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Treasure Mountain! cover

1990 · The Learning Company · Adventure · Educational

Treasure Mountain!

Through the use of reading comprehension and basic mathematics, players navigate Treasure Mountain in order to get the treasure at the top.

Released
1990
Platforms
MS-DOSWindowsmacOS
Genres
AdventureEducationalPuzzle
Developers
The Learning Company
Publishers
—
Modes
Single-player
Themes
Educational
Country
United States

About

Treasure Mountain! is an educational adventure video game published by The Learning Company in 1990 for MS-DOS, Windows, and Classic Mac OS. It teaches children aged five to nine reading, basic mathematics, and logic skills. Treasure Mountain is the third installment of the Super Seekers series.

Keywords

  • magic
  • elves
  • math
  • edutainment
  • pixel art
  • snow
  • snowman
  • single-player only
  • leveling up
  • treasure chest
  • male antagonist
  • cga graphics

Media

Treasure Mountain! screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The objective of Treasure Mountain! is to find the hidden treasures and return them to the chest in the castle at the top of the mountain.

The mountain consists of three levels. Players cannot climb higher until they have found the key to unlock the next level. To find the key, players must get clues about its location by answering elves' riddles. When players use a net to capture an elf carrying a scroll and answer the riddle correctly, they will receive a clue consisting of a number, shape, or description about where the key to the next level is hidden, as well as any magical coins the elf is carrying.

Story

Treasure Mountain! as well as the other "Treasure" games in the Super Seekers games, take place in a magical realm called Treasureland. The game takes place on a mountain called "Treasure Mountain". Treasure MathStorm!, a later release, takes place on the same mountain.

As the game opens, the Master of Mischief, a common antagonist of The Learning Company's Super Seekers games and the counterpart of antagonist Morty Maxwell in the Super Solvers games, steals the kingdom's crown and hides all of the castle's treasures. The player takes on the role of the Super Seeker once again, whose job is to find the treasures and remove the Master of Mischief from the throne.

Reception

Treasure Mountain! has received mediocre to positive reviews. Computer Gaming World gave the game four out of five stars, calling it "an easy-to-play, visually appealing, non-violent arcade-style game for beginners" with some reading ability. Lisa Savignano of Allgame gave the game 4.5 stars out of 5 stating that "Treasure Mountain may be somewhat repetitive, but each level will impel the kids to go onward until they finally get all 300 treasures and win the game...the game can be played over and over again".

Abandonia users gave more mediocre reviews, but said that "collecting toys and getting to the next level can be somewhat addicting".

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows31 December 1990Worldwide
macOS31 December 1990Worldwide

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