As with tons of other edutainment classics, the OG G&G is playable on Internet Archive right from your browser! archive.org/details/msdos_Super_Solvers_Gizmos_and_Gadgets_1993
@leehaase2588
4 жыл бұрын
I loved this game as a kid, had it for Macintosh. Thanks so much for this video!
@Sam42069
4 жыл бұрын
This is the future
@Schwa_Iska
4 жыл бұрын
Great video! The gear puzzles always messed me up as a kid. I never ended up beating it.
@christenorio9555
4 жыл бұрын
What if they reboot this game series Morty is evil Morty & you play as Morty c-137 an Rick and Morty theme game!
@MrClawt
4 жыл бұрын
I was just playing Snood because LGR.
@saulnunez2625
4 жыл бұрын
[educational jazz music] The subtitles are hidden gems.
@needfortweed8734
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Was just about to comment the same thing...
@spazzyphantasm
3 жыл бұрын
Edutaitional jazz was what I was hoping for....
@brainstar64
4 жыл бұрын
There is a run command in this game. Just hold CTRL then move in the warehouse. You can even do somersault while holding CTRL and up.
@LGR
4 жыл бұрын
I totally forgot about the somersaulting, nice!
@ChowYunThin
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it was a bit rough seeing the Super Solver plodding along while I'm screaming in my head "HOLD CTRL!" I loved hearing that trilling sound effect when somersaulting.
@JamishS
4 жыл бұрын
It was pretty amusing to see Super Solver jumping repeatedly to move faster than walking, tho
@drd7of14
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, was gonna say this. It's actually necessary to through some of the sections like with the big rubber bouncy pads
@mraaronhd
4 жыл бұрын
You can also throw bananas further as well
@peaberry9413
4 жыл бұрын
Nice JerryRigEverything reference, there, at 2:12. "DOS is DOS, and DOS breaks."
@AerinRavage
4 жыл бұрын
I'm just now watching this on my lunch break, and, yea, I had a mouthful of food when I heard it! Nearly did a spit-take!
@BTStudioGE
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if a CRT scratches at a level 6, with deeper grooves at a level 7...?
@hahaiseewhatyouredoing9086
4 жыл бұрын
0:32 The donator name is Zack, so maybe....
@shukterhousejive
4 жыл бұрын
I always had to play this game without the chimps because I was absolutely terrified of them for some reason. Turns out it was probably the uneven scaling in my windows copy making those jiggly walk cycles look a bit more unsettling than they should have, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
@FalconFlyer75
2 жыл бұрын
lol same, I replayed it again in College with the chimps on and "conquered my fear' its actually available for free on Dos Emulator sites now
@renjilover11
4 жыл бұрын
I loved this game so much-I'd say "I've never clicked so fast", but actually I was frozen for a moment because I was so happy and surprised
@portalknight1
4 жыл бұрын
I had the *exact* same experience
@Maggerama
4 жыл бұрын
I join the ranks.
@commallama
4 жыл бұрын
Same here
@miked5444
4 жыл бұрын
Rainbow decal, push all of the red buttons at the same time by turning the crank.
@PaulRudd1941
4 жыл бұрын
Yup, this game takes me back
@livingcartoon
4 жыл бұрын
I always liked the hero's character design in these games. Was it a boy or a girl? Was it you or a friend? Who cares! They're so covered up in cool gear they can be whoever you want them to be!
@Ray2Jerry
4 жыл бұрын
"Do you want your GTA with chimps or further chimps??"
@Safetytrousers
4 жыл бұрын
There is a scene when you have to fend off marauding chimps in GTAV. And chimps make other appearances in GTAV.
@nibblrrr7124
4 жыл бұрын
"I pistol-started all of Plutonia on Ultraviolence... ...with chimps."
@alextirrellRI
4 жыл бұрын
I have fond memories of this. Can't remember when I first played it. My dad worked in education support for an IT company, specializing in Macintosh, he'd bring home all kinds of free software from Apple's education bundles. If I ever did play it in school, it certainly would have been short bursts. One of my biggest frustrations of using computers in schools for these kinds of games was not having enough time to ever progress in them.
