## Description
_Math Assault II: Fractions_ is a shareware, educational game that teaches
fractions, decimals, ratios, proportions, and percentages to grades 4 – 9.
The game follows on from Math Assault 1. The year is now 2135 and the player,
a super hero, responds to a message from Dr. Ronan, an evil super genius who
has developed a machine that will enable him to take over the world. While
investigating the warehouse that is Ronan’s lair our hero is zapped by a green
laser and winds up back in ancient Greecia. Things are not well in the past
either. Dark magic has forced Zeus from Olympus and he now lives in a cave
with Iris his assistant. The only hope is a portal on the far side of Greecia
built by the Mooglish but it’s guarded by a dragon.
The gameplay that follows is similar to a side scrolling arcade game. The
player explores the level killing baddies. When a baddie has been killed the
player must answer a math question to earn health and weapon points. Along the
way there are power ups to collect, these appear as potions in a window on the
right of the play area. There are also gems to collect, these earn bonus
points and they explain math terms such as _denominator_ and _improper
fraction_ to the player, some of these terms feature in later questions posed
by the game. When enough points have been accumulated the player increases in
rank and battles the end of level monster. There are eight levels the last of
which is the fight with the green dragon that gives access to the portal which
takes the hero home.
The game has optional sound, music and speech, a choice of character, play and
a practice modes, save game function, two levels of difficulty and a high
score table.