Math Rabbit

The game takes place in a circus and teaches addition, subtraction, and counting in four different games, each of which with multiple difficulty settings.{{Cite web |last=Fogg |first=Frank E. |date=December 1997 |title=Math Rabbit Deluxe Software Review |url=http://www.fogg.cc/reviews/software/review06.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918162512/http://www.fogg.cc/reviews/software/review06.htm |archive-date=September 18, 2016 |access-date=September 18, 2016 |website=Frank's Place (www.fogg.cc)}}{{Cite news |last=Rosenberg |first=Ronald |date=November 20, 1994 |title=Children's educational software still an exploding market |pages=92– |work=Boston Globe |department=Learning |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/290711505 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111747/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/290711505.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov%2020,%201994&author=Ronald%20Rosenberg,%20Globe%20Staff&pub=Boston%20Globe%20(pre-1997%20Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=&desc=Children%27s%20educational%20software%20still%20an%20exploding%20market |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |via=ProQuest Archiver}} The game is for ages 4–8.{{Cite web |last=Fitzpatrick |first=Sharyn A. |date=November 17, 1994 |title=READER RABBIT TRIO NOW AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM! |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/READER+RABBIT+TRIO+NOW+AVAILABLE+ON+CD-ROM!-a015869946 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918160841/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/READER+RABBIT+TRIO+NOW+AVAILABLE+ON+CD-ROM!-a015869946 |archive-date=September 18, 2016 |access-date=September 18, 2016 |website= |publisher=The Learning Company |publication-place=Fremont, California |via=PR Newswire Association LLC via Gale, Cengage Learning via Free Online Library |id=TM-LW -- SJ001 -- 6076}} The four games are:

1. Clown's Counting Games - the player is required to count with a number as a guide to pitch the tone of the musical instrument.
2. Tightrope Game - the player has to help Reader Rabbit match a picture of objects with a displaying number and discard the pictures that don't match.
3. Circus Train Game - the player has complete a sequence of numbers each being added to a particular number.
4. Mystery Matching Game - the player has to match turn over cards and find matching pictures of items and corresponding numbers.

Since Math Rabbit Deluxe, the games were retitled "Calliope Counting Game", "Tightrope Show", "Sea Lion Show", and "Balloon Matching Game", respectively, but the game objectives and rules remain the same.

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The game was originally designed by Teri Perl and programmed by Aaron Weiss. Upon the release of the Deluxe edition, Bill Dinsmore, The Learning Company president and chief executive officer, said: "With the release of Reader Rabbit 1 and Math Rabbit for Windows, we now offer five Windows educational software products that help to develop important learning skills".{{Cite web |last=Fitzpatrick |first=Sharyn A. |date=February 16, 1994 |title=TWO AWARD-WINNING RABBITS, 'READER RABBIT 1' AND 'MATH RABBIT', NOW APPEARING IN WINDOWS! |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TWO+AWARD-WINNING+RABBITS,+'READER+RABBIT+1'+AND+'MATH+RABBIT,'+NOW...-a014812804 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918160532/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TWO+AWARD-WINNING+RABBITS,+'READER+RABBIT+1'+AND+'MATH+RABBIT,'+NOW...-a014812804 |archive-date=September 18, 2016 |access-date=September 18, 2016 |website= |publisher=The Learning Company |publication-place=Fremont, California |via=PR Newswire Association LLC via Gale, Cengage Learning via Free Online Library |id=TM-LW -- SJ001 -- 6076}}

The original art of Math Rabbit was done by Analee Nunan. For Math Rabbit Deluxe 256 color VGA graphics were applied. The original music and sound composition were done by Teri Perl and Aaron Weiss. For Math Rabbit Deluxe, AdLib soundtracks were composed.

The activities teach numerical relationships to young users. It has a scope, sequence guide, and lab pack.{{Cite book |author= |first= |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EEzQStXtyw4C&pg=PA193 |title=The Latest and Best of TESS: The Educational Software Selector |date=1991 |publisher=Educational Products Information Exchange (EPIE) Institute |isbn=9780916087159 |edition=1991-1992 |publication-place=Hampton Bays, New York, 11946 |page=193 |chapter=3. Software Descriptions: Mathematics: Basic Skills: 5) Math Rabbit |lccn=91-72635 |via=Univ. Press of Mississippi via Google Books}}

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The program received highly positive reviews from critics. In particular, the Chicago Sun-Times championed it in seven articles.

