Looking for help identifying an old educational game company and games, not MECC

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Looking for help identifying an old educational game company and games, not MECC

Thanks in advance, I'm sure these "What was the name of X?" questions can get a little tiresome. I'll try to provide as much data as possible to hopefully make this easier.

The games themselves came packaged together in a plastic box that opened like a book (like some of the Sticky Bear games). I remember three games although there may have been four. The first was a game wherin you were shrunk down and entered the human body to eliminate an enemy that I believe was based on the difficulty level you chose. One was a typical mad scientist looking fellow who I think attacked with a toenail, of all things. The game was combination of static screens with text, questions, and mini games. It played out like an adventure game. One of the mini games had you navigate your small vessel into the human mouth and you had to avoide being crunched by the teeth. You befriend a red blood cell named Arby Cee (Haha... I can't believe I remember that and not the title).

Another game in the box had you mixing chemicals of different colors displayed above the top screen to solve various problems. Certain combinations would produce different items or events to proceed. It was all logical based on what the name of the made up chemical was called. This was played through static screens and text.

The last one I remember was a BASIC programming tutorial that was set up in individual classes that you entered through a top view school map. To proceed to each level you needed to pass a quiz. I thought it was called BASIC 101 but a search comes up fruitless.

I think the company has the word brain in it, or micro, or mind. Something like that... Various searches have not helped. I remember there being a lightning bolt in the company logo, possibly between two words.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. As I said I had these packaged together although they may have had seperate releases as well. I'm diggging up my Apple 2 for some nostalgic gaming and they were really well done and quite fun. I'd love to play them again but of course these are the only ones from my old collection that I can't find. The game descriptions are fairly accurate I believe, but of course there may be some errors. Its been a while!

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At first I thought it was int

At first I thought it was internal Journey, as described here.

Systems: IBM PC, Apple II, C64 Address: 309 Windsor Rd. Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 359-7099 Epcot Educational Media

In keeping with Epcot's science and technology theme, Disney's Epcot Educational Media has introduced three programs in science and business for junior high school students and older. Internal Journey uses an interactive format, color graphics, animation, and music to teact nutrition and the process of food digestion and conversion in humans. As energy scientists in Galactic Prospector, students conduct geological and meteorological tests and evaluate data to find available energy sources on a new planet. A simulated amusement park in Cosmic Carnival is the setting for students to learn about the energy costs and operating expenses of managing a business.

Here is the site I pulled it from. Maybe you will remember more after reading more at this site.

http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v11n4/64_Goodbye_little_red_schoo.php

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That's not it but it does sou

That's not it but it does sound similar in ways. Thank you for the help, though!

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Just in case anyone else

Just in case anyone else stumbles over this thread like I did, the question has already been answered elsewhere on this site! The games in question--which I also think of often--were MicroAgent of the Body Guard and Mission: Mix-Up, both published by Scholastic through their MicroZINE series. These games both appeared in issue 17, which is available on the Internet Archive.

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