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{{Infobox VG |title = Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets |image = Super Solvers - Gizmos & Gadgets Coverart.png |caption = Official cover art of ''Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets |developer = [[The Learning Company]] |publisher = [[The Learning Company]] |distributor = [[The Learning Company]] |released = {{vgrelease|NA=1993}} |genre = [[Platform game|Platformer]] <br> [[Puzzle Game|Puzzle]] <br> [[Racing game|Racing]] |modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]] |platforms = [[Personal Computer|PC]] <br> [[Apple Macintosh|Mac]] |media = [[Floppy Disk]] <br> [[CD-ROM]] |input = [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]] <br> [[mouse (computing)|Mouse]] }} '''''Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets''''' is an educational [[science]] [[computer game]] designed by [[The Learning Company]]. It is intended to teach children between the ages of 7 and 12 introductory [[mechanics]], namely simple machines, magnets, basic electronics, and forms of energy. The original game is compatible with computers running DOS 3.3 or higher and a later CD release added [[Windows 95]] and Macintosh compatibility. A popular game through 1997, [[The Learning Company]], then incorporated with [[Brøderbund]], discontinued ''Gizmos & Gadgets'' in 1998. [[Riverdeep]] eventually obtained the rights and re-released it in some of the "Adventure Workshop" collections. ==Gameplay== The object of the game is to win 15 races in different vehicles against Morty Maxwell at the Shady Glen Technology Center. This is done by moving the Super Solver around a series of warehouses to collect vehicle parts by solving puzzles involving principles of physics. ==The Characters== '''Super Solver'''<br /> <!--<gallery> Deleted image removed: Image:supersolver1.jpg|The Super Solver wins again! </gallery>--> The Super Solver is the user-controlled main character. The user moves the Super Solver around warehouses collecting parts that are used to build the vehicles. '''Morty Maxwell'''<br /> <!-- Deleted image removed: Image:morty1.jpg|Morty is Foiled! --> Morty is the Antagonist. He battles the Super Solver in all 15 races. '''Cyberchimps'''<br /> Morty's Goons, they hang around the warehouse and if the player runs into them they steal one of the parts. The only way to stop them is to throw bananas at them, causing them to sleep and relinquish any part(s) they had taken. ==The Races== There are 15 races; five races in each of three categories, automotive, alternative energy, and aircraft. The races get progressively harder and the vehicles more complex as the player nears the fifth race in each category. A hidden 16th level involving a [[nuclear submarine]] can be unlocked by defeating the first 15 levels in a remarkable time. This level introduces some of the basics of [[nuclear physics]], such as [[nuclear fission]]. ==The Warehouse== The warehouse where the parts are kept is a maze-like building through which the player must navigate. There are multiple levels and the only ways to travel between them are to be blown by vents, jump off springboards, or jump off trampolines (to move up) or to walk off a ledge (to move down). There are also two wings, one wing where the player can see the whole warehouse and few boxes are generally visible, and the other wing, which is a small portion where the majority of boxes are. They are separated by doors. Doors begin locked and can only be unlocked by solving a science-related puzzle. Once unlocked the player can move back and forth freely through that door. There is already one open door at the beginning. However, because the only way to reach the majority of the warehouse is through the former wing but since most boxes are on the latter wing the player must unlock many, if not most of the doors. The left and right arrow keys are used to move through the maze, and the up arrow key is used to unlock and pass through the doors. ==Educational value== In solving the puzzles, players learn about science and math principles, including: *Balance - balancing a scale using different weights and distances *Electricity - constructing various types of series and parallel circuits *Energy - matching activities to energy types: chemical, electrical, kinetic, nuclear, potential, light, heat, mechanical *Force - propelling various sized objects into a flashing hole (depending on ramp, gravity and/or friction) *Gears - constructing machines using gears of various sizes *Magnetics - constructing various North-South pole patterns *Machines - building common objects out of simple machine pieces In building vehicles, players learn about good, better and best principles. For example, that a rounded nose on a car is more aerodynamic and faster than a flat nose, and a pointed nose is better still. ==External links== *{{moby game|id=/super-solvers-gizmos-gadgets|name=''Gizmos & Gadgets''}} *[http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/581747-super-solvers-gizmos-and-gadgets/data ''Gizmos & Gadgets''] {{Super Solvers}} [[Category:1993 video games]] [[Category:Mac OS games]] [[Category:Windows games]] [[Category:Children's educational video games]] [[Category:North America-exclusive video games]]
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