Mother Goose
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| Mother Goose | |
| Developer(s): | Sierra On-Line |
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| Designer(s): | Roberta Williams |
| Game(s): | Mixed-Up Mother Goose, Mixed-Up Mother Goose SCI, Mixed-Up Mother Goose VGA, Mixed-Up Mother Goose Deluxe |
| Role: | Series NPC |
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Description
The figure of Mother Goose is the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes.[1] As a character, she appeared in a song, the first stanza of which often functions now as a nursery rhyme.[2] This, however, was dependent on a Christmas pantomime, a successor to which is still performed in the United Kingdom.
The term's appearance in English dates back to the early 18th century, when Charles Perrault’s fairy tale collection, Contes de ma Mère l'Oye, was first translated into English as Tales of My Mother Goose. Later a compilation of English nursery rhymes, titled Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets for the Cradle, helped perpetuate the name both in Britain and the United States.
About
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| Mother Goose AGI |
Sierra's use of Mother Goose was first seen in the AGI children's game Mixed-Up Mother Goose.
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| Mother Goose SCI (EGA) |
Mixed-Up Mother Goose was remade with Sierra's new engine, SCI. Though still EGA, the updated graphics allowed for higher resolution that that of the original AGI.
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| Mother Goose SCI (VGA) |
The game was again remade with a newer version of the SCI1.1 engine. The VGA graphics gave the character 256 colors. The MPC (CD talkie) version used the same graphics, but added a voice track.
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| Mother Goose Deluxe |
SCI32's SVGA graphics doubled the VGA graphics for the final remake of Mixed-Up Mother Goose
Screenshots
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| Mixed-Up Mother Goose AGI |
Mixed-Up Mother Goose SCI |
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| Mixed-Up Mother Goose VGA Diskette and MPC |
Mixed-Up Mother Goose Deluxe |
Game Appearances
- Mixed-Up Mother Goose
- Mixed-Up Mother Goose SCI
- Mixed-Up Mother Goose VGA
- Mixed-Up Mother Goose Deluxe
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