LGR - Fisher Price Trilogy - DOS PC Game Review
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Date: 2022-04-14
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LGR, you are famous now and probably won't read this. But I BESEECH thee. There is an old game from the 90s that I remember vaguely. I only remember a few sparse details from it. I want to think the game had something to do with Piano. There was a bird, probably a penguin, who flew an old style plane, like turn of the century crop duster or something. You know, four wings, propeller.
This game always perplexed me, mostly because when I was little I could never get any of these games running properly on the PC, and even when I could I couldn't PLAY them well because I was too dumb. But I remember after the first level or something, it seemed like everything went to hell. Everything was broken, on fire, something was wrong. I couldn't figure out if it was my computer or the game itself, but for DECADES this has bothered me. I've always wanted to find the disc and figure out what it was but I never could. I found almost all of my other PC games from that era, but not that one.
Do you have ANY idea of what it may be?
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LGR, you are famous now and probably won't read this. But I BESEECH thee. There is an old game from the 90s that I remember vaguely. I only remember a few sparse details from it. I want to think the game had something to do with Piano. There was a bird, probably a penguin, who flew an old style plane, like turn of the century crop duster or something. You know, four wings, propeller.
This game always perplexed me, mostly because when I was little I could never get any of these games running properly on the PC, and even when I could I couldn't PLAY them well because I was too dumb. But I remember after the first level or something, it seemed like everything went to hell. Everything was broken, on fire, something was wrong. I couldn't figure out if it was my computer or the game itself, but for DECADES this has bothered me. I've always wanted to find the disc and figure out what it was but I never could. I found almost all of my other PC games from that era, but not that one.
Do you have ANY idea of what it may be?
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Euskal
Have you heard of Socrates? It's kind of a console. It was an educational game that plugged directly into your television. There was a keyboard, IIRC. They also released a drawing pad later that you could draw on and your drawing would appear on the TV. My parents got it for me as a kid because my mom's a teacher and she didn't want me having a Nintendo because it wasn't educational. Yeah, I wasn't too pleased with having Socrates as an alternative to Nintendo, but I still enjoyed it. You should look it up. I think you and I are the same age, so you were probably a kid too when it came out (I was born in '86, btw. I'd love to see a review of Socrates by you. It's a pretty cool little program.
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Have you heard of Socrates? It's kind of a console. It was an educational game that plugged directly into your television. There was a keyboard, IIRC. They also released a drawing pad later that you could draw on and your drawing would appear on the TV. My parents got it for me as a kid because my mom's a teacher and she didn't want me having a Nintendo because it wasn't educational. Yeah, I wasn't too pleased with having Socrates as an alternative to Nintendo, but I still enjoyed it. You should look it up. I think you and I are the same age, so you were probably a kid too when it came out (I was born in '86, btw. I'd love to see a review of Socrates by you. It's a pretty cool little program.
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Headset
When I was in elementary school, I played the Apple II version of School Bus Driver. I can't find any evidence online that it existed (no images, no videos, no articles, nothing, but I swear I played it on one of the Apple IIe's that were in our Kindergarten classroom.
Also, this was the first LGR video I ever saw, way back in 2011, because I was looking for evidence that the game itself existed. I was so happy to find this video, and I'm still grateful that you make these types of videos. Keep being awesome, Clint!
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When I was in elementary school, I played the Apple II version of School Bus Driver. I can't find any evidence online that it existed (no images, no videos, no articles, nothing, but I swear I played it on one of the Apple IIe's that were in our Kindergarten classroom.
Also, this was the first LGR video I ever saw, way back in 2011, because I was looking for evidence that the game itself existed. I was so happy to find this video, and I'm still grateful that you make these types of videos. Keep being awesome, Clint!
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Pocket
Imagine them remaking the fire truck or school bus games nowadays, all with photorealistic Fisher-Price toys and playmats, and the occasional generic unrelated toy lying around, to make it feel like it's taking place in a playroom. But then again, they probably don't still make all the real toys that these games were based on. Do kids still play with real toys instead of iPads?
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Imagine them remaking the fire truck or school bus games nowadays, all with photorealistic Fisher-Price toys and playmats, and the occasional generic unrelated toy lying around, to make it feel like it's taking place in a playroom. But then again, they probably don't still make all the real toys that these games were based on. Do kids still play with real toys instead of iPads?
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pentelegomenon
These games were created as part of a proxy war in the cereal industry between General Mills and Quaker Oats (formerly Quaker Mills) which spilled over into the toys & games market from 1969 to 1991. This is the origin of the common funny trivia fact that Quaker Oats made Atari games before the crash; Quaker Oats produced these games also.
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These games were created as part of a proxy war in the cereal industry between General Mills and Quaker Oats (formerly Quaker Mills) which spilled over into the toys & games market from 1969 to 1991. This is the origin of the common funny trivia fact that Quaker Oats made Atari games before the crash; Quaker Oats produced these games also.
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Albert
Thank you so much for making this video. These were the first 3 video/computer games I ever played on the first computer my family got. This brought back tons of memories of my dad and me messing around with the computer, but me not yet realizing how ridiculous these games were since I was around preschool age when we got these.
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Thank you so much for making this video. These were the first 3 video/computer games I ever played on the first computer my family got. This brought back tons of memories of my dad and me messing around with the computer, but me not yet realizing how ridiculous these games were since I was around preschool age when we got these.
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The
Wait, so you only become a registered fireman after saving the people? So before that you were just a random shmuck in a fire truck? Drivin around and bein gangster? I'm gonna go try that in the real world. Also you never put out the fire, you just saved the people and got the hell out of dodge. Some fireman you are
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Wait, so you only become a registered fireman after saving the people? So before that you were just a random shmuck in a fire truck? Drivin around and bein gangster? I'm gonna go try that in the real world. Also you never put out the fire, you just saved the people and got the hell out of dodge. Some fireman you are
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Nicholas
I like the time travelling bus that both leaves and arrives with kids at 9am. Sick talent.
And I am so glad you mentioned the lack of fire in the other. I noticed the houses were totally fine and kept thinking -Ah, now eventually you do plan to have fire on your, on your fireman game, right? Hello? -: p
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I like the time travelling bus that both leaves and arrives with kids at 9am. Sick talent.
And I am so glad you mentioned the lack of fire in the other. I noticed the houses were totally fine and kept thinking -Ah, now eventually you do plan to have fire on your, on your fireman game, right? Hello? -: p
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tziirkq
Clint, do you know of a game where you're a woodpecker, smashing away at a tree, until you uncover a letter hidden inside it? It also had a level where you played as a worm, eating an apple and also uncovering a letter. We had it in school back in the day, I often wondered what it was called.
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Clint, do you know of a game where you're a woodpecker, smashing away at a tree, until you uncover a letter hidden inside it? It also had a level where you played as a worm, eating an apple and also uncovering a letter. We had it in school back in the day, I often wondered what it was called.
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KoRnDuDe19886
Was that 'gangster' music the actual in-game music for that fire engine game? LOL! sounds a thousand times better than the crappy gangster rap crap that's out these days!
And what the hell is up with that bus taking up both driving lanes? LOL
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Was that 'gangster' music the actual in-game music for that fire engine game? LOL! sounds a thousand times better than the crappy gangster rap crap that's out these days!
And what the hell is up with that bus taking up both driving lanes? LOL
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