Can you help end my family’s decade long discussion?
Posted by StormInsideATeacup89@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 65 comments
Was recommended to come here from the Tip Of My Joystick reddit! I am the only one in my family who remembers playing this game when I was a kid!
It would been 90s or early 00s, it was on the computer, animation but not cartoony animation, I don’t remember the aim of the game but it was the in the garden of a big house, it was a bit of a hedge maze and you had to find things, potentially solve something. In the middle there was a sandbox, and there is a treehouse you go in as well, it was during the day and bright colours, not scary, a family/kids point and click game
My biggest memory is that it used Bach’s Toccata and Fugue at certain points, I have search up this and had no luck, everyone I hear this music it drives me crazy!
This has been a discussion in my family for over 10 years and even got my boyfriend searching recently and no one can find it.
Please tell me I haven’t made this game up!
Smuggler04@reddit
Granny’s garden ?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
No, not that game :(
Smuggler04@reddit
Did it have wire frame animation or did it look more realistic ? On early computers there were quite a few wire frame maze games like sultans maze on the Amstrad. I remember being able to tear through the bushes if you got stuck
Buddy-Matt@reddit
Thisnis also my thought - though never got to play it as i wasnt popular enough
Single-Samurai@reddit
That was my thought as well!
onionsofwar@reddit
Broken Sword?
UsedTinyPrincess@reddit
sounds familiar, but no idea
magnakai@reddit
Are any of the things that you’ve seen similar in art style? Do you remember any other games that you played at the same time?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
What people have said are too dark in animation, it wasn’t a flat maze, I think I’ve confused people with that! It wasn’t scary, it wasn’t fantasy or similar. The graphics weren’t pixely. The colours were bright but natural. The games I remember playing I know the names of and were very different in gameplay! Barbie and playmobil games, or football manager! I can’t say how old the game was when I played it, but I reckon I played it about 2004-2007.
Crack398@reddit
Hugos house of horrors 2
Or also known as
Hugo II, Whodunit?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope :(
Chrykal@reddit
Lil Howie's Fun House?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope :(
onionsofwar@reddit
Heart of Darkness
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope :(
Deft-Vandal@reddit
My first thought was Microsoft Encarta’s Mindmaze but I think that was all indoors?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope, not that :(
Vixtrot@reddit
Is it possible the music was Fauré's Pavane instead of Bach? Because Return to Zork has a maze where that music plays, and fits the time and description. It's in a maze section called the forest of the spirits.
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
No it’s not that game :(
magnakai@reddit
Was it definitely a game? There was a thing called Microsoft Bob that had a cartoon house to explore that might be what you’re thinking of.
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
No, it’s not that :(
verywoody@reddit
Castle explorer?
https://youtu.be/1BwU2g70ByU?si=O19u9OKX29DIWVTx
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope :(
minno3000@reddit
Could it be Repton on a BBC micro or Acorn computer?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope :(
KamakaseRoadKill@reddit
Chat Gpt answer from your description: Most likely: Big Thinkers! Kindergarten / Big Thinkers! 1st Grade Second possibility: Fatty Bear’s Birthday Surprise
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope neither of those :(
Laleehart@reddit
The Incredible Toon Machine?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope :(
No_Height_2408@reddit
The Treehouse?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope :(
MastOfConcuerrrency@reddit
Hugo's House of Horrors 2
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope :(
TRUEpiiiicness@reddit
Perhaps The Backyard?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope :(
ArrrghZombies@reddit
Head over heels?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope :(
Cirieno@reddit
Gemini says:
The game is likely "The Music Chase" (also known as "The Music Chase: Kiri’s Adventure") or "Magical Music Adventure."
Another strong possibility: "The Fennels Figure Out"
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope, not those :(
Cirieno@reddit
u/Chrykal Your answer was rightfully shadow-banned. But: was my answer correct? The titles hadn't been mentioned before. Does it matter how the answer is found as long as it's found? At least I was honest about my approach.
ryrypot@reddit
I remember playing the Net Yaroze compilation demo games on the PS1.
There was one called Maze Runner
https://youtu.be/XZsCgcsfUrY?si=VQpwmElCzT1xnaLz
jabbo13@reddit
That was the best demo disc they ever put out.
Hours and hours on net yaroze soccer
not-suspicious@reddit
Rocks and gems was legit
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
I didn’t have a PlayStation, it wasn’t dark like that either :(
Careless_Soup_109@reddit
Adiboo: Magical Playland
yazshousefortea@reddit
I had an Adiboo game and I have never in my whole life seen anyone else mention it! Loved it so much.
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope :(
intergalacticscooter@reddit
Are you sure? Look again. It has the hedge, the tree house, the same music, the sandbox. It has to be this?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope, never seen it before it
intergalacticscooter@reddit
The Treehouse (Broderbund)
My First Amazing World Explorer (DK Multimedia)
Mixed-Up Mother Goose Deluxe (Sierra)
JumpStart Preschool / Kindergarten
Living Books: The Tortoise and the Hare
Is it any of these?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope :/
intergalacticscooter@reddit
Maybe try the retro gaming subs.
intergalacticscooter@reddit
That's unlucky. This game may stop you finding you game just because of the similarities.
Don_Alosi@reddit
The Battle of Olympus - Wikipedia
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Nope :(
Don_Alosi@reddit
:<
Kooky-Praline-880@reddit
what age would you say it was aimed for?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
Well I would’ve played it around 7-10 I reckon, it was very simple
bife_de_lomo@reddit
Toccata and Fugue sounds like it's from The Castle of Dr Brain, or another in that series.
It's a puzzle game going room to room, sounds similar.
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
This was more based in the garden, I don’t remember if you went inside
glymph@reddit
Was it on PC, Macintosh or some other computer?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
I think it was cd disc I played on pc
MountainMuffin1980@reddit
Any clue what you played it on?
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
I think it was a CD-ROM disc on the computer
StormInsideATeacup89@reddit (OP)
I did put computer