A Note From Roberta Williams On Mixed Up Mother Goose
"Mixed Up Mother Goose is one of those designs that just amaze me. Children love fairy tale kingdoms, playing games, and Easter Egg hunts, but no one had put the two together in an intuitive way. It had to be less expansive then King's Quest; you couldn't worry about dying or making saved games (but you'd want to keep your position when you quit, just like a book), and you couldn't expect to have a standard "inventory." Randomly located objexts provided playability, and had to be based on 18 well-known nursery rymes. And of course a child would want to choose a character that looked like him or her (not a typical thing to do in an adventure game). I wanted kids to feel that it's really them up on the screen. Kids may need a little help to get started, but they'll be able to play it by themselves. It just made sense to put all the pieces together for the original version in 1988.
Since then it has won numerous awards, including the Software Publishers' Association's "Best Early Eduation Program." I still get and treasure those letters from parents telling me about sitting at thge computer with their child playing Mixed-up Mother Goose and singing songs together . . . " - Roberta Williams
This quote was taken from the 'Roberta Williams Anthology Manual.'
