<s>
Roberta	O
Williams	O
 '	O
Mixed-Up	B-Device
Mother	I-Device
Goose	I-Device
is	O
a	O
computer	O
game	O
first	O
released	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
multimedia	O
game	O
released	O
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Mixed-Up	B-Application
Fairy	I-Application
Tales	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
nursery	B-Application
rhymes	I-Application
in	O
the	O
land	O
have	O
gotten	O
mixed	O
up	O
,	O
with	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
inhabitants	O
possessing	O
the	O
items	O
necessary	O
for	O
their	O
rhyme	O
to	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AGI	B-Application
system	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
one	O
used	O
extensively	O
in	O
previous	O
Sierra	O
games	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
Quest	O
series	O
:	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
Police	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
18	O
nursery	B-Application
rhymes	I-Application
to	O
choose	O
from	O
,	O
20	O
items	O
to	O
recover	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
screens	O
in	O
which	O
one	O
can	O
find	O
the	O
lost	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
can	O
be	O
saved	O
,	O
or	O
more	O
precisely	O
,	O
bookmarked	O
(	O
a	O
feature	O
which	O
became	O
prominent	O
-	O
and	O
somewhat	O
infamous	O
-	O
in	O
some	O
later	O
Sierra	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
and	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VII	I-Application
)	O
,	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mixed-Up	B-Device
Mother	I-Device
Goose	I-Device
was	O
remade	O
by	O
Sierra	O
three	O
times	O
,	O
bringing	O
the	O
total	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
different	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1990	O
(	O
Mixed-Up	B-Device
Mother	I-Device
Goose	I-Device
Enhanced	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
remade	O
using	O
the	O
SCI0	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
meant	O
improved	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
(	O
Mixed-Up	B-Device
Mother	I-Device
Goose	I-Device
VGA/Multimedia	O
CD	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
remade	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
with	O
more	O
significant	O
enhancements	O
and	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
was	O
the	O
clearly	O
visible	O
change	O
in	O
graphics	O
,	O
resulting	O
from	O
Sierra	O
's	O
transition	O
to	O
VGA	B-Protocol
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
was	O
given	O
a	O
map	O
of	O
the	O
land	O
,	O
if	O
they	O
should	O
ever	O
feel	O
lost	O
in	O
the	O
nursery	B-Application
rhyme	I-Application
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
CD	O
version	O
directly	O
starts	O
with	O
the	O
Mixed-Up	B-Device
Mother	I-Device
Goose	I-Device
main-menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
the	O
final	O
remake	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
entitled	O
Mixed-Up	B-Device
Mother	I-Device
Goose	I-Device
Deluxe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
stated	O
"	O
I	O
ca	O
n't	O
think	O
of	O
a	O
better	O
way	O
to	O
teach	O
kids	O
the	O
classical	O
nursery	B-Application
rhymes	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
,	O
Mixed-Up	B-Device
Mother	I-Device
Goose	I-Device
sold	O
over	O
500,000	O
copies	O
by	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Below	O
is	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
nursery	B-Application
rhymes	I-Application
used	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
corresponding	O
items	O
in	O
parentheses	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
versions	O
of	O
Mixed-Up	B-Device
Mother	I-Device
Goose	I-Device
are	O
included	O
in	O
The	O
Roberta	O
Williams	O
 '	O
Anthology	O
,	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
games	O
designed	O
by	O
Roberta	O
Williams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
picture	O
of	O
Mother	O
Goose	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
box	O
is	O
actually	O
Roberta	O
Williams	O
herself	O
,	O
with	O
two	O
children	O
(	O
not	O
hers	O
)	O
reading	O
a	O
book	O
of	O
nursery	B-Application
rhymes	I-Application
,	O
accompanied	O
by	O
several	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
rhymes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1991	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
Sierra	O
's	O
first	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
game	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
computer	O
games	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
exclusively	O
on	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
later	O
Sierra	O
game	O
,	O
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
V	I-Application
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
messages	O
displayed	O
upon	O
dying	O
was	O
"	O
Looks	O
like	O
you	O
've	O
been	O
spreading	O
yourself	O
a	O
bit	O
thin	O
lately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perhaps	O
you	O
'd	O
like	O
to	O
try	O
one	O
of	O
our	O
less	O
challenging	O
games	O
like	O
"	O
Mixed	B-Device
Up	I-Device
Mother	I-Device
Goose	I-Device
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Classic	O
's	O
Reillustrated	O
"	O
version	O
was	O
also	O
planned	O
and	O
announced	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
line	O
of	O
computers	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
