gaming Purple Moon's Rockett Movado

[Katie Cadet 101]

Hello fellow bronies!

In 1997, Purple Moon made it into the scene with computer adventure games targeted to the female demographic. This topic will only be focusing on the Rockett Movado series.

The story follows Rockett Movado who started off as a newcomer of Grade 8 of the fictional Whistling Pines Junior High School. There are five games in this series:

1. Rockett's New School (1997)

2. Rockett's Tricky Decision (Early 1998)

3. Rockett's Secret Invitation (Late 1998)

4. Rockett's First Dance (Early 1999, only seen in the Rockett's Collection bundle)

5. Rockett's Camp Adventures (Late 1999)

I've tested Rockett's New School, Rockett's Secret Invitation, and Rockett's First Dance on a PowerBook G4 (15-inch, Early 2005) running Mac OS X 10.4.11, and on a Power Mac G4 (MDD 2003) running Mac OS X 10.2.8, all with Mac OS 9.2.2 Classic Environment installed, no issues found so far during gameplay. (Sorry, no Intel or M1 Macs supported!)

I've also tested Rockett's New School under Windows 10 64-bit (untested on Windows 11) using manual copying of the installation data and/or using a 32-bit InstallShield engine on my HP Pavilion 15 Gaming Laptop with InDirectSound, and my Custom Built AMD Ryzen 5 High Performance Windows 10 Gaming PC with a Sound Blaster Z installed with Creative Alchemy.

Sadly, Purple Moon was short-lived after two years. But retro enthusiasts like myself really enjoy the Rockett Movado series to this day! And thanks to Katie Cadet's Computer and Video Game Collection since 2018 on the WordPress blog engine, more contribution is done to include prototype screenshots, compatibility tests, and more!

Feel free to talk about this rare gem, and take care!

[Katie Cadet 101]

18 hours ago, Katie Cadet said:

1. Rockett's New School (1997)

 

[Katie Cadet 101]

18 hours ago, Katie Cadet said:

2. Rockett's Tricky Decision (Early 1998)

 

[Katie Cadet 101]

18 hours ago, Katie Cadet said:

3. Rockett's Secret Invitation (Late 1998)

 

18 hours ago, Katie Cadet said:

4. Rockett's First Dance (Early 1999, only seen in the Rockett's Collection bundle)

 

[ZiggWheelsManning 10,922]

Glad you didn't say Purple Rain  

[Katie Cadet 101]

Seeing that Purple Moon's Rockett Movado was only available in North America and English, I thought I needed to use ElevenLabs to make Purple Moon more international to everyone! (This is what would've happened if Purple Moon was still around...)

I dubbed the Rockett's Secret Invitation trailer in French, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Japanese. I also dubbed the Rockett's Tricky Decision trailer in French and Spanish too!

The only one that seems acceptable but a little flawed is the Rockett's New School trailer in French, but it actually seems to work well in my computer-based dubbing skills!

It's nice to hear Hillary Hulteen's voice as Dana St. Clair being dubbed in many different languages. The technology is here!