Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes: Tremor Trouble

by Vivendi Universal

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000068VAN
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: August 17, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,610 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Get behind the controls of U.R.V., the Ultimate Robotic Vehicle, in Rescue Heroes: Tremor Trouble. An earthquake has hit the amusement park, and animals and people are in need of quick assistance. Players ages 4 to 7 can stop a runaway roller coaster, save animals from a flooding river, retrieve a downed submarine, and restart stalled high-wire trolley cars in this four-part adventure!

Even with three levels of difficulty, the activities in Tremor Trouble are simple, and children will have no trouble completing the game's tasks. The activities are basic skill builders. To put together the animal bridge, players must match up logs of varying lengths; to restart the stalled trolley, they match up gears of varying colors within its motor. One pleasing aspect of the game is that each of these four activities comes in two parts: the educational matching drill and an arcade game. To save the roller coaster, for example, U.R.V. must first put out the fires threatening to burn its structure. Only then can players sort out the machine pieces needed to rebuild the damaged ride.

It is a shame that, despite the fact that its animal-rescue component is certain to appeal to female gamers as well as to boys, Rescue Heroes Wendy Waