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Mixed-Up Mother Goose

This is an updated version of Roberta Williams' Mixed-Up Mother Goose. This version utilizes Sierra's SCI game interpreter and features enhanced graphics and sound. The gameplay remains the same as the…

31 December 1987

Mixed-Up Mother Goose is an adventure developed by Coktel Vision, released 31 December 1987 on Amiga, Apple II, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Mixed-Up Mother Goose is

Mixed-Up Mother Goose is an adventure game developed by Coktel Vision and released in 1987. It was published by Sierra Entertainment. It is available on Amiga, Apple II, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

This is an updated version of Roberta Williams' Mixed-Up Mother Goose. This version utilizes Sierra's SCI game interpreter and features enhanced graphics and sound. The gameplay remains the same as the previous version; all of the nursery rhymes in Mother Goose Land have become mixed up! Your goal is to set things straight by locating missing items for each of the fairy tale characters in the land. When wandering around the land you can talk to the different characters (each from a different nursery rhyme) to find out what item it is they need; for example, Little Bo Peep is looking for her sheep and Jack Be Nimble lost his candle stick. The items are scattered about the land, and when you…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Mixed-Up Mother Goose launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.

Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Mixed-Up Mother Goose come out?
Mixed-Up Mother Goose was released on 31 December 1987 for Amiga, Apple II, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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