Musician
Musician is cartridge number 31 in the official Magnavox/Philips line of games for the Philips Videopac. It came in a cardboard box roughly double the size of a standard Videopac game box, containing a keyboard overlay in the style of a piano keyboard; the cartridge, in a standard Videopac box with a single sheet where the manual would usually be; and a landscape format manual, over double the size of a standard game manual. The purpose of the set is to turn the user's Videopac into a musical keyboard.
Musician
- Date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Koninklijke Philips NV
- Genre
- music video game
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Musician is cartridge number 31 in the official Magnavox/Philips line of games for the Philips Videopac. It came in a cardboard box roughly double the size of a standard Videopac game box, containing a keyboard overlay in the style of a piano keyboard; the cartridge, in a standard Videopac box with a single sheet where the manual would usually be; and a landscape format manual, over double the size of a standard game manual. The purpose of the set is to turn the user's Videopac into a musical keyboard.
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It supports recording and editing sequences of up to 81 notes, although there is no way to save apart from writing a composition down on music manuscript. In the manual there are the following pieces of sheet music: • "Badinerie" (Bach) • "Brother Jacob" • "The Entertainer" • "Eurovision Tune" • "Happy Birthday to You" • "Liebestraum" (Liszt) • "Lightly Row" • "Merrily We Roll Along" • "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" • "Mosocow Night" • "Old McDonald Had a Farm" • "This Old Man" • "Three Young Drummers" • "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
Key facts
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• Title — Musician • Developer — Philips • Designer — Jon Shuttleworth • Programmer — Peter van Twist • Publisher — Philips • Genre — Music • Platforms — Philips Videopac G7000
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1980
Musician published.
1980
Musician is recorded as published in 1980.
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- United States
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Musician is associated with United States.
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- 1.Cassidy, William. Interview: Jon Shuttleworth. Classic Gaming. March 12, 2001.
- 2.Philips Videopac 31 - Musician. Centre for Computing History.
- 3.EMAP National Publications, Ltd. Video Screen. Computer & Video Games. 2. 25. December 1981.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 19 August 2026.
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