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MANUFACTURER: MILTON BRADLEY (Distributed by Texas Instruments)
PRODUCT NUMBER: PHM 3156
RELEASED: 4Q/1983
PROGRAMMER: TIM SCULLY
ORIGINAL
RETAIL PRICE: $49.95
TOUCAN'S
TRIVIA: This game was originally developed for Milton Bradley's
own video game system, as was the case with the majority of the MBX
games, before the decision was made to instead create a gaming add-on
for the TI-99/4A. According to programmer Tim Scully, "I did find some
notes which indicate that I started work on the 6809 project in about
April 1982. There was a software package from MB called VESDEV which
was used with a "silver box" prototype for development...I looked in
one file box from that period and saw that [another] Milton Bradley
project involved porting from 6809 to TI-99/4A, and that we had been
asked to try to squeeze our code into 8k when the game had been in 16k
on the 6809. I think we finally were given more memory to work with."
The 6809 project he started in April 1982 was Honey Hunt for the MB gaming
console which he later ported to the 99/4A after the console was
scrapped. |
TOUCAN'S
TRIVIA: Joyce Hakansson who's company developed Soundtrack Trolley, I'm Hiding, Green Muck, and Mail Drop in addition to Honey Hunt had this to say on the
development of her company's MB games, "My involvement with Milton
Bradley started when I worked as a consultant for Sesame Street. I
started a computer production group for Sesame Street. We actually
brought the first computers to the workshop in 1979 - a lifetime ago.
My group designed more than 56 activities for the playpark, Sesame
Place in Pennsylvania. I was a consultant because I lived here in the
Bay Area
of California with my family and we were not ready to move to N.Y., and
frankly I don't think anyone thought that software production would be
a long term part of the organization. I was brought on to get Sesame
Place up and running without a commitment beyond that. So I commuted
between SF and NY. When the computer facility at Sesame Place was a
success I was asked to stay, which I did for a second year and then I
had to return home. The workshop agreed that I could start a production
group here that would be under the control of Sesame Street. Milton
Bradley was the first client for my group. When I became independent 6
months later I changed our name and MB contracted with me for the TI
products. We had agreed to produce six titles (I think, I would have to
look it up to say for sure) for them. The only one that used speech
recognition was I'm Hiding.
Originally, MB was going to manufacture
their own game player to compete with the original Atari, but changed
their mind when Coleco came out with the Colecovision, their game
machine. That is when the switch was made to produce for the TI machine
with the MB add on. Of course the rest is history." |
TOUCAN'S TRIVIA: This game can be used with Milton Bradley's MBX System (an add-on for the TI-99/4A). The MBX allowed for the use of Voice Recognition, improved Speech Synthesis, a 360° Analog Joystick, and an Action-Input Keypad for video games designed for it. |
ADDITIONAL ITEMS: |
Honey Hunt MBX
Overlay |
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MBX Cartridge Catalog |