The Airport - Junior Field Trips found

I was just browsing the recent HE-related commits to ScummVM's Github repository when I noticed an updated detection entry for a previously undiscovered early version of Let's Explore the Airport with Buzzy the Knowledge Bug that was named The Airport - Junior Field Trips. As it turns out, this alternate version of the game was already made available on Archive.org back in late 2022: https://archive.org/details/airport_20221126_2357

I haven't played it very much, but in addition to a slightly different title screen, it has no minigames. Apparently, those were a retroactive addition even for this game, not just The Farm. As such, it also doesn't have the music by Richard Moe. It does however have George Sanger's title theme, and the UI is the same as in later versions, aside from the lack of a minigame button. Dataminers may be able to find more differences, if any still exist for HE.

The crazy part about this is that I was unknowingly sitting on this version for several years. Back when I bought Junior Encyclopedias - The Farm on eBay, the seller included this game as a free extra. I installed, but never played it, since I assumed it was just a copy of the same version of the game I got on Steam. If I'd only pointed ScummVM at it, its inability to detect it at the time would've surely gotten me suspicious. This seller must have had some strange connections to get their hands on not one, but two super rare Junior Field Trip versions without even realizing it.