Math Rescue is a 1992 educational platform game created by Karen Crowther of Redwood Games and published by Apogee Software. It's early pre-release title was "Number Rescue". Released in October, 1992, for the DOS platform, it is a loose successor to the earlier game Word Rescue, whose game engine was used to power the new game with minor changes. Math Rescue was initially released as shareware but later achieved a retail release. It was followed by Math Rescue Plus. The registered version of Math Rescue remains available for purchase.