Galactic Pinball

Galactic Pinball is an activity in JumpStart Study Helpers Math Booster. It is intended to teach math for 1st-5th graders.

Description
Users must guide a pinball containing Frankie around space-themed obstacles to select the answer to a math equation in the holes in the corners of the screen. Examples of obstacles include: The number of equations that must be answered to complete the activity depend on the gameplay difficulty level. On Easy, six must be answered; on Medium, nine must be answered; on Hard, twelve must be answered. Each difficulty level features a variety of different layouts.
 * bumpers
 * vortexes that will send the pinball in a random direction
 * asteroids
 * Space Monsters that chomp on the Frankie pinball and turn it orange, causing the controls to be reversed
 * laser barriers that turn on and off with time
 * conveyor belts

Controls
The arrow keys are used to guide the Frankie pinball around.

Digital manual description
Oh no! Frankie is trapped in the Space PinBall Machine! In order to get him out you will have to drive him to the numbers that complete your equations. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to control the ball. (Watch out on the harder levels: if a Space Monster eats you, your controls will be reversed!)