Big Math Attack!

Big Math Attack! is a video game in the action genre originally released in 1993. It is currently playable on DOS.

Big Math Attack! is a shareware, single-player, DOS, Missile Command-style game that teaches math, spelling and touch typing.

The game drops missiles from the sky one at a time. The player types an answer and presses ENTER in response to which the game fires a missile. If the answer is correct, the missile hits the target and the question disappears in an explosion; if the answer is incorrect, the rocket misses and the player must try again.

There are four games built around this central theme. The games are Mathematics
The player is asked to enter a level of difficulty in the categories add, subtract, multiply, divide and mix. The game starts with sums such as '15 + 28' falling from the top of the screen. The player must type in the answer 43 and press ENTER. Metric
In this game the player must select from the categories Celsius, Length, Velocity, Volume and Weight. In all of these categories the player is presented with a question to which he/she must answer less, greater or equal.
Each type of game begins with some helpful hints. For example, when playing Volume questions, the game advises things like '1 pint = 0.5 liters, 1 quart = 1 liter and 1 gallon = 3.8 liters'.
The game throws questions like '1 gal _ 2.0 liters' to which the player must respond by pressing the appropriate key. The game then throws the word LESS, GREATER or EQUAL to the question instead of a missile.Spelling.
Again, the player sets a difficulty level at the beginning of the game. Words with a missing letter, for example 'QU_NTITY', drop from the top of the screen. The player must press the key corresponding to the missing letter, which in this example would be an 'A'. The game then throws the letter into the word and, if correct, the word explodes and the next one drops down.Typing
In this game, letters, numbers and punctuation marks fall from the top of the screen. The player must press the corresponding key on the keyboard to destroy them.

All games use the same principle and are played on the same background. At the beginning of each game the player is asked to set the difficulty level of the game. Each game consists of fifty questions and the number of correct and incorrect answers is recorded to obtain an overall score and a recommended difficulty level for the next game. Towards the end of the game, the questions drop faster and faster.

The game can be customized. Questions can be frozen, i.e. they appear on the screen and do not descend, and the speed increase of the game towards the end of the level can be deactivated.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.