Tuneland

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developer = 7th Level
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released = Start date|1994
genre = Children's
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platforms = PC
media = 1 CD
requirements = 386 25MHz CPU, 256 color SVGA Graphics, 4 MB Memory, 5 MB Disk space, MPC Compatible Sound Card, Windows 3.1 or higher [cite web |url=http://sunsite.nus.sg/GameBytes/issue19/greviews/tuneland.html |title="Tuneland" |publisher=Game Bytes Magazine |accessdate=2008-06-10]
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"Tuneland" is a musical children's computer game, produced in 1993 by a division of 7th Level, Kids' World Entertainment. The cartoon video game follows the character Little Howie, who is voiced by the television personality Howie Mandel on an adventure around Old McDonald's Farm.

The eight locations in the game are the barnyard, the farmhouse, the barn, the pond, grandma's house, the train station, the mountain, and the valley [cite web |url=http://www.uah.edu/music/technology/cai/programs/tuneland.html |title="Tuneland" |publisher=University of Alabama in Huntsville |accessdate=2008-06-10] .

"Tuneland" was followed by the Lil' Howie series: "Lil' Howie's Great Word Adventure", "Lil' Howie's Great Math Adventure", and "Lil' Howie's Great Reading Adventure". The series has won 36 awards.

Musicians

"Tuneland"'s cast features a large number of musicians including the Doobie Brothers' Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on guitars. Jon Anderson from Yes provides some vocals and Scott Page of Supertramp performs on the soundtrack for the game.

Songs

The game contains around 40 songs, which are primarily nursery rhymes. These include "Old MacDonald", "Turkey in the Straw, "Three Blind Mice", "I'm a Little Teapot", "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Bingo". The CD can also be used as an audio disk or with the built in Jukebox to listen to the songs featured in the game [cite web |url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue166/82_TuneLand.php |title="Tuneland" |publisher=Atari Magazines |date=1994-07 |accessdate=2008-06-10] .

Awards

"Tuneland" received various awards including "World Class Award for Children's CD-ROM Game" from "PC World", and an "Award in Excellence" from the Film Advisory Board [cite web |url=http://www.filmadvisoryboard.org/aoe/Detail.asp?TitleID=45| title="Tuneland" |publisher=Film Advisory Board |accessdate=2008-06-10] . In 1994 it was also featured in the Top 10 Best Kids Products of the Year from "Entertainment Weekly" and the Top 100 CD-ROMs from "PC Magazine" [cite web |url=http://www.cdaccess.com/html/pc/tuneland.htm |title="Tuneland" |publisher=CD Access |accessdate=2008-06-10] [cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1994_Nov_29/ai_15914408 |title="Tuneland" triumphs: interactive children's CD-ROM recognized by film, parent and computer organizations and publications - SEVL |publisher=Business Wire |date=1994-11-29 |accessdate=2008-06-10] .

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