Stephan Keith programmed Grover’s Music Maker, a 1983 prototype from Atari’s Sesame Street series, with music by Catherine Keith. Grover dances to built-in children’s songs or to tunes of up to 50 notes that a child keys in. The game began as Monkey Music, starring a dancing monkey, and Keith himself asked for it to be cancelled because he felt the note limit was too small. It needs Atari’s Kid’s Controller keypad, which the emulator does not support.
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Grover's Music Maker is an unreleased Atari 2600 prototype from 1983, made for Atari's Sesame Street series of educational cartridges. Grover, the furry blue monster, dances on screen to children's songs, and young players could also compose their…
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