The Los Angeles Times said the game was "sweet", though Millie's Math House made it "look kind of buttoned-down".{{Cite news |last=Sunila |first=Joyce |date=October 15, 1993 |title=SOFTWARE REVIEW: Education Made Fun: New computer programs employ adventure and games of skill to help youngsters learn math. |language=en-US |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |department=Technology and the Internet |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-15-va-46204-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918164301/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-10-15/news/va-46204_1_math-software |archive-date=September 18, 2016 |issn=0458-3035}} FOGG praised the easy-to-use gaming interface, and The Washington Post said it is "entertaining"{{Cite news |last=Sussman |first=Vic |date=November 1, 1987 |title=A Guide For Parents Series: Education Review |page=R09GUI |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?p=sa&NS=16&AID=9UNI005200&an=wp00000020011118djb102ooh&drn=drn:archive.newsarticle.wp00000020011118djb102ooh&cat=a&ep=asi |issn=0190-8286 |id=Document wp00000020011118djb102ooh |postscript=. Partially available at https web.archive.org/web/20171108210029/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1351956.html.}} while incorporating valuable lessons into "colorfully fun graphics".{{Cite news |last=Oldenburg |first=Don |date=10 December 1991 |title=Computers; Merry Software ... (For Kids' Entertainment and Education) |page=C05MER |pages= |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?p=sa&NS=16&AID=9UNI005200&an=wp00000020011110dnca01fb9&drn=drn:archive.newsarticle.wp00000020011110dnca01fb9&cat=a&ep=asi |access-date= |id=Document wp00000020011110dnca01fb9 |postscript=. Partially available at web.archive.org/web/20171108210138/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1099417.html.}}{{Failed verification|date=January 2024|reason=The relevant sentence is "Like many of the software games designed for youngsters, this one created by The Learning Co. (makers of such educational computer classics as "Reader Rabbit" and "Math Rabbit") incorporates valuable tyke-friendly lessons in thinking, decision-making and reading skills into game-like challenges and colorfully fun graphics - without mindless arcade and shoot-'em-up action." This doesn't say anything about Math Rabbit other than that it's an "educational computer classic" "created by The Learning Co.".}} Superkids described the game as "excellent" and said it was a great first introduction to educational video gaming for the target audience.{{Cite web |date=1996 |title=Software Review of Math Rabbit: The Learning Company's Math Rabbit Deluxe |url=http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/math1/mrabbit/merge.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920130325/http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/math1/mrabbit/merge.shtml |archive-date=September 20, 2016 |access-date=September 18, 2016 |website=SuperKids |publisher=Knowledge Share LLC}} Don Crabb, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, recommended the "outstanding"{{Cite news |last=Crabb |first=Don |date=September 1, 1991 |title=Reader flummoxed by glitch in software |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4070806.html |url-status=dead |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108035034/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4070806.html |archive-date=January 8, 2010 |via=HighBeam Research}} software for the 1989 holiday season{{Cite news |date=December 3, 1989 |title=Crabb's bottom line |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3973366.html |url-status=dead |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109022733/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3973366.html |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |via=HighBeam Research}} and noted it was among the "high-quality educational software sold",{{Cite news |last=Crabb |first=Don |date=December 13, 1992 |title=Holiday Computer Gift Suggestions |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4145312.html |url-status=dead |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108210201/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4145312.html |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |via=HighBeam Research}} and that it was one of the best educational releases for offering a "solid instructional model" for teaching kids the fundamentals of mathematics{{Cite news |last=Crabb |first=Don |date=October 13, 1991 |title=Offspring does parent proud // Aiming for slightly older kids, Reader Rabbit 2 hits mark |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4077460.html |url-status=dead |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070605043008/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4077460.html |archive-date=June 5, 2007 |via=HighBeam Research}} through "smoothly" integrating the gaming and learning{{Cite news |last=Crabb |first=Don |date=June 23, 1991 |title=Math Blaster Plus! makes math fun for kids |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4060253.html |url-status=dead |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108210056/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4060253.html |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |via=HighBeam Research}} without "bogging them down in mindless mathematical trivia",{{Cite news |last=Crabb |first=Don |date=December 3, 1989 |title=Gifts for the computer-lover |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3973365.html |url-status=dead |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108205954/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3973365.html |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |via=HighBeam Research}} such as by teaching geometry at a very early age.{{Cite news |last=Crabb |first=Don |date=November 12, 1989 |title=This educational software's a joy to use |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3970034.html |url-status=dead |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108205642/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3970034.html |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |via=HighBeam Research}} Computer Shopper said the product was "remarkably good software",{{Cite magazine |last=Terra |first=John |date=September 1, 1996 |title=Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library 3. (Learning Co) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation) |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18593199.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Computer Shopper |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814063620/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18593199.html |archive-date=August 14, 2017 |via=HighBeam Research}} and positively compared its depth and carde gameplay to Power Rangers ZEO PowerActive.{{Cite magazine |last=Kawamoto |first=Wayne |date=November 1, 1996 |title=Power Rangers ZEO PowerActive Math. (Saban Entertainment's educational software) (Software Review) (Brief Article) (Evaluation) |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18794668.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Computer Shopper |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108210233/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18794668.html |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |via=HighBeam Research}} PC Mag said the game "moves beyond" Stickybear Numbers and Math and Me due to its customization options.{{Cite magazine |last=Trivette |first=Donald B. |date=February 14, 1989 |title=Fun with Math: Introducing Your Child to the World of Numbers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kggOZ4-YEKUC&pg=PA442 |department=After Hours: Education |magazine=PC Mag |language=en |publisher=Ziff Davis |page=442 |via=Google Books}} Computer Gaming World in 1994 stated that "Math Rabbit is very easy to use, and accommodates different learning styles. It's a fun program kids can really count on".{{Cite magazine |last1=Haverstock |first1=Mark |date=January 1994 |title=Reviews: Math Rabbit |url=https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_114.pdf#page=137 |url-status=live |department=Kids & Computers |magazine=Computer Gaming World |issue=114: "Covering Interactive & Multimedia Entertainment" |pages=138–139 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929205602/https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_114.pdf |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |via=Computer Gaming World Museum}}

Math Rabbit is the seventh most popular in the education category sold across eleven Software Etc. stores in the Washington area in the week ending on August 23, 1995.{{Cite news |date=August 28, 1995 |title=BESTSELLERS |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-853518.html |url-status=dead |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504225349/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-853518.html |archive-date=May 4, 2018 |via=HighBeam Research}}

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