Do you remember these games from my childhood?

Kinoko · Tue 19/12/2006 16:21:11

I was reminded tonight, thinking about exactly what it is that I often like in games, of three computer games from my childhood.

I played zillions of games during my childhood as I had a very early start on the whole business, but these three were very different because I played them when I was in grade 1 or possibly 2, so were talking 1989-ish here.

I have very distinct memories of these games because they ENTRANCED me so. I can picture their visual style and many things about them, but I have no idea of specifics that would actually help me search for them. I was about 6 years old, so I have no idea what the system was, except that it was a "computer", and they may well have simply been games that circulated on the educational scene.

1. This game was probably the most basic, visually. I think it had a plain black background with simple coloured paths and whatnot drawn on each screen. You were a zoo keeper or something, in a zoo, and you had to feed the animals. I think maybe time was involved somewhere, like feeding the right animal at the right hour, but I dunno. Great game, but the least favourite of the three I'm talking about here.

2. This game was set in a mouse's house - an English cottage style white 2 storey house if memory serves tea. You had to go from room to room, or possibly out the back into the garden, to find this mouse. I think you basically clicked on various objects until you found him. The rooms were cluttered and there were seemingly endless places to look. I have a very strong feeling the title was, "---'s House", --- being the mouse's name, which could very well have been something cliched like Morton or something.

3. You had to look for a little girl who was playing hide and seek with you. From memory, all outside scenes where you would say be looking down a country oad with a barn and trees on the side of the road. I think you were given clues about where she was hiding perhaps, and again just clicked on places until you found here.

These last two in particular gave me WONDERFUL memories and had an amazingly mysterious feel to them for a 6 year old.

If anyone can shed any light on these games for me, it'd be much appreciated.

m0ds · Thu 21/12/2006 11:57:29

Out of interest, what system did you play them on? I don't think I know them (though the Mouse one sounds familiar)... When I was that age we had very basic games on BBC Basic, but the games you mentioned sound more like something I would've found on an RM Nimbus, like Granny's garden. But I'm not sure if they shipped those to America.

Da_Elf · Thu 21/12/2006 14:23:43

man. when i was a kid we had pong

voh · Thu 21/12/2006 18:01:54

When I was a kid we had cans. Which we'd kick.

Yeah, they were good times.

Esseb · Thu 21/12/2006 18:12:10

Quote from: m0ds on Thu 21/12/2006 11:57:29
But I'm not sure if they shipped those to America.

Or Australia?

EagerMind · Thu 21/12/2006 18:15:42

Quote from: voh on Thu 21/12/2006 18:01:54When I was a kid we had cans. Which we'd kick.

Or bottles. Which we'd spin.

Oh, never mind.

ManicMatt · Thu 21/12/2006 18:24:07

Quote from: EagerMind on Thu 21/12/2006 18:15:42
Or bottles. Which we'd spin.

If we weren't spinning our bottles, we were chucking them into the air to see if they smash into pieces when they hit the floor.

Blackthorne · Thu 21/12/2006 19:49:44

I used to play "Reader Rabbit" on the Apple IIe at school when I was a kid. That was the HEIGHT of edutainment technology.

Bt

Erenan · Thu 21/12/2006 20:00:24

Math Blaster, Man. Oops. Now I feel bad for posting off topic with everyone else.

Da_Elf · Thu 21/12/2006 21:47:32

Quote from: Blackthorne on Thu 21/12/2006 19:49:44
I used to play "Reader Rabbit" on the Apple IIe at school when I was a kid.Ã,Â That was the HEIGHT of edutainment technology.

Bt

didnt have a bottle huh?

Radiant · Thu 21/12/2006 23:02:41

Quote from: voh on Thu 21/12/2006 18:01:54
When I was a kid we had cans. Which we'd kick.

Young whippersnapper! When I was your age, all we had to play with were spiky rocks and pointy brambles, and we darn well liked it that way! Grumble grumble grumble.

Babar · Fri 22/12/2006 16:31:12

Reader Rabbit! I loved that game! I still have the manual somewhere. I remember going on a train through tunnels, and pulling out carrots which had something to do with letters. Was Mathblaster the platformer where you could be the boy or the girl, and you had to deal with butterflies? There was also this math game where you were a knight?

About your game, Kinoko, while it doesn't seem all that familiar, perhaps you are talking about Playhouse? It had a minigame where you went to a mouse's house and could click all over and make stuff happen.