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Math Rescue

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Math Rescue
Math Rescue cover
Developers
Redwood Games
Publishers
Apogee Software
Release dates
DOS October 1, 1992[1]
Windows (DOSBox) October 23, 2014[2]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) May 5, 2015[3]
Math Rescue on Wikipedia
Math Rescue
Math Rescue 1992
Math Rescue Plus 1992

General information

Official site
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Use DOSBox (see Run in DOSBox).
DOS
Developer website
DRM details are not known
Use DOSBox (see Run in DOSBox).
DOS
Publisher website
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Run in DOSBox

To run correctly in DOSBox change timed=true to timed=false. Leave all other settings at their defaults.[4]

Game data

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\*.MR1
Windows <path-to-game>\*.MR1[Note 1]
<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358200/pfx/[Note 3]
HIGH.MR1 contains high score data, other files are player profiles.
File extensions include the episode number (1-3).
In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared (some settings are not stored between sessions).

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes EGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 286
System memory (RAM) 475k of conventional memory
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3.8 MB
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.10.3
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Notes

  1. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
  3. Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References