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Tuneland

1993 video game

Summary

1993 video game

Field	Value
title	Tuneland
image	Tuneland box.jpg
developer	7th Level
designer	Scott Page
producer	George Grayson (Executive)
Bob Ezrin (Executive)
Richard Merrick
Scott Page
released	1993
genre	Educational
platforms	MS-DOS
modes	Single-player

Bob Ezrin (Executive) Richard Merrick Scott Page

Tuneland is a musical educational video game for children published in 1993 by a division of 7th Level, Kids' World Entertainment. The cartoon game follows the character Little Howie, who is voiced by the television personality Howie Mandel on an adventure around Old McDonald's Farm.

Tuneland was followed by the Lil' Howie series: Lil' Howie's Great Word Adventure, Lil' Howie's Great Math Adventure, and Lil' Howie's Great Reading Adventure. The series has won 36 awards.

Gameplay

The game using a point and click interface to move around the locations. There are also hotspots to trigger animations. The eight locations in the game are the barnyard, the farmhouse, the barn, the pond, grandma's house, the train station, the mountain, and the valley.

Audio

The game contains around 40 songs, which are primarily nursery rhymes. These include "Old MacDonald Had a Farm", "Turkey in the Straw, "Three Blind Mice", "I'm a Little Teapot", "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Bingo". The CD can also be used as an audio disk or with the built in Jukebox to listen to the songs featured in the game.

''Tuneland'''s cast includes a large number of musicians including the Doobie Brothers' Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on guitars. Jon Anderson from Yes provides some vocals and Scott Page of Supertramp performs on the soundtrack for the game.

Reception

In April 1994 Computer Gaming World said that Tuneland was "a wholly captivating experience for both children and their parents" The magazine in May 1994 said that the game "uses traditional animation techniques and a lot of creative humor" to teach songs and rhymes "children would normally have to learn from Barney".

Tuneland received various awards including World Class Award for Children's CD-ROM Game from PC World, and an Award in Excellence from the Film Advisory Board. In 1994 it was also featured in the Top 10 Best Kids Products of the Year from Entertainment Weekly and the Top 100 CD-ROMs from PC Magazine.

A screenshot of the opening location of the game, also showing Little Howie.

References

(May 1994). "A Trip through Tuneland".
"''Tuneland''". University of Alabama in Huntsville.
(July 1994). "''Tuneland''". Atari Magazines.
(April 1994). "Invasion Of The Data Stashers".
(May 1994). "Taking A Peek".
"''Tuneland''". Film Advisory Board.
"''Tuneland''". CD Access.
(November 14, 1994). "TuneLand Triumphs".

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