Blue's Clues Treasure Hunt

by Humongous

Product Details

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• ASIN: B000021Z11
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 1.6 x 10.2 inches ; 13.6 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: January 7, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,605 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #71 in Software > Children's Software > Games
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Steve, Blue and the gang are off on a fun-filled treasure hunt. Children can help look for the treasure by exploring the house, school and park, looking for clues that will lead them ultimately to the Land of Great Discovery. Blue is adorable, as usual, and the program's graphics and animation rivals that of the television show. As children travel about, they'll come across activities that involve helping the characters. For instance, they'll recycle trash, which is a sorting game and gather fall leaves according to color. The adventure has similarities to other Humongous products in that items are collected along the way that may prove useful later on. For example, kids have to obtain two Blue dollars in one part of the game in order to pay the admission price that gets them into another part of the program. In general, this is a likable CD. Some kids were turned off by the excessive talking at the beginning as too many instructions are given. The lengthy transitions between screens are also annoying, contributing to kids' waning interest. Still, for true Blue fans, this program will bring the Blue's Clues experience to the computer screen.
Teaches: logic, memory
Age Range: 3, 4, 5, 6 Copyright © 2000 Children's Software Revue

Amazon.com Review

Eye-popping graphics, fanciful animation, and cool world music entertain you while you help clownish Steve and floppy-eared Blue complete three challenging, long-lasting treasure hunts. Of all the Blue's Clues software, this is the program most well suited for kindergartners. Not easily solved, these treasure hunts require you to amass a number of different items, not all in sequential order. While hunting for the scrolls, which lead to the treasure bug and the key, you're also looking for Blue's Clues, which help steer you toward one of the character's "favorite pleasures." Luckily, the highly affable Steve is always there to tell you where you are, what you should be looking for, and where you're going next. And over time, the logic becomes clearer, and it's pretty darn fun to have so many things to look for and record at once. Once you're oriented, your momentum builds in this game, leading to a true sense of triumph when you finally amass the three keys necessary to reach The Land of Discovery. Navigation may be tricky at first--prepare to sit with a child on her/his first time through the program and assist. For example, the yellow arrows that move you through certain areas of the hunt are positioned off in the upper left side of the screen, where they're easily confused with back buttons. As well, there is an unusual blend of view-only clips interspersed with the activities. A frustrated child may abandon the hunt during times when they are forced to pause their hunt, particularly if they are not devotees of Blue. Yet fans of the Nickelodeon TV show will likely take instantly to this skill-building adventure. (Ages 3-6) --Jean Lenihan

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very high quality for a kid's game, October 17, 2004

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Maura Kearns (Clarksville, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue's Clues Treasure Hunt (CD-ROM)

This game takes the child through three separate 'blue's clues' hunts, plus three separate 'treasure map' hunts, all in the familiar setting of Steve's house and neighborhood. The puzzles are varied and interesting; each 'clue' leads to a mini-game which the child can return to again and again. There are plenty of small hidden things on each screen for the child to discover, and extensive live action video of Steve helping to lead the way. There is a high quality of art and music throughout the game (although the 'poetry' in some of the clues is dreadful.) Definitely recommended for children from the age they can use a mouse through 5 or 6.

My only problem with the game is that it comes on 2 CD's, which need to be swapped out halfway through the game - my 2 year old is old enough to enjoy this game, but not old enough to be trusted with CD swapping. Also, I can't get the CD's to work with 'GameDrive8', which I use to mirror most of her games so that she doesn't need to swap CD's - the game always looks for the CD in drive 'D:'.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT LEARNING GAME, December 10, 2004

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Mommy43 "sweetpea121769" (TEXAS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue's Clues Treasure Hunt (CD-ROM)

THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING PLUS BLUE AND HIS FRIENDS AND OH YEAH AND STEVE. THIS IS TERRIFIC FUN AND EDUCATIONAL. WHAT MORE CAN YOU WANT. MUST HAVE!!