Ms Math World

Ms Math World is a fan-made custom world for FantaSoft's Classic Mac platformer Monkey Shines, the 1997 side-scroller in which a chimp named Bonzo bounces through hand-built levels collecting fruit and keys. Add-on worlds like this one swap in new tile layouts, hazards, and music while reusing the original engine.

Add-on, not a standalone game

Like the rest of the Monkey Shines custom-world library, Ms Math World requires an installed copy of FantaSoft's Monkey Shines to run. The add-on supplies new level data that the base game loads at startup, replacing the stock world with the author's themed stage set.

Fits the Monkey Shines engine

The host game is a Classic Mac OS platformer for System 7 through Mac OS 9, with a later Mac OS X port released by FantaSoft. Custom worlds run wherever the original Monkey Shines runs, which means real PowerPC or 68k Macs and emulators such as SheepShaver, Basilisk II, or Mini vMac configured for the appropriate Mac OS release.

Part of a wider community library

Monkey Shines accumulated a substantial library of community-made worlds during its shareware life. Archives such as the Internet Archive's Monkey Shines Custom Worlds collection preserve dozens of these add-ons together, of which Math World variants are documented entries.

Installation

Mount the downloaded archive in Classic Mac OS, decompress with StuffIt Expander if needed, and drop the world file into the same folder as the Monkey Shines application. Launch Monkey Shines and the new world will be available from its world-selection menu.