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Aimed at pre-school children, Sierra's Mixed-up Mother Goose Deluxe is planted
firmly in familiar ground for its age group. It is based on nursery rhymes so there
are appearances by Little Bo Peep, Little Jack Horner, Jack and Jill and Humpty
Dumpty, to name but a few. The game begins by offering the child a choice of
character to guide through their journey, and at a click of the mouse button the
chosen character starts out tucked up in bed. A short dream sequence later he or
she is deposited outside the house of Mother Goose who laments that her rhymes are
mixed up because the various nursery rhyme characters have lost essential items to
complete their rhymes. There are 18 mini quests in all which involve finding such
items as Jack and Jill's pail, Bo Peep's Sheep, etc. These are scattered around the
game world as are the nursery rhyme characters. The child must wander around to meet
the characters and learn what they are missing, then find the lost items and return
them to their owners. Returning items initiates an animated sequence accompanied by
a lively musical rendition of the respective nursery rhyme. This was yet another
and the last updated version of the game. This version has further improved SVGA
graphics and a bonus audio CD, as well as the introduction of different melodies
and styles of music. In addition, full digital speech was introduced in this version. |