True to the game's focus on preschoolers, there is no text parser - the game is played completely with either the keypad or joystick. You can only "drop" an object or entity when you come into contact with another, or when you make a correct match. You have to scout Mother Goose's realm and find and remember the location of each item as you can only carry one object, or escort one person/animal at a time. When you meet a nursery rhyme character, he or she will tell you what they want or what they're missing. In the case of Mother Goose, your goal is to match items and people (or people and people, or people and animals). Gameplay is best described as the larger version of a typical card-matching game. Mother Goose has inadvertently mixed up all her rhymes, and it's up to you to fix it.
In a dream, you are carried on gooseback to the fantasy land where nursery rhymes are true stories. Anyone who's familiar with nursery rhymes will be able to guess the plot from the game's title.
Mixed-Up Mother Goose is a great adventure game for toddlers that marks a departure for designer Roberta Williams, of King's Quest fame.įirst released in 1987, the game's strong premise, great gameplay, and charming graphics propelled it to the top of children's title charts.