My first job (at 15) was working on a software store, which was when MULE came out. I disagree with this: "which sounds much better than the Atari original despite the lack of a fourth voice." We had the Atari and 64 next to each other and would load up MULE to argue about which platform was better. I thought the music on the Atari was better in some ways, although the Commodore's synthesizer chip was pretty cool.
Side note: I own an Ensoniq keyboard, which was made by former Commodore peeps. And, of course, its disk storage is non-standard junk. Still not as bad as the 1541 though...
One thing EA nailed was packaging. Simple but "high-end" cardboard folders (like gatefold album covers) with cool art on them. I still have my original ones of Archon (great game) and... Music Construction Set maybe?