The Dovetail Group

Atari 800 and the Commodore 64. Notable games developed by The Dovetail Group include Halftime Battlin' Bands (1984), Coco-Notes (1984), and Movie Musical Madness (1984).^[1][2] These games are notable as they represent some of the earliest examples of the music management subgenre of music video games

CBS Software in 1984,^[3][4] Halftime Battlin' Bands is a multiplayer game that requires a player to compose a marching tune and then lead a rank of band members in complex formations to outmaneuver the opponent player^[5] (Single-play mode means that the opponent was the computer). In order to prevent the other band from accomplishing their goals, a bench of weapons are available for use against the other band. As the two opposing teams compete, The Jazz Scats (a beatnik jazz band^[6][7]) cheer for the team that is winning. The player is scored based on time it takes to complete a good routine and quality of the routine.^{[citation needed}

coconuts^{[9][unreliable source?]} and tunes in the form of fish. The player may then use these notes and tunes to create melodies in a free form manner. The game also features a quiz minigame where The Jazz Scats (a group of castaway hipsters) perform the first half of a jazz song and the player must then complete the song before Mr. Cool Clam (a square note-eating clam) eats the song.^[5]

actors^{[11][unreliable source?]}) can be set to perform in dozens of scenes ranging from city scenes to jungle scenes to outer-space scenes.^[5]