The Blaster Learning System is an educational video game series created by Davidson & Associates and later published by JumpStart (formerly Knowledge Adventure) after the two companies were acquired and merged by CUC Software.
The games primarily focused on mathematics, later expanding into language arts and science, and spawned an animated children's television series in 1999 called Blaster's Universe.
Starting in 2011, development of the series focused on an online version of Math Blaster played through a browser or mobile app rather than standalone game software.
[citation needed] The 1993 release Math Blaster Episode I: In Search of Spot was the first in the series to feature a storyline told through animated cutscenes and voice acting.
Starting in 2011, development of the series focused on an online version of Math Blaster played through a browser or mobile app rather than standalone game software.
[16] New Math Blaster Plus was reviewed in the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Guide Book where it was praised for its "arcade-quality graphics [making] drills snappy and entertaining".
[21] After starting off with a huge boom and providing the base for the establishment of a successful public corporation, the Blaster series eventually fell victim to marketing cuts.