Fraction Fever

1983 video game

Fraction Fever

Developer(s)	Tom Snyder Productions
Publisher(s)	Spinnaker Software
Designer(s)	Tom Snyder
Platform(s)	Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, TRS-80, ZX Spectrum
Release	1983
Genre(s)	Educational
Mode(s)	Single-player

Fraction Fever is an educational video game created by Tom Snyder Productions and published by Spinnaker Software in 1983. The TRS-80 version was sold through Radio Shack. The game involves moving a pogo stick laterally on a platform to find a fraction equivalent to the one shown on-screen.

Reception

Ahoy! unfavorably reviewed the game, criticizing the graphics and "very annoying" sound and stating that "Other than the Chinese water torture, I'm hard pressed to think of a more frustrating or annoying experience for children than trying to play Spinnaker's Fraction Fever. Just ask my kids!"^[1] InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari Computers recommended the game among educational software for the Atari 8-bit.^[2]

References

^ Tamis, Valerie (April 1984). "Fraction Fever". Ahoy!. p. 71. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
^ Mace, Scott (1984). InfoWorld's Essential Guide to Atari Computers. Harper & Row. pp. 46–53. ISBN 978-0-06-669006-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)