Bob the Builder

by Gameboy Color Bob the Builder Game

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00005MO5I
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Release Date: August 28, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,882 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

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Can we play it? Yes we can, as Bob the Builder has now made it to the Game Boy Color in Fix-It Fun. It begins in Bob's yard, where he is greeted by Dizzy, Lofty, Roley, and all his other best friends, all ready for some serious work. Enter Wendy's office and there's a stream of jobs just waiting to be done--notices are in the fax machine, in the files, and on the shelves. Jobs seem to be piling up everywhere, and Bob needs your help to get them done.

Scroll up and down the job sheet menu to pick a task, and whether it's Mrs. Potts's fence, the town hall roof, feeding Pilchard, or fixing a wall with muck, it will keep the little ones busy for hours. Each smiley machine has his own adventure for Bob to take part in, and the graphics are superb (as in all BBC children's games), clearly replicating these extremely popular characters.

The controls are simple and intuitive, and the enclosed instructions are illustrative and clear, taking players through the games one step at a time. They also include a number of handy hints in case building doesn't come as naturally to everyone as it does to Bob.

For little ones who are pestering parents to buy them video games, this title is a great opportunity to combine education with entertainment. Young children will while away long car or plane journeys quite happily without even realizing they're learning about shapes and patterns, numbers and letters, and tidying up and fixing things, as well as developing their hand-eye coordination and reasoning and concentration skills. (The value is much the same as when children use an educational CD-ROM.)

For Bob fans everywhere, or youngsters who love using their older brother's or sister's Game Boy, Bob the Builder: Fix-It Fun lives up to its BBC credentials: it is safe, fun, and educational. It's also the kind of video game every parent is looking to find. --Lucie Naylor

Customer Reviews

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not well thought out., February 17, 2002

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This review is from: Bob the Builder (Game Cartridge)

My five year old loves Bob the Builder and just inherited his brothers game boy. I thought this game would be perfect for him. The first problem is that you need to know how to read in order to play it. Since BTB is geared towards the preschool crowd, that seems weird that they would require you to do any reading.

Secondly, each level rewards you with a password. You re-enter this password whenever you start playing which brings you back to your current level. This would be fine if the child knew how to read and told me about the password, but he since he can't he just skips right over it and the password is lost. He needs to start from square one each time. Which leads to the next problem....

You have to accomplish 10 tasks (aquire 10 passwords) before you get to play with Scoop. This is so discouraging for my son because he loves Scoop. It's his favorite character and the only one he is interested in playing with. He's also the hardest to master. So if you don't write down those passwords and help your child enter them, they'll never get to play with Scoop.

How nice it would have been if the game had automatically saved your level each time you played. Is that too much to ask for in a preschool game?

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game but for younger kids, November 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Bob the Builder (Game Cartridge)

My son got this game for his 6th birthday. He sat right down with it and solved it within a day. It is still keeping his attention. My daughter who is 3 is still playing with it when ever brother will let her.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too Complicated, December 6, 2001

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Patrick T. Stingley (Silver Spring, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bob the Builder (Game Cartridge)

The Bob the Builder show appeals to my not-yet literate 3 year old.

I think this game is poorly conceived and executed because
it requires the user to read several things before they can play anything with this game.

Once my son is reading, I'm fairly certain he will no longer be interested in Bob The Builder.