_the_2nd_power)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-game/165998/1 "2003-04-02T17:14:08Z")

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Ok, back a long long time ago in grade school (13 years or so), there was this computer game we played where you were this little creature with two long skinny legs and a big mouth in a maze and they would give an equation (4 + 8 for example) and then have 3 options (16 10 12 for example) and you had to pick the right one, or else these fugly monsters would eat you. They had different versions of the game too, for multiplication, grammar, maybe other things. I can’t for the life of me, remember the name of this game, could somebody help me out here?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-game/165998/2 "2003-04-02T17:35:58Z")

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Was it [Math Maze](http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/gameId,742/)?

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**Author:** ![bling\_to\_the\_2nd\_power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bling\_to\_the\_2nd\_power](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bling_to_the_2nd_power)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-game/165998/3 "2003-04-02T17:40:40Z")

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No, it wasn’t Math Maze. That one you’re a fly being chased by a spider, this one had weird made up monsters.

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**Author:** ![firagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@firagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firagon)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-game/165998/4 "2003-04-02T17:41:35Z")

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Is it the Munchers games? Number Munchers, Super Munchers, etc.

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**Author:** ![bling\_to\_the\_2nd\_power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bling\_to\_the\_2nd\_power](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bling_to_the_2nd_power)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-game/165998/5 "2003-04-02T17:45:28Z")

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YES!!! That’s it, the Munchers games! With the Troggles. That’s exactly the help. Thanks for the help.