History VideoGame / MixedUpMotherGoose

* {{Feelies}}: The original version came with a map of Dreamland, showing where each character was and what item they were missing. The remakes included the map in-game.

* FairyTaleFreeForAll: ''Fairy Tales'' contains a mix of fairy tales which the player has to sort out.

* EscortMission: Played with. Some characters like Little Miss Muffet and Peter Pumpkin-Eater's wife are lost and you have to help them find their way back to where they belong. None of them are especially annoying except for the Fiddlers Three in the original version, as if you bring them to the castle without first getting the Pipe and the Bowl, they'll inexplicably leave and you'll have to get them again.

* EscortMission: Played with. Some characters like Little Miss Muffet and Jack Sprat's wife are lost and you have to help them find their way back to where they belong.

* VideoGameRemake: Probably the contender for "Most Remade Game" in Sierra's whole library, with a total of ''three'' remakes. The first one was an SCI version with EGA graphics, the second being a VGA version with a point and click user interface, and the final one, with the name ''Mixed Up Mother Goose Deluxe'', included SVGA graphics, voice acting, new musical arrangements composed by Guy Whitmore, and came with an audio CD containing said new musical arrangements with instrumental karaoke versions.

''Mixed-Up Mother Goose'' is a 1987 adventure game by Creator/{{Sierra}} and the brainchild of co-founder Roberta Williams, creator of ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'', ''VideoGame/LauraBow'', and ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}''. Its one of a few games from Sierra that were made for young children, compared to [[GuideDangIt the rest of Sierra's library.]]

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''Mixed Up Mother Goose'' is a 1987 adventure game by Creator/{{Sierra}} and the brainchild of co-founder Roberta Williams, creator of ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'', ''VideoGame/LauraBow'', and ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}''. Its one of a few games from Sierra that were made for young children, compared to [[GuideDangIt the rest of Sierra's library.]]

In 1991, Lori Cole of ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' fame developed a SpinOff, entitled ''Mixed Up Fairy Tales'' which replaces Mother Goose with a dragon named Bookwyrm and the nursery rhymes are replaced with fairy tale characters like Snow White, who has gotten lost in a forest, the Bremen Town Musicians, who have split up, and Jack, who misplaced his bag of magic beans. The plot is mostly the same, but instead of a child entering Mother Goose's world via a dream, the child is sucked into a book in a school library, and each sequence is just a bit more detailed and lengthy. It also used a simplified version of the icon interface Sierra was using for its other games at that point instead of hotkeys.

!!''Mixed Up Mother Goose'' and its spin off ''Mixed Up Fairy Tales'' contain examples of:

In 1991, Lori Cole of ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' fame developed a SpinOff, entitled ''Mixed Up Fairy Tales'' which replaces Mother Goose with a dragon named Bookwyrm and the nursery rhymes are replaced with fairy tale characters like Snow White, who has gotten lost in a forest, the Bremen Town Musicians, who have split up, and Jack, who misplaced his bag of magic beans. The plot is mostly the same, but instead of a child entering Mother Goose's world via a dream, the child is sucked into a book in a school library, and each sequence is just a bit more detailed and lengthy.

In 1991, Lori Cole of ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' fame developed a SpinOff, entitled ''Mixed Up Fairy Tales'' which replaces Mother Goose with a dragon named Bookwyrm and the nursery rhymes are replaced with fairy tale characters like Snow White, who has gotten lost in a forest, the Bremen Town Musicians, who have split up, and Jack, who misplaced his bag of magic beans. The plot is mostly the same, but instead of a child entering Mother Goose's world via a dream, the child is sucked into a book in a school library.

* TimeStandsStill: Bookwyrm tells this to the player who is concerned their teacher will notice they're missing.

After an early character selection screen, you are whisked away to the home of Mother Goose, who tells you that her nursery rhymes are all mixed up, losing a crucial item of theirs that completes their particular rhyme (Little Jack Horner's pie, Old King Cole's pipe, Tommy Tucker's bread and butter, etc.)

* VideoGameRemake: Probably the contender for "Most Remade Game" in Sierra's whole library, with a total of ''three'' remakes. The first one was an SCI version with EGA graphics, the second being a VGA version with a point and click user interface, and the final one, with the name ''Mixed Up Mother Goose Deluxe'', included SVGA graphics, voice acting, new musical arrangements composed by Guy Whitmore, and came with an audio CD containing said new musical arrangements with instrumental karaoke versions.

Since this was intended for little kids, the UI was heavily simplified. The original AGI version lacked the TextParser used in other Sierra games. Talking to someone was as simple as just walking up to them, to pick something up, you simply walked over it.

''Mixed Up Mother Goose'' is an early adventure game by Creator/{{Sierra}} and the brainchild of co-founder Roberta Williams, creator of ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'', ''VideoGame/LauraBow'', and ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}''. Its one of a few games from Sierra that were made for young children, compared to [[GuideDangIt the rest of Sierra's library.]]

* BigGood: Mother Goose, obviously. Bookwyrm in ''Fairy Tales''

After picking what your character looks like in an early character selection screen, you are whisked away to the home of Mother Goose, who tells you that her nursery rhymes are all mixed up, losing a crucial item of theirs that completes their particular rhyme (Little Jack Horner's pie, Old King Cole's pipe, Tommy Tucker's bread and butter, etc.)

In 1991, the game received a SpinOff, entitled ''Mixed Up Fairy Tales'' which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* VideoGameRemake: Probably the contender for "Most Remade Game" in Sierra's whole library, with a total of ''three'' remakes. The first one was an SCI version with EGA graphics, the second being a VGA version with a point and click user interface, and the final one, with the name ''Mixed Up Mother Goose Deluxe'', included SVGA graphics, voice acting, new musical arrangements for the nursery rhymes, and came with an audio CD containing said new musical arrangements with instrumental karaoke versions.

* VideoGameRemake: Probably the contender for "Most Remade Game" in Sierra's whole library, with a total of ''three'' remakes. The first one was an SCI version with EGA graphics, the second being a VGA version with a point and click user interface, and the final one, with the name ''Mixed Up Mother Goose Deluxe'', was mostly the same as the VGA remake, but with voice acting, new musical arrangements for the nursery rhymes, and came with an audio CD containing said new musical arrangements with instrumental karaoke versions.

''Mixed Up Mother Goose'' is an early adventure game by Creator/{{Sierra}} and the brainchild of co-founder Roberta Williams, creator of ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'', ''VideoGame/LauraBow'' and ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}''. Its one of a few games from Sierra that were made for young children, compared to [[GuideDangIt the rest of Sierra's library.]]

In 1991, the game received a SpinOff, entitled ''Mixed Up Fairy Tales'' which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.