M&M's: The Lost Formulas

aka: M&M's: Die Geheimformeln, M&M's: Las Fórmulas Perdidas, M&M's: Shell Shocked
Moby ID: 40309
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Description

In M&Ms: The Lost Formulas, the 2 lead candies are about to set off on a vacation until the red candy realizes that the yellow candy left the M&Ms Minis in charge of the candy factory. The Minis promptly steal the secret M&Ms formulas and cause havoc at the factory. It is up to the yellow candy to set the situation right.

The gameplay has been described as being similar to the Crash Bandicoot series. The action in the game takes place over 8 levels. The first 7 levels involve some kind of math skill (configurable at various skill levels to cover addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). The first level depicts the yellow candy frantically driving back to the candy factory. Along the way are math formulas on the side of the road, followed closely by 3 crates on the road, each with a number. Striking the crate with the correct answer for the previous formula will allow passage, while the 2 wrong answers are steel crates that will end your vehicle. The same action is repeated in a later level involving a forklift.

Another type of level has the yellow candy jumping from number platform to number platform according to the math formulas that a disembodied female voice calls out. Another type of level is a 3D running/jumping action level in which the yellow candy will run down a hallway while observing clues about math formulas along the way. At the end of the hallway will be 3 doors, each with a possible answer. Choose wisely.

All along the way are M&Ms candies to be collected in large quantities. Every 100 M&Ms candies earns the player an extra life.

The PlayStation version is basically the same game but minus the Math mode.

Spellings

  • M&M's: הנוסחה האבודה - Hebrew spelling

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Credits (PlayStation version)

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Senior Vice President, Publisher
Vice President; Creative Director
Executive Producer
Vice President; Sales & Marketing
Art Director
Public Relations
Gameplay Tester
The Team at Simon & Schuster Interactive
Special Thanks to:
Executive Producer
Writer
Designer
Producer
VP Engineering
Project Manager
Lead PlayStation Programming
PlayStation Programming
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Reviews

Critics

Average score: 55% (based on 9 ratings)

Players

Average score: 2.4 out of 5 (based on 9 ratings with 1 reviews)

A horrible Crash Bandicoot clone

The Good
Cutscenes are somewhat charming.

The Bad
The controls are absolutely terrible! It's a glitchy mess with poor hit detection. Terrible sounding music that sounds like it belongs on a Nintendo 64 game. Awful camera that causes deaths that come from enemies away from the screen.

The Bottom Line
This was released in 2001. This is unacceptable for the year and is much inferior to the PC version.

PlayStation · by 45th&47th (1022) · 2024

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Game added by Multimedia Mike.

PlayStation added by Corn Popper.

Additional contributors: Crawly, marley0001, U.J.1, Patrick Bregger.

Game added April 24, 2009. Last modified July 4, 2023.