I first was introduced to Operation Neptune in the early 1990s. I went to a rural school and we shared the ‘mobile’ computer lab with all the other schools in the area, so we only had computers at our school once a year for about a month. They were set up in our library, and during that month we were allowed to go on the computers once every couple of days in place of having a library session.
I only knew of Operation Neptune as ‘That Submarine Math Game!’ The novelty of having computers at your school was overwhelming, especially because of having the privilege of playing a game with such extraordinary graphics (at the time I was playing on a system that I had discovered in my parents attic and the games ran off of tape cassette!). I always remembered the graphics of inside the submarine, the different (at the time challenging) math problems, and especially (if I remember correctly) the dolphins.
Over the last couple of years, I have been getting back into playing computer and video games since I have now acquired my first computer and finally have a decent Internet connection. I have been trying to acquire all of those old games I used to play on friends and the school computers, one of which was ‘that submarine math game’ and what I know today as ‘Operation Neptune’.
I recently found out that my brother, 8 years my junior and who attended the same school a number of years later, also played this game. It is fascinating that such a simple game has had such a resounding impact over so many years. I look forward to playing it with my future kids.
Thanks to Operation Neptune, a fantastic math game, I had much fun learning and improving my math skills in elementary school. In fact, it helped me a great deal with my multiplication, division and problem solving.
In the classroom, I found the struggle of math-work embarrassing, but when I played Operation Neptune I was able to use and improve these skills. Embarrassment was no longer an issue and I finally had a practical application for these skills, not to mention incentive to do math! I was never able to finish the game, given our limited access to the computers, but now look forward to playing it for the nostalgia and sharing the memories with my brother.
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~dorento1I first was introduced to Operation Neptune in the early 1990s. I went to a rural school and we shared the ‘mobile’ computer lab with all the other schools in the area, so we only had computers at our school once a year for about a month. They were set up in our library, and during that month we were allowed to go on the computers once every couple of days in place of having a library session.
I only knew of Operation Neptune as ‘That Submarine Math Game!’ The novelty of having computers at your school was overwhelming, especially because of having the privilege of playing a game with such extraordinary graphics (at the time I was playing on a system that I had discovered in my parents attic and the games ran off of tape cassette!). I always remembered the graphics of inside the submarine, the different (at the time challenging) math problems, and especially (if I remember correctly) the dolphins.
Over the last couple of years, I have been getting back into playing computer and video games since I have now acquired my first computer and finally have a decent Internet connection. I have been trying to acquire all of those old games I used to play on friends and the school computers, one of which was ‘that submarine math game’ and what I know today as ‘Operation Neptune’.
I recently found out that my brother, 8 years my junior and who attended the same school a number of years later, also played this game. It is fascinating that such a simple game has had such a resounding impact over so many years. I look forward to playing it with my future kids.
Thanks to Operation Neptune, a fantastic math game, I had much fun learning and improving my math skills in elementary school. In fact, it helped me a great deal with my multiplication, division and problem solving.
In the classroom, I found the struggle of math-work embarrassing, but when I played Operation Neptune I was able to use and improve these skills. Embarrassment was no longer an issue and I finally had a practical application for these skills, not to mention incentive to do math! I was never able to finish the game, given our limited access to the computers, but now look forward to playing it for the nostalgia and sharing the memories with my brother.
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~dorento1
