Museum Madness - Let's Play / Gameplay / Nostalgia

Don some rose-tinted glasses for a drive down memory lane, destination nostalgia via Museum Madness.

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Museum Madness is an educational computer game for MS-DOS and Macintosh developed by Novotrade for MECC, and was released in 1994.

The game starts in the bedroom of an American high school teenage boy who is seated at his computer, attempting to access the National Museum Interactive Service System, only to see that it is offline for repair. An interactive robot from the museum named MICK (Museum Interactive Computer Kiosk) appears onscreen and talks to the boy, explaining that the museum is in danger of losing its secrets forever.

The boy appears to have an extraordinary relationship with MICK as he alone understands that MICK can talk back to him, which he uses to learn more about the contents of the museum. MICK recognizes this understanding and thus asks the boy for help to save the museum. MICK explains that the exhibits have come to life and are acting very strangely. He announces his suspicion that a virus has infected the system while the museum was being converted to complete autonomous computer control.

The player takes the role of the boy and enters the museum. Through the game, the boy visits each of the exhibits, solving mysteries and puzzles by talking to the historical characters, rearranging objects, trading objects with characters and generally putting things back the way they were.

The game is educationally-based, and the player learns both from the many museum-like information cards placed throughout the exhibits, as well as from solving the problems in the exhibits themselves. Along the way, the boy is aided by MICK, who follows him through the exhibits, instructs him and gives additional help and advice on request.

Once the 25 exhibits are restored, the virus itself must be destroyed, which is the final puzzle to be solved.

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[Blitz]

This is the first nostalgia video where I've played the game! I saw it in my newsfeed, and I'm like "OMG! MICK!"

[MrJimmy]

Filmed on Location in Rochester, New York or Raleigh or Charlotte, North Carolina during Intro in Museum Madness (Computer Game by MECC, 1994)

[only]

Played this game when I was 11 in 1995 couldn't beat it got stuck on the solar exhibit system you can press the escape key to pass the intro Sequence😊👻☃🎱

[BrokenSet]

Something tells me you got this idea from LGR's latest unboxing vid, he mentioned this game. If not, happy coincidences, I suppose.