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Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker: the Music Game; Alice in Vivaldi's Four Seasons: the Music Game; Mozart's Magic Flute: the Music Game.
Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker: the Music Game; Alice in Vivaldi's Four Seasons: The Music Game; Mozart's Magic Flute: The Music Game. Music Games International (P.O. Box 1376, Amherst, MA 01004), 2003. $19.95 each. Late elementary.
These three games from Music Games International transform classic orchestral works into interactive storybook journeys. Along the way, the player is treated to charming graphics, musical examples and trivia tidbits correlating with the games' titles. Each game also revolves around a central story to help students stay motivated to continue with the puzzles. In Mozart's Magic Flute, for instance, the player is personified as "Wolfy," who must flee the prince and princess from the clutches of the Queen of the Night. As Wolfy wanders through various chambers and gardens, he must solve musical puzzles to gain access to the next area. The other titles use only a slight variation in the story to better fit the featured piece of music: Alice must navigate a twisted world of riddles, and the Nutcracker contestant must solve puzzles based on fantasies in a game room.
The individual puzzles in all three games also are fairly similar, ...
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