@silverwasp
4 жыл бұрын
"Do you want your child's education to be fun and rewarding?" - NOPE! *Throws pamphlet*
@daisymae3717
4 жыл бұрын
I laughed way to hard at that
@digiowl9599
4 жыл бұрын
That throw got me thinking about the swedish chef making popcorn shrimp.
@AceStrife
4 жыл бұрын
Best part of the video.
@lightninstriker10
4 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the Super Solver's sass at the end there. "This proves I'm better than you, now get out."
@benn454
4 жыл бұрын
Super Solver has had enough of Morty's shit.
@natalie5947
4 жыл бұрын
Wow! You've answered a question I didn't even know I had! I played this game at school when I was very young, and I remember enjoying it, but I couldn't remember more than one or two fuzzy things about it. I finally know what game it was! Thanks for the review, Clint :)
@FalseDigital
4 жыл бұрын
Oh man! I played this for countless hours when I was kid! Also, I remember that my mom didn't even flinch when I asked her to buy it for me because it said "educational" on it :P
@apstyle92
4 жыл бұрын
Oh.my.god. THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE GAMES when i was a kid!😭 thank you for this video!
@presjar4016
4 жыл бұрын
Played this on Mac as a kid. It was the CD version so it had all the extra audio and voices. Such a great game!
@xylopiano3
4 жыл бұрын
I played the Windows version of Midnight Rescue years ago, and ever since then I've been kind of fascinated with this series. It's great to see someone else talking about it!
@AnthonyClauser
4 жыл бұрын
I've been trying to remember this series for a very long time. I knew I would eventually spot it on LGR.
@diegocella6791
4 жыл бұрын
I like the chioce with or whitout Chimps, but it's a bit reduntant, the answer will always be WITH CHIMPS!
@Rezic
4 жыл бұрын
I grew up with Mission THINK. Seems all that one did was improve the visuals and have a more interesting battle between Morty. Still, awesome to see!
@kmilli0313
4 жыл бұрын
Eric the Red Mage I had that as well! I always enjoyed playing it
@TheHylianJuggalo
4 жыл бұрын
Had that! Had no idea it was a series, though.
@EmeraldBlack-up6xi
4 жыл бұрын
Only Super Solvers I played were Treasure Mountain at my cousin's and Treasure Cove on the old Macs in 4th grade. I honestly don't remember owning that many Learning Company games, aside from the occasional Reader Rabbit, typically in some sort of bundle.
@TrackZero
4 жыл бұрын
Played the heck out of this with kids I was babysitting at the time (they had a late model IBM PS/2 machine, their family had some cash to spare...). It was one of the only games with them that was actually fun for us all to play (I was ~14 at the time, the kids were 5 and 7). Thanks for the memories LGR, wasn't expecting those to get brought back today.
@ChowYunThin
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you LGR for showcasing this gem of an edutainment title. The airplane part was my favorite by far. That bluesy harmonica playing while I gathered parts was something that stuck in my mind when I studied engineering. It also felt the most engaging when reading the parts list and understanding why the best parts were that way. In contrast, I hated the automotive part because it was basically "the same, but more". As for the puzzles, I like the force one the best especially when all the options were unlocked. I liked how even after you solve the puzzle the game allows you to experiment and screw around to see what happens. It really helps to engage the player in thinking about how and why certain things happen. I can't really say the same for the gear and magnet puzzles, though. I'd exit and hope the door rerolls for something other than those two. Re: re-cycling puzzles. Yeah, I thought it was a bit strange but for me it usually happened when I was near the end. I guess that was because I didn't open any doors that I figured had no parts. I just chalked it up to the game giving me a break after all the hard ones were done with. At the very least, I didn't have to do the hard/tedious gear and magnet puzzles.
@dankhead88
4 жыл бұрын
The nostalgia is strong within this video
@simmerfreek3501
4 жыл бұрын
Haha.... I totally forgot about that game! I remember playing it when I was in boy Scouts at my cub masters house! I think I was around 9 years old at that time! 😆
@toonsem
4 жыл бұрын
I have fond memories of The Learning Company's games, but yeah, the repetition was really absurd sometimes. It's why after over 20 years I still haven't beaten Treasure Cove.
