Brain Strainers

Brain Strainers
DeveloperCarousel Software
PublishersCarousel Software
Coleco
PlatformsAtari 8-bit, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, Coleco Adam
ReleaseAtari, C64
1983
ColecoVision
  • NA: 1 June 1984
GenreMusic
ModesSingle-player, Multiplayer

Brain Strainers is a music video game released for the Atari 8-bit computers and Commodore 64 in 1983 and ColecoVision in 1984. It contains two sub-games, one of which is a clone of the popular 1970s audio game, Simon. It is notable for being one of the earliest music video games to employ pitch-based gameplay in the Clef Climber portion of the game.