Ryaan1234
10-01-2011, 11:18 PM
Hey guys, I thought I'd jog some memories bringing up the old Microzine Jr. disks by Scholastic. These disks contain various games and programs, and were common in schools back in the day.
It was where you control a character, in a fun house, mall, or haunted house. There were 3 games in the series in these settings. It played like the original King's Quest. And it's not Hugo's House of Horrors. That's my "most wanted" Apple II game title. I distinctly remember we called the one that took place in a fun house "Bobo's Fun House" but a Google search brings me next to nothing*. If it helps any at all one of the items you could get in the fun house was onion gum, which you had to give to a clown blocking the way to another room.
I believe Bobo's Fun House is the correct title....
You've probably heard me mention (several times) my "holy grail" game, which was an adventure game on Apple II that takes place in a fun house. I always remembered it being called "Bobo's Fun House" but I could only find scant information on it online. Well I was doing one of my searches for it (I look on Google once every few months) and it turns out not only am I not crazy, but the game exists on the Microzine Jr #6 game disk. There were several other games in the series I recall and I think more than likely they're on the other disks.
The main game "series" on these disks were called the "twistaplot" games, and I believe my game is from that very same grouping, as well as the other ones (one in a department store, castle, and haunted house) I've already tried out a game called "Dark Tower" (found on #11) that plays VERY similarly to how I remember the games.
Here's a link (ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/educational/microzine/) to some disk images of this series (which sadly doesn't include #6). I know that talking about ROMs is frowned upon here but these disk images are now abandonware, and legal to play on an Apple II emulator. (Mods feel free to remove the link if you think that's appropriate).
Anyways, does anyone else here have memories of the Microzine "games"? I'd love to hear them.
EDIT: Eureka! #32 contains the game with the department store I remember (titled "A Night at Fleeners", sheesh no wonder I never found it before)! This is amazing. I've been waiting over a decade to see these games again!
It was where you control a character, in a fun house, mall, or haunted house. There were 3 games in the series in these settings. It played like the original King's Quest. And it's not Hugo's House of Horrors. That's my "most wanted" Apple II game title. I distinctly remember we called the one that took place in a fun house "Bobo's Fun House" but a Google search brings me next to nothing*. If it helps any at all one of the items you could get in the fun house was onion gum, which you had to give to a clown blocking the way to another room.
I believe Bobo's Fun House is the correct title....
You've probably heard me mention (several times) my "holy grail" game, which was an adventure game on Apple II that takes place in a fun house. I always remembered it being called "Bobo's Fun House" but I could only find scant information on it online. Well I was doing one of my searches for it (I look on Google once every few months) and it turns out not only am I not crazy, but the game exists on the Microzine Jr #6 game disk. There were several other games in the series I recall and I think more than likely they're on the other disks.
The main game "series" on these disks were called the "twistaplot" games, and I believe my game is from that very same grouping, as well as the other ones (one in a department store, castle, and haunted house) I've already tried out a game called "Dark Tower" (found on #11) that plays VERY similarly to how I remember the games.
Here's a link (ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/educational/microzine/) to some disk images of this series (which sadly doesn't include #6). I know that talking about ROMs is frowned upon here but these disk images are now abandonware, and legal to play on an Apple II emulator. (Mods feel free to remove the link if you think that's appropriate).
Anyways, does anyone else here have memories of the Microzine "games"? I'd love to hear them.
EDIT: Eureka! #32 contains the game with the department store I remember (titled "A Night at Fleeners", sheesh no wonder I never found it before)! This is amazing. I've been waiting over a decade to see these games again!