@MatthewGDunlap
4 жыл бұрын
I love this game, I played it so much as a kid.
@heymrdjCW
4 жыл бұрын
My childhood with a Gateway 2000 in 1998!
@matguy1000
4 жыл бұрын
[CC] "Educational saxaphone plays." well done
@supersquare
4 жыл бұрын
I watched the entire way through thinking I've never heard of this game until 8:12. Seeing that gear puzzle instantly flooded my memory again and I remembered everything about this game!! My whole school used to love playing this game during computer lab
@Avigorus
4 жыл бұрын
insert "um, actually" regarding the potassium content of bananas here lol
@StephanS
4 жыл бұрын
I'd say that repetition was very common in those days... look at The Incredible Machine, Mental Math Games or Big Job. Partly responsible of this was the small amount of storage space. You had to repeat some sections often to lengthen the game..... this may look boring today, but back then, there werent much alternatives
@swimmerkat3965
4 жыл бұрын
doesn't make as fun of a game but educationally it's probably a lot better. repetition is really what cements things in people's minds. i can see a kid getting down these physics concepts because of how many times they have to play the same level
@jackkraken3888
4 жыл бұрын
Morty: And I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for a nameless faceless player.
@hedgehog3180
4 жыл бұрын
This is what he does after the show ends.
@101Volts
4 жыл бұрын
Who else wants to know who voiced Morty? I looked, and didn't find Morty's voice actor.
@supergeeklife64
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you I've been looking for this game for a while I remember playing it as a kid but didn't know it's name now I do and can look it up to buy it
@Vostok7
4 жыл бұрын
TLC games were my jam as a kid. Spellbound!, Midnight Rescue!, Gizmos & Gadgets!, Operation Neptune, OutNumbered!, Challenge of the Ancient Empires!... For the real OGs there was Think Quick! which was awesome. Not to even mention their more well known gems like Oregon Trail. Being homeschooled in the early '90s was awesome, nothing like spending all day playing TLC games and calling it learning!
@koozmusic
Жыл бұрын
Think Quick! was pretty amazing for its time, despite having ultra-simple CGA graphics and PC speaker sound effects. The main campaigns were fun, but what I really loved about it was the level editor. Challenge of the Ancient Empires, though... man! The absolute best TLC game by far in my opinion. My only slight nitpick I have about it was the _super_ low animation frame rate. But the game isn't exactly fast-paced, and the puzzles and level design more than make up for it. I stopped at the intro just to see if anyone else mentioned AE. I couldn't help but notice that it was suspiciously missing amongst LGR's boxed collection. Most of the other TLC games start feeling repetitive pretty quickly (G&G included), personally. I was also homeschooled during that time. Yay, nostalgia!
@MadameSomnambule
Жыл бұрын
I played both Oregon Trail II and Oregon Trail 3rd Edition as a kid and I've always leaned more towards Oregon Trail II from MECC, though they're both good in their own right and they're both nostalgic for me. Loved the hell out of Gizmos and Gadgets and Reader Rabbit back in the day too.
@lazyuniverse4932
4 жыл бұрын
OMG! I remember this game! Me and my sister played this all the time next to "Carmen Sandiego: Word Detective" so much nostalgia Clint, please review Carmen Sandiego Word Detective in the future
@Nik-ff3tu
4 жыл бұрын
Anyone else remember the super solvers strategy game where you played a board game against max?
@ryanfoster9755
3 жыл бұрын
Isn't it called mission think?
@lotus-prince
4 жыл бұрын
The Super Solver is normally voiceless, but I think I remember them saying something out loud when you beat the game in the Windows version, just as Morty speaks in the Windows intro. Also, gotta love Morty's plan, which says "Morty (that's me!)". :-D
@andresbravo2003
4 жыл бұрын
Edutainment month is Great for kids! I mean, how cool is that? How could Clint review Educational Games this month? I think is great!
@glorfification
4 жыл бұрын
Repetition is good for developing minds! (Ten hours all at once would be a bit too much, though.)
@acactapus
4 жыл бұрын
This game taught me that a blimp's gas-containing part is called an envelope.
