Need Help Identifying and Finding a Few Apple II Games

[InsaneDavid]

I've been filling in my Apple II disk archives over the past few days and have yet to come across a couple titles I remember by name and a few others that I just can't seem to place the titles of. Any help where I can find disk images of the games, help with the titles, or anyone that has a copy I can dump and upload for archival would be great. Hopefully impossible to find Apple II edutainment software isn't a grey area, if it is please simply lock the thread.

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I'll start with the games I know by name...

Rocket Factory - In this game you designed rockets with different parts and then launched them to see how they performed. I remember one mode of play had either a plane go by trailing a banner behind or there was a line of clouds, and then you had to try to design a rocket that would reach apogee at the level of the banner or clouds. I've come up totally empty handed with this one, any leads would be great. FOUND! It's over at Asimov as MECC-A308 Rocket Factory.dsk in ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple...cational/mecc/

Microzine - These were diskmags sold by Scholastic that were full of interviews, stories and some great games. The only information I can find is some old eBay listings. There were a ton of these put out but nothing out there currently it seems. What I keep kicking myself for is I had a bunch of them (as well as a ton of boxed complete games) years ago when I got an Apple IIe setup for free in the mid 1990's. It was all given away when I got my first PC, which I still kick myself for letting happen.

Special Delivery (Pizza To Go) - Now, I'm not sure this was the name of the game but the information I've come across points to it. In this game you had to deliver pizza to various aliens and other creatures using simple machines to pass beyond obstacles. Again, I've been able to find nothing but the name and a small description. EDIT: I was incorrect with the title, this is actually called Pizza To Go. FOUND! It's over at Asimov as MECC-A333Z Pizza to Go 1.0.dsk in ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple...cational/mecc/

Bluegrass Bluff - This was an MECC title, where there was a big hill that you were digging into. You moved a square around the different parts and then excavated to see what was beneath the soil. It seemed to be different each time and on occasion you'd find human remains. It's not Fossil Hunter. FOUND! It's over at Asimov as MECC-A256 Bluegrass Bluff.dsk in ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple...cational/mecc/

The Factory - One I was thinking of as a mystery game but had yet to post. You're given an object and then asked to set up an assembly line of machines to make it. You can do things like rotate the sheet, punch holes, draw stripes, etc. - FOUND! It's over at Asimov as Factory.dsk in /images/educational/

The Incredible Laboratory - In this game you were in an alchemy lab using various ingredients to make monsters. That's all I remember.

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And now the games I don't remember the names of...

Mystery Game #1 - SOLVED, The Incredible Laboratory.

Mystery Game #2 - First person adventure game, set in medieval times where first you had to get into a castle or something. What I remember most is at the end the main objective was to get a jeweled chalice. It wasn't some huge expansive game (as few of these are) and it was aimed at the grade school age set. SOLVED / FOUND - Thanks to Jorpho, "Chalice of Mostania." It can be found at http://gue.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/i...=10&id=2&key=0

Mystery Game #3 - This game featured a behind a catapult perspective. A target would be positioned along with wind direction, then you'd input the settings and aiming and attempt to hit the target. This could have been a game that was part of an edutainment title that would come up after doing math problems or something similar - I just don't remember. SOLVED / FOUND - Thanks to Jorpho, "Catapult Capers" from MECC's Conquering Ratios and Proportions. Listed as MECC-A209 Conquering Ratios and Proportions.dsk in ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple...cational/mecc/

Mystery Game #4 - There's a maze as seen room by room in an overhead perspective (think Berzerk). You have to navigate your way through it, using a number of different items to mark your trail (footprints, ball of yarn, etc.). SOLVED / FOUND - Thanks to Jorpho, "Mazes of Rodentia", a component of MECC's Mind Puzzles. Listed as MECC-A780 Mind Puzzles 1.3.dsk in ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple...cational/mecc/

Mystery Game #5 - You're in a car and have to provide directions to get to (if I'm remember this right) your grandmother's house. My memory of this is fuzzy except that the perspective was from inside a car and you had a gas gauge that was basically your remaining moves. It wasn't a driving game, more like a screen to screen adventure. - FOUND! It's called Jenny's Journeys and is over at Asimov as MECC-A161-Jenny's Journeys (v1.0-64K-1986).DSK in /images/educational/mecc

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I'll post more information as it comes to me, maybe also about a couple other games. I've looked these up at the usual suspects (the Asimov Apple II mirror and Virtual Apple 2 - which is a GREAT software resource) with no success. In a world where all the Munchers games and even Odell Lake have become archived one would think it would all be out there. Perhaps it is and I just have the titles wrong. Any help would be great.