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Study Box is a Japan exclusive educational game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, released in 1990 by publisher Imagineer. It arrived late in the NES lifecycle, a time when the console's library was vast and varied, and this title fits into a niche category of games designed to blend learning with play rather than compete with action heavy platformers or deep RPGs.

You control a small character who must navigate through a series of single screen stages, each presenting a math problem that needs to be solved. The main objective is to input the correct answer by moving your character onto the corresponding number tile while avoiding moving obstacles that patrol the area. The signature mechanics involve this direct navigation to select answers and the constant evasion of enemies, which adds a layer of tension to the problem solving. The pacing is methodical, as you must often wait for the right moment to move, and the difficulty comes more from the timing and avoidance than the math itself. It feels like a quiet, focused puzzle where you are just as much a participant as the numbers on the screen.