The only way to describe this is as an arithmetic text book with pictures, sound and automatic marking. That is really all there is to say. If you feel your child needs practice in one or all of the four rules of number then this may be for you! I think maths has much more to offer than this and that programs like this can do much more harm than good.

The purpose of your answers is to countdown, launch, orbit and land your spacecraft. The grahics arc fair but not remarkable. The on-screen prompts arc all in capitals which makes them difficult for younger children despite the good use of double height characters in parts. If you are unfortunate enough to get a problem wrong the correct answer is flashed on the screen for far too short a time. This means it is difficult to learn from mistakes. The levels are difficult to control, you cannot specify maximum numbers, simply an arbitary level number, and there is no facility for negative or decimal numbers. A very disappointing program of very limited use.

D.C.