@nicks4802
3 жыл бұрын
We had this bad boy on the windows 98 computers in my grade 1 class back in 2001 I’d show up early at school for breakfast club and eat with my boys, Then we’d go off to class and we’d SPRINT to the computers to play this game when we got out free time in class
@Staingo_Jenkins
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Zach.
@Peeps40836
4 жыл бұрын
Well, rip in peace Edutainment Month. Thank you for showing a whole lot of games that I didn’t even knew existed. Also, DOS scratches at a level 6, with Windows showing deeper grooves at a level 3.1.
@KaizerRemix
4 жыл бұрын
Six words that everyone that played this will remember: Fibreglass body shaped like a rocket.
@AyeThatsHandsomePete
4 жыл бұрын
Holy crap. I had all the learning company games in the mid/ late 90’s and haven’t thought about them easily since Clinton was president.
@BloodAsp
4 жыл бұрын
2:13 Because DOS is DOS, and DOS breaks. -LGR has been watching a bit of JerryRigEverything recently. 8:00 -LGR is Thanos confirmed!!!
@tergish1
4 жыл бұрын
I've almost stopped watching videos for what you review, and more just to hear your beautiful voice.
@WA_Stokins
4 жыл бұрын
His voice isn't even that good
@kattihatt
4 жыл бұрын
W. A. Stokins whats wrong with his voice?
@stevesstuff1450
4 жыл бұрын
@@kattihatt : W.A Stokins = Troll....must be !
@joker927
4 жыл бұрын
The fact that this game offered what must have been 500+ hours of edu-tainment in my household while growing up yet also fits within 3Mb is just fascinating.
@shanemczane6725
4 жыл бұрын
Some kids grew up with Mario. For others, Sonic. For me, it was Super Solvers. That’s my weird nostalgia.
@linkinstreet
4 жыл бұрын
Ah, so this is where the Yiga Clan from Breath of the Wild as well as their level was inspired from
@aidancommenting
4 жыл бұрын
I found a Sound Blaster PCI from 1999 just sitting in a drawer today. Even had the game port in it.
@midiman369
4 жыл бұрын
Great game! I remember playing this with my younger sister and I when we were kids. Now waiting for my own kids to be old enough to play it in my Dosbox system. :)
@Fade2GrayOG
4 жыл бұрын
I'm holding off on my Doom Eternal purchase until I can play on ultraviolent with chimps
@hiccuplord5683
4 жыл бұрын
I was home schooled in the late 90s early 2000s and I always played this when I got the opportunity. I still have the two CD cases filled with random edutainment software. Unfortunately my parents never kept the boxes, so LGR would not approve haha.
@Legion563
4 жыл бұрын
Holy crap its the game I've been trying to work out wtf it was for the last 2 decades. I used to play this back in primary school in the late 90's. All I could really remember was the way the playable character looked like look and banana traps/attacks. Thanks for finally putting this to rest for me...holy hell.
@dogslappingandcowtipping2273
4 жыл бұрын
Somewhere in an alternate universe IBM is the head of all computing and this man is the head, the smooth voice, the to the point attitude, interesting word selection along with the respectable high class beard
@AmyraCarter
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I remember this. I played this when I wanted to do platforming and Dr. Brain 3 was a bit too much for me to handle...
@infernalstan886
Жыл бұрын
I remember those gear puzzles got so hard towards the end of the game and I got completely stuck due to them on some playthroughs
@soki.gakiya
4 жыл бұрын
AAAAAAHHHH, I've been looking for the name of this game for years!!! man, thank you, thank you! my little brothers used to play this and wanted to download it for them now that they are adults!
@PurpleTurtle-t4q
4 жыл бұрын
you got my attention when you said I could throw the banana, but you convinced me when you said throw the banana farther
@unitedunitedunited_
4 жыл бұрын
This game was so fun, I remember seeing the brutalmoose review
@TheSignPainter500
4 жыл бұрын
THIS is the game that got me into circuitry, I had the CD version and still have it loose around here
@erebostd
4 жыл бұрын
DOS is DOS, and DOS can break 👍
@littleNorwegians
4 жыл бұрын
I play Doom on Nightmare... with chimps :X
@Spindash54
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the flashback! Could you cover Treasure Mountain or the other Treasure games sometime?
