1996
Scholastic's The Magic School Bus: "Explores the Solar System" is the first installment in The Magic School Bus series of PC games. It is available for 32-bit versions of Windows.
Storyline[]
Ms. Frizzle takes her class, and Arnold's cousin, Janet, on a field trip to the planetarium. But it turns out to instead be a field trip up into outer space to explore the solar system. However, after blasting off, Ms. Frizzle goes missing after the bus gets hit by a meteor shower. She then contacts her class and tells them how to find her. They'll have to play the games on the planets and moons and win tokens. For each token they find, she will give them a clue. After getting three, the player will have to try to guess which planet or moon she's on.
Sound Effects Used[]
- Hollywoodedge, Eerie Rev Hum Tones CRT051109 (Used in the travel cutscene for Venus, plus in a video clip featured in Keesha's report about the planet)
- Hollywoodedge, Objects Fall CrashW CRT033701 (Used in the game's opening cutscene)
- Hollywoodedge, Short Rapid SchoolB CRT014702 (Used for the bells that function as the "quit" button)
- Hollywoodedge, Sm Heavy Metal Door Sl PE185001 (Used for the glove compartment on the bus)
- Hollywoodedge, Various Body Fal Dirt PE106201 (4th bodyfall only.)
- Hollywoodedge, Various Metal Movem CRT042602 (The last half is used in the "Design-O-Ring" science experiment.)
- Magic School Bus Horn
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOUNCE - SLOW JEWS HARP BOUNCING (6th bounce; heard in the classroom when a frog jumps out of Arnold's lunchbox.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, CRACKLE - ICE CRACKLING (Used in the "Venus Blanket" science experiment.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, MONSTER - WILD MONSTER SCREAM, CREATURE 01
- Sound Ideas, RATTLE, CARTOON - RATTLE CAN ON BARS (used when a token is inserted into the Friz Finder)
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - WHOOF TUBE RICCO
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - AIR TO AIR ROCKET FIRE
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - BUSY ELECTRONIC CHATTER
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - ECHOEY NOISES AT FAR END OF LARGE TUNNEL (Used for the travel cutscenes)
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - HAUNTED SPACE WHINES
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - ROCKET BY, FAST 01
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - ROCKET CLICK START AND WIND UP
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - SPRING ZAP LASER SHOT
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - SUPERMAN FLYING WIND (Used for Keesha's permission slip paper airplane flying in the air.)
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE UP 01
- Sound Ideas, SPACE, MUSIC - THEME 1: EFFECT 01
- Sound Ideas, SPACE, MUSIC - THEME 1: EFFECT 03
- Sound Ideas, SPACE, MUSIC - THEME 3: EFFECT 01 (Used for most of the travel cutscenes)
- Sound Ideas, SPACE, WHOOSH - FAST WHOOSH BY, SCI FI 09
- Sound Ideas, SPIN, CARTOON - DAVE'S WIND WHISTLE SPIN
- Sound Ideas, SPIT, CARTOON - SPIT INTO SPITTOON
- Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, CARTOON - FUNNY HEAD SCRATCH SQUEAKS (Used in the game's opening cutscene)
- Sound Ideas, SQUISH, CARTOON - SQUDGE AND SLIDE UP AND DOWN
- Sound Ideas, STRETCH, CARTOON - PLASTIC MAN STRETCH, FORWARD
- Sound Ideas, STRETCH, CARTOON - RUBBER BALLOON STRETCH
- Sound Ideas, STRETCH, PLASTIC - PLASTIC STRETCHING SQUEAKS, CARTOON 03
- Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - QUICK VOCAL WHOOSH (heard when Jupiter is clicked on in the 'Planet Cut N Slice' science experiment.)
- Sound Ideas, VOICE, SPEECH - GARBLED SPEECH, ELECTRONIC 01
- Sound Ideas, WATER, SPLASH - LIGHT SPLASH, CARTOON 01 (Heard when Earth is clicked on in the "Planet Cut N' Slice" science experiment.)