Three Stooges_ The
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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Stars of television and cinema, and now stars of their own video game. Join Moe, Larry & Curly (in no particular order) who must collect $5000 to try and save an orphanage and the young children who live there from the evil banker, all while keeping pie out of their face. Featuring platform level designs based on classic Stooge scenes from their many TV episodes and movies and level objectives re-living many of their antics plus original Stooge voices and Stooge trivia.

Trivia

Multiple endings

There are multiple endings, depending on the amount of money earned. Less than $5000: the bank takes back the orphanage; $5000-$8995: the rent is paid, but the orphanage still requires repairs; $9000-$19995: the orphanage is fully repaired; $20000+: the Stooges marry the daughters.

References

At the beginning of the NES version, the Stooges stand in front of the Ghostbusters II logo, and make comments about how they are in the wrong game.
References to the game

This game is featured in the movie Lethal Weapon 3 on Lorna Cole's (Rene Russo) computer. Part of her background in the film is that she's a Three Stooges fan.

Sound

The digitized voices and pictures used in this game come from real Three Stooges shorts.

On the PC, The Three Stooges was much more enjoyable on the Tandy/PCjr series over the traditional PC and clones because the sound chip was utilized quite well. Not only was it used for 3-voice music and sound effects, but for the digitized speech as well. This enabled the sound of Larry, Moe, and Curly to come through much clearer than through the conventional PC speaker.


One of the game's designers was Timothy "Tim" Skelly. Skelly worked with Cinematronics to design and program many early 80's arcade games including Star Hawk, Star Castle, Armor Attack and more.

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Description from the packaging:

Can Three Stooges
Save One orphanage
From Foreclosure?!

Our Heroes: They can save the day by making Assets of themselves!
The Evil Banker: He took their Nest Egg and told them to Beat It!
The Widow and her 3 beautiful daughters: They're about to be thrown out on their Arrears!
Moe, Larry & Curly starring in their own Cinemaware Interactive Movie? Why coitanly! Nyuk. Nyuk. Nyuk. Join those zany masters of mirth as they try to save an old lady and her 3 beautiful daughters from the clutches of an evil banker. You'll love the eyepopping graphics and animation. And the voices and sound effects digitized from their classic films! You'll maneuver the Stooges through prizefighting, pie throwing and medical madness in the famous "Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard" scene. It's like starring in a Stooges movie!

Coin-op quality arcade sequences.
Including Moe, Larry & Curly's actual voices.
Stooges trivia quiz and surprises galore.
Easy to use joystick control. No typing required!


http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/three-stooges