@Edward135i
4 жыл бұрын
OMG, I freaking loved this game as a kid! I haven't thought about it since then.
@MusicFromAnotherTime
4 жыл бұрын
Oh my god. I remember this along with Incredible Machine. So good.
@lincolnyellick
2 жыл бұрын
No pressure Clint, but I sure have a soft spot for this series. Hope you are well.
@smheath
4 жыл бұрын
Donkey Kong Country: with chimps or without chimps? *without chimps* Well, this is boring.
@Akotski-ys9rr
4 жыл бұрын
Michael Heath nice fake check mark
@Akotski-ys9rr
4 жыл бұрын
You ain’t fooling anyone
@Akotski-ys9rr
4 жыл бұрын
If you were verified, your name would have been highlighted
@smheath
4 жыл бұрын
@@Akotski-ys9rr I am verified. My name isn't highlighted because I'm not LGR.
@Akotski-ys9rr
4 жыл бұрын
Michael Heath you have 4 subscribers dumbass
@josephpennock3047
4 жыл бұрын
[educational saxophone music] Gotta love the captions! :D
@shark180
4 жыл бұрын
Yes! My God this brings back memories of spending hours on my father Packard Bell Computer
@joshuasmith8119
3 жыл бұрын
"As all things should be." "From a box of scraps!"
@fma1990
4 жыл бұрын
MY GOD I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REMEMBER THIS GAME! Thank you so much for finally reminding me what it was!
@DarthG33k
4 жыл бұрын
This was one of the first games I had when my parents bought the family's first computer in 1996. I'm gonna dig this up and set this up for my kid when he's old enough.
@hokman1
3 жыл бұрын
good plan. also carmen sandiego.
@ronniepirtlejr2606
4 жыл бұрын
We appreciate the torture you endure to make the videos for us. It's a trip back through Memory Lane !👍👍
@strain42
4 жыл бұрын
I saw on Twitter that this is gonna be the last year for Edutainment Month, so does that mean this is the last video in the era? I've always looked forward to April because I LOVE your Edutainment Month stuff, Clint, but I totally get that shifting audiences and KZitem algorithms make it hard to continue. Your channel, and these videos especially have been a big inspiration, and I just wanted to say Thank You for a literal decade of fantastic Educational content each April. "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."
@Oppaiman100
4 жыл бұрын
My childhood....Thank you for doing a review of this LGR! I'm sure everyone has said this already but I'll join in....You can run and do a somersault jump by using the CTRL button.
@animehatchetman
4 жыл бұрын
So that what this game was called. I loved playing in this school. Of course it was always on mute
@sammierose1212
4 жыл бұрын
Yess!! This was one of my favorite games as a kid! I reinstalled it and played it again a few years ago!
@KyoshoLP
4 жыл бұрын
I LOVED this game as a kid. I remember BEGGING my mother to order this out of the Scholastic catalog from school. Played it on an IBM PS/2 that was running Windows 3.1 (and DOS, and OS/2).
@4Wilko
4 жыл бұрын
Aw yeah Super Solvers. My favorite's always going to be Treasure Mountain (since that's the one we had on our DOS computer), but I did play one or two of the other titles in a computer class at Elementary school.
@Vance1982
4 жыл бұрын
My family had tons of The Learning Company games in my house when I was a kid, my favorite being Ancient Empires
@SlayerCerri
4 жыл бұрын
I was just trying to remember the name of that game. Thank you! That one and Midnight Rescue were my favorites.
@liddibee
4 жыл бұрын
The nostalgia!! Although I was always more of an “Outnumbered” girl... please do that one next!
@Davey656
4 жыл бұрын
Loved Outnumbered!!!!
@HamishMilne83
4 жыл бұрын
Man, Outnumbered always freaked me out as a kid.. Sneaking through the TV station at night, not knowing if the next door would reveal a VERY FAST MOVING SENTIENT POWER CABLE that zaps you unless you hit the button in 0.0001s
@benjaminrhodes
4 жыл бұрын
AWESOME VIDEO!! I remembering playing a few educational games when I was younger, pure nostalgia! The history of computing is so cool, you and similar KZitemrs inspired me to start my own KZitem channel and I hope to learn more about computers through it. Thanks for the video!
