Granny's Garden

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Granny's Garden
Developer(s)4Mation
Publisher(s)4Mation
Designer(s)Mike Matson
Platform(s)Acorn Archimedes,[5] Amstrad CPC, Mac OS Classic, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Amiga, Microsoft Windows, ZX Spectrum, iPhone, iPad, OS X
Release
  • BBC Micro & ZX Spectrum
  • Amstrad CPC & Commodore 64
  • Amiga
  • Apple II
  • Acorn Archimedes
  • Windows
  • Mac OS Classic
  • OS X
  • iPad
    • WW: 8 June 2014[4]
  • iPhone
    • WW: 8 June 2014[4]
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single player

Granny's Garden is an educational adventure game for the British BBC Micro computer, released in 1983.[6][7] It served as a first introduction to computers for many schoolchildren in the United Kingdom during the 1980s and 1990s. According to the 4Mation webpage about the original version, it was the reason many teachers decided that computers had a real place in education.[8] The software is still available in its original[8] and updated[9] formats.[10]

Created by Mike Matson for 4Mation, the game takes place in the Kingdom of the Mountains. The aim is to find the six missing children of the King and Queen, while avoiding the evil witch, by solving puzzles.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The original 1983 Granny's Garden released for Windows". 4mation.co.uk. 8 December 2006. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007.
  2. ^ "Granny's Garden". 4mation.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 February 2001.
  3. ^ "Granny's Garden". 4mation.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2006.
  4. ^ a b "4Mation Press Release - Retro Granny's Garden on iPhone and iPad". 4mation.co.uk. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Granny's Garden". 4mation.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000.
  6. ^ "Only the Best BBC Micro Games / BBC Games from the past - Classic Games". www.bbcmicrogames.com. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Granny's Garden creator interview". Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Retro Granny's Garden". 4mation.co.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Granny's Garden". 4mation.co.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  10. ^ "From Weird Dreams to Granny's Garden: a brief history of cursed video games". the Guardian. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  11. ^ Cobbett, Richard (16 November 2019). "Crapshoot: The nightmare realm of Granny's Garden". PC Gamer. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

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