SimTunes
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SimTunes is a childrens' software toy designed by Toshio Iwai and released by Maxis in 1996.[1] It involves painting a picture with dots (large pixels), where each color (unless it was part of the backdrop, which was black or a bitmap) represents a musical note. The player places up to four different-coloured Bugz, which represent instruments or vocal syllables, on this picture, and can change their starting directions and relative speeds. The Bugz crawl over the picture, playing notes corresponding with the colours, and turning, moving randomly or jumping in response to function symbols that can be added to the dots.[2] A small number of the games were sold with a harmonica included in the box.[citation needed]
SimTunes was originally developed by Iwai as a game for the Super Nintendo/Super Famicom, known as Sound Fantasy, in the early 1990s.[1] It is believed that Nintendo chose not to release the completed game because of its musical mechanics, which were unproven in home game consoles.[citation needed] Many of the ideas and elements in Sound Fantasy are present in SimTunes.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Pre-Cinema Toys Inspire Multimedia Artist Toshio Iwa. Retrieved on 2006-09-25.
- ^ SuperKids Software Review of SimTunes. Retrieved on 2006-09-25.
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