Numbers (computer game)

1991 CD-I cover

Numbers is an interactive Sesame Street computer game that was originally developed by the Children's Television Workshop in 1991.

Initially released as one of two CD-I games by Philips Interactive Media, under the label "A Visit to Sesame Street," the game was modified for CD-ROM releases. The first of which was released specifically for the 3DO by Electronic Arts (1994), and subsequently by Creative Wonders (1995-1997), The Learning Company (1998), and Encore Software (2001). The game was also included in the Sesame Street Learning Series: Toddlers Deluxe CD-ROM set.

Elmo guides the user around Sesame Street while number recognition, counting, adding, subtracting, and other math skills are encouraged. Other characters include Ernie, Bert, Big Bird, and the Count.

The appropriate performers provide voices for the characters, but of particular note is a vocal track by Jim Henson as Ernie and Kermit the Frog. A dedication to Henson is seen at the game's end credits.

CD-ROM Releases

1994 DOS release

1998 reissue

2001 reissue

2005 reissue

1995 Japanese cover

German front cover

Contents

• "The Present Game": The user must find the right number of gifts and give them to Elmo.

• "The Paper Clip Game": The user must help Bert find his paper clip collection which Ernie has hidden in their apartment.

• "Big Bird's Nest": Big Bird provides clues to help the user find the birdseed he has hidden in his nest.

• "I've Got Your Number": The Count helps the user find his bats, who are hiding behind one of the numbers in his castle.

• "Storybooks & Telephones": Listen to stories in books and answer the phone to talk to characters from Sesame Street.

• "Radios & Televisions": Each character location contains a radio and television set, which plays songs and video clips from the show. Many of these clips are not commercially available elsewhere.

Songs

• "Born to Add"
• "Listen to the Bells"
• "Count It Higher"
• "Ten Turtles"
• "Adding"
• "A Cookie Sometimes"
• "My Triangle Home"
• "Forty Blocks From My Home"
• "Family"
• "Inchworm"
• "Country Two"
• "Five Bears in a Bed"
• "The Ten Commandments of Health"
• "Subtraction Blues"
• "It's Hip To Be a Square"
• "Green Grow the Rushes Go"

Cartoons

Ladybugs' Picnic

The Alligator King

Martian Beauty

It's a Lovely Eleven Morning

In and Out Crowd

I Love My Bones

Something's Missing

Some, More, and Most

Imagination

20 Pickle Pie

Animal Department Store: 1-10

Country #5

The Old Woman Who Lived in a Nine

3 + 1 = 4

King Minus

Bowling Subtraction

Light Bulb Subtraction

Peacock Math

Bubble Gum Math

An owl and a bird compromise.

Two gorillas scratch each others backs.

Snakes make shapes.

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Shapes line-up.

Voices

• Kevin Clash as Elmo
• Jim Henson as Ernie and Kermit the Frog
• Frank Oz as Bert
• Marty Robinson as Mr. Snuffleupagus
• Jerry Nelson as the Count
• Carroll Spinney as Big Bird

See also

• Letters