@Cimone90
4 жыл бұрын
I played the crap out of this on my elementary school computers
@kmilli0313
4 жыл бұрын
mission t.h.i.n.k. mustve been a newer type of this same game. same characters. thats what i had growing up on windows edit:yep just looked it up it was a super solvers game!
@gymprofessor329
4 жыл бұрын
Your voiceover is incredible. Clear, well spoken, and pretty funny. Just love your skill.
@deusexaethera
4 жыл бұрын
This doesn't remind me of my childhood, but it does remind me of my little brother's childhood.
@NodokaHanamura
4 жыл бұрын
I remembered playing this in school in the early 2000s, whilst our school still had DOS games stored on the network.
@rallokkcaz
4 жыл бұрын
Nodoka Hanamura same here, didn't even realize they were dos games
@pinkipromise
4 жыл бұрын
i played this in 1999
@lhamil64
4 жыл бұрын
Same, except our school had Macs.
@supersquare
4 жыл бұрын
@@lhamil64 Same we had those old as frick iMacs
@paterson90
3 жыл бұрын
I played this around 1994 lol
@TheAtoll
4 жыл бұрын
The video I have been waiting my whole life for!!!
@mattfleig2621
4 жыл бұрын
Me toooo
@G3DTrance
4 жыл бұрын
Your job with matching framerates of the CRT monitor and capturing Ms-Dos and old Windows games is astounding. The attention for details... Your work is awesome and the content of your channel is great. You even made a video sharing your learnings about capturing Ms-Dos and filming CRTs. Thank you very much for your work! Much appreciated in this confining times!
@KyuubiNaruto41
4 жыл бұрын
I remember playing this alot in the computer lab at my elementary school. The teacher there really didn't teach so much as she just had a bunch of programs on the computers pulled up in a menu and we could select what to play, for like 30 min before going back to class.
@RushJet1
4 жыл бұрын
We need more of these games. It's too bad the Master of Mischief died onscreen in Challenge of the Ancient Empires though.
@Carboxylated
4 жыл бұрын
HOLY SHIT I HAVE NOT HEARD OF THIS GAME SINCE I PLAYED IT BACK ON WINDOWS 95....wow what a nostalgia fever im in right now! I totally forgot about this
@SavestateComic
4 жыл бұрын
Wish I would of had this as a kid (that and a computer that could run it). I'm actually going to go play it now.
@cursed_erza6374
4 жыл бұрын
I saw what you put on Twitter and I’m sad to see that you most likely won’t be doing this next year but it’s understandable. I enjoy these videos because these games were pretty much all I had when I was a kid.
@shatteredlogicproductions4328
4 жыл бұрын
Man this takes me back. This was actually the first PC game I ever played. Still remember my dad bringing it home, the same DOS version in fact. My biggest shame as a gamer may be that I never completed it. Might be time to fix that...
@brycevo
4 жыл бұрын
That is such a classic. Great episode
@krazproductions
2 жыл бұрын
god! I felt a fain memory earlier this day and decided to look into a game review to travel down memory lane. I must have been about 7 or 8 years old when I played this game in Elementary School. I still remember Mrs. Willibee like it was yesterday. Thank you for tis bit of nostalgia .
@MadameSomnambule
Жыл бұрын
I played the Windows 95 version throughout my childhood, but because I could only hold onto an interest for so long before I move on to another, I never finished it nor did I ever finish Jumpstart 3rd Grade or Reading Blaster 4-6 outside of the stage 2 disc that came with that one which was WAAAAY shorter. It's honestly cool to see the original version and compare it to the one I grew up with. Also, there's just something about 80s and early 90s packaging for anything. The use of gradients, the solid shadows and geometric shapes, and in the early Super Solver games' cases, the hand drawn backgrounds combined with all that. That's an aesthetic you just don't find anymore except in Stranger Things tshirts meant to reference old book covers from the decade.
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