Re: anyone know the name of this game?

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

"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