Fraction Fever
Fraction Fever — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Fraction Fever on?
- Fraction Fever was released on ColecoVision, Commodore C64/128/MAX.
- When did Fraction Fever release?
- Fraction Fever was first released on June 3, 1983.
About Fraction Fever
In Fraction Fever, the player's goal is to advance floors up to the twentieth with the help of his pogo stick and the Fraction Elevators located on each floor. To find them, the player needs to look for the correct fraction pictures, matching what is shown at the top of the screen, while a radar shows the layout of floors at the bottom. Incorrect fractions can be knocked down for scoring points, but this leaves holes in the floors. When the player doesn't manage to jump over these and falls down far enough or several times, the game will end. There is also a time limit to look out for, if the clock reaches zero the Fraction Elevator of the current floor cannot be reached, and the player has to jump down a floor to be able to try again.
Summary via IGDB.
Fraction Fever on Wikipedia
Fraction Fever is an educational video game created by Tom Snyder Productions and published by Spinnaker Software in 1983. The TRS-80 version was sold through Radio Shack. The game involves moving a pogo stick laterally on a platform to find a fraction equivalent to the one shown on-screen.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).
Game details
- Platforms
- ColecoVision, Commodore C64/128/MAX
- Publisher
- Spinnaker Software
- Themes
- Science fiction, Educational
Details via IGDB.
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ColecoVision | 1984 | $10 | $44 | — | Graphics ★★½ · Play-Action ★★★ | Low (look-alike) |
Release timeline
- ColecoVisionJun 3, 1983
- Commodore C64/128/MAX1983
First release on each platform, from IGDB’s records of this game’s ports and editions. Remakes are separate games with their own pages, so they are not listed here.
We haven’t priced or authenticated the versions without a section on this page yet.
Collector value & authenticity
ColecoVision · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-19
How often it sells
- Loose: about 4 times a year
- Complete: about 2 times a year
- Sealed: about 2 times a year
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-19.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $4.95 in Jul 2009, $13.67 five years ago, and $10.00 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2010 | $4.95 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $4.95 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $4.99 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $5.20 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $9.99 | $14.99 |
| Jan 2015 | $8.27 | $15.00 |
| Jan 2016 | $10.36 | $15.00 |
| Jan 2017 | $6.99 | $30 |
| Jan 2018 | $6.99 | $14.68 |
| Jan 2019 | $8.53 | $14.14 |
| Jan 2020 | $10.41 | $17.00 |
| Jan 2021 | $13.97 | $19.50 |
| Jan 2022 | $11.12 | $22 |
| Jan 2023 | $11.66 | $18.94 |
| Jan 2024 | $12.00 | $20 |
| Jan 2025 | $14.08 | $40 |
| Jan 2026 | $12.00 | $27 |
| Oct 2026 | $10.00 | $44 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory |
|---|
| North America Spinnaker Software |
- Region
- NA
- Released
- 1984
- Authenticity
- Low
A Spinnaker fractions drill for young players that works as a curiosity, and a cheap one.
Spinnaker Software published the ColecoVision cartridge in 1984; the game itself was created by Tom Snyder Productions and began on computers. The player slides a pogo stick sideways along a platform to land on the fraction equivalent to the one shown on screen.
It is a single-subject educational cart for children and not a game to seek out for play. We found no period review of the ColecoVision edition.
What the press said at the time
| Computer Entertainer Vol. 3 No. 2 | May 1984 | Graphics ★★½ · Play-Action ★★★ |
“There's no doubt that the successful player must have a clear understanding of fractions, but we question whether a child will actually grasp the concept of fractions merely by playing this game.”
Computer Entertainer rated graphics first and play action second, from four symbols (excellent) to one (poor) — diamonds through early 1987, stars after — comparing each game only with other games for the same system.
Before you buy
Standard keypad controller. Spinnaker educational carts were common and cheap loose; a boxed copy sells for several times a loose one, so the box and manual make up most of a complete copy's value.
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