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Big Bird's Funhouse

Big Bird's Funhouse is an educational game for multiple systems. All commands are via a special EasyKey keyboard overlay. Contains 5 mini-games: - Sneak a Peek! - That's an Order! - Watch Your Windows! - What…

31 December 1984

Big Bird's Funhouse is a turn-based strategy (tbs) developed by Children's Computer Workshop, released 31 December 1984 on Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Big Bird's Funhouse is

Big Bird's Funhouse is a turn-based strategy (tbs) game developed by Children's Computer Workshop and released in 1984. It was published by CBS Studios. It is available on Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Big Bird's Funhouse is an educational game for multiple systems. All commands are via a special EasyKey keyboard overlay. Contains 5 mini-games: - Sneak a Peek! - That's an Order! - Watch Your Windows! - What a Runaround! - Who's Hiding? In different activities, Muppets will pop up, and the player must remember the order that they appeared.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Sesame Street series

Big Bird's Funhouse is the fifth of 36 entries we hold in the Sesame Street series. It arrived a year after Big Bird's Special Delivery. The next entry was Sesame Street: Letter-Go-Round in 1984.

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What it launched against

Big Bird's Funhouse launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack.

Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.

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When did Big Bird's Funhouse come out?
Big Bird's Funhouse was released on 31 December 1984 for Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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