Re: anyone know the name of this game?

["Rex the Strange" <roger.main@widgetinc.com>]

Mitchell Spector wrote:
> "Chuck R. Anderson" <craIHateSpam@wpi.edu> wrote:
>
> >Many years ago I used to use the Apple ][e available at my local
> >library.  They had a kids game there that I never played, but often
> >booted up to listen to the cool music on the startup screen.  It
> >played muliple notes at once and used lots of arpeggiation tricks.
It
> >sounded like the most advanced music I ever heard played on the
> >standard 1-bit Apple speaker.
> >
> >Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of this game, or the object
> >of the game since I never really played it.  I think it was an
> >educational adventure game that used hires graphics and dithering to
> >blend colors, and I think the disks came in a plastic case of the
> >style like Disney VHS cases that I can only describe as "puffy".
> >
> >Is this too vague, or does anyone have some ideas that may spark
> >my memory?  I looked at the names of all the games available at
> >the various archive sites, and nothing jumped out at me.
>
>     Considering many, many Apple II games utilized multiple voices
for
> playing music through the standard 1-bit speaker, yes, too vague. :)
>
>     Off the top of my head, 8-bit educational games that had rather
> above average music in the opening title...?
>
> - The Institute
> - Planetary Travel
> - The Halley Project (digitized music)
>
> Mitchell Spector

People, please tell me more about this "multiple voices" - I thought
the AII speaker was far too limited for that. Does anyone know of any
resources where I can find out about programming it to do this?

rts