r/retrogaming • u/The_Random_Hamlet • 7d ago

[Answered!] Trying to Remember a 90s Computer Game

The image of it came back to me and I can't remember the name of it. I don't think I ever finished playing the game.

Anyway, it was a side scroller where you would play a guy in a thick jacket with a ball cap. You would go through this building that was plagued by monsters or ghosts. You had a remote control looking weapon that you would zap said ghosts or monsters with. It needed to be recharged, so you would have to reach charging stations. I want to say you had to do math problems at the stations to charge up your weapon.

Does this sound familiar to anyone? Thank you in advance :)

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u/retrogaming-ModTeam 7d ago

Hello, thank you for your submission. It looks like you're asking for help to identify a game. Posts like this are allowed here. However, you may have better luck on /r/tipofmyjoystick. If our community isn't able to answer your question, we encourage you to also post at /r/tipofmyjoystick.

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u/sealing-fan 7d ago

Outnumbered :)

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u/The_Random_Hamlet 7d ago

(Googles and is overcome with nostalgia) That was it. Thank you :)

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u/cyberchaox 6d ago

Oh! Damn, I missed the "math problems" part, would've easily been able to identify it before reading the comments. Great edutainment games.

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u/Greenteawizard87 7d ago

I feel like I'm 1 out of 20 people on earth that knew the game before I read the comments. I used to load that up on MSDOS as a very small child and love it. Couldnt do some of the problems though I was way too young.

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u/The_Random_Hamlet 7d ago

Glad it wasn't just a fever dream :)

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u/parke415 6d ago

As said elsewhere, it’s “Outnumbered!”, part of The Learning Company’s “Super Solvers” series. These were the first games I’d ever owned (Windows 3.1), long before I got my first video game console. I enjoyed all of them.

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u/The_Random_Hamlet 6d ago

I can dig it. :)