Wishbone and the Amazing Odyssey
Encyclopedia
Wishbone and The Amazing Odyssey is a computer program
published by Palladium Interactive in 1996 featuring the Jack Russell Terrier (voiced by Larry Brantley
) from the Wishbone
television series on PBS
. Players try to help Wishbone get out of the combobulator while learning Greek mythology and history.
, where the player picks up the crew roster and some wine. The game then passes through the cave of Polyphemus
, Aeaea
and Circe
, Scylla
or Charybdis
, Thrinacia
and finally home to Ithaca
, where the player must win an archery contest to win Penelope
.
Additionally, the game gives access to the Knowledge Vault, an online source of information about Homer's Odyssey.
, where Hades
challenges Wishbone to a game in which he must beat Hades to the magic potion of Asclepius
. Winning the challenge takes the player back to the game. Losing or declining to play brings an end to the game.
Computer program
A computer program is a sequence of instructions written to perform a specified task with a computer. A computer requires programs to function, typically executing the program's instructions in a central processor. The program has an executable form that the computer can use directly to execute...
published by Palladium Interactive in 1996 featuring the Jack Russell Terrier (voiced by Larry Brantley
Larry Brantley
Larry Brantley, a former stand-up comedian and radio spokesman, entertained families nationwide as the voice of Wishbone the Jack Russell Terrier. Brantley, who specializes in character voices, has many television and radio commercials to his credit, as well as film and television appearances,...
) from the Wishbone
Wishbone (TV series)
Wishbone is a television show which aired from 1995 to 1998 and reruns from 1998 to 2001 in the United States featuring a Jack Russell Terrier of the same name. The main character, the talking dog Wishbone, lives with his owner Joe Talbot in the fictional modern town of Oakdale, Texas...
television series on PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
. Players try to help Wishbone get out of the combobulator while learning Greek mythology and history.
Plot
Wishbone has been zapped inside the combobulator and the only way out is to re-enact Homer's Odyssey. The game begins in TroyTroy
Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida...
, where the player picks up the crew roster and some wine. The game then passes through the cave of Polyphemus
Polyphemus
Polyphemus is the gigantic one-eyed son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes. His name means "much spoken of" or "famous". Polyphemus plays a pivotal role in Homer's Odyssey.-In Homer's Odyssey:...
, Aeaea
Aeaea
Aeaea or Eëa was a mythological island said to be the home of the sorceress Circe. Odysseus tells Alcinous that he stayed here for a year on his way home to Ithaca....
and Circe
Circe
In Greek mythology, Circe is a minor goddess of magic , described in Homer's Odyssey as "The loveliest of all immortals", living on the island of Aeaea, famous for her part in the adventures of Odysseus.By most accounts, Circe was the daughter of Helios, the god of the sun, and Perse, an Oceanid...
, Scylla
Scylla
In Greek mythology, Scylla was a monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite its counterpart Charybdis. The two sides of the strait were within an arrow's range of each other—so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would pass too close to Scylla and vice...
or Charybdis
Charybdis
Charybdis or Kharybdis was a sea monster, later rationalised as a whirlpool and considered a shipping hazard in the Strait of Messina.-The mythological background:...
, Thrinacia
Thrinacia
Thrinakia , also Trinacria or Thrinacie, mentioned in Book 11 of Homer's Odyssey, is the island home of Helios's cattle, guarded by his eldest daughter, Lampetia...
and finally home to Ithaca
Ithaca
Ithaca or Ithaka is an island located in the Ionian Sea, in Greece, with an area of and a little more than three thousand inhabitants. It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. It lies off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and...
, where the player must win an archery contest to win Penelope
Penelope
In Homer's Odyssey, Penelope is the faithful wife of Odysseus, who keeps her suitors at bay in his long absence and is eventually reunited with him....
.
Additionally, the game gives access to the Knowledge Vault, an online source of information about Homer's Odyssey.
If One Loses
A loser finds himself in the UnderworldUnderworld
The Underworld is a region which is thought to be under the surface of the earth in some religions and in mythologies. It could be a place where the souls of the recently departed go, and in some traditions it is identified with Hell or the realm of death...
, where Hades
Hades
Hades , Hadēs, originally , Haidēs or , Aidēs , meaning "the unseen") was the ancient Greek god of the underworld. The genitive , Haidou, was an elision to denote locality: "[the house/dominion] of Hades". Eventually, the nominative came to designate the abode of the dead.In Greek mythology, Hades...
challenges Wishbone to a game in which he must beat Hades to the magic potion of Asclepius
Asclepius
Asclepius is the God of Medicine and Healing in ancient Greek religion. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters are Hygieia , Iaso , Aceso , Aglæa/Ægle , and Panacea...
. Winning the challenge takes the player back to the game. Losing or declining to play brings an end to the game.