Giant Killer

Giant Killer is a video game in the puzzle genre and published by Topologika Software Ltd. originally released in 1987. It is currently playable on DOS, BBC Micro.

This edutainment title adopts the familiar interactive fiction/adventure format, with a text parser-based interface similar to other Topologika releases, and adds a twist in the form of math/logic puzzles used to drive the story. Aimed at ages 10 and up, the game takes its basic plot from the folk tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. The player assumes the role of Jack (if a boy) or Jackie (if a girl), who is sent to the market by his mother with explicit orders to buy a pig.

If you play your cards right, you can get a magic bean, plant it and climb the resulting stalk for more adventures and puzzles. The numerous puzzles include number puzzles, spatial orientation exercises, geometric pattern recognition, and map navigation; some are random and require a new solution each time you play. There are points to be earned and treasures to be found, hopefully worth more than the pig you've been sent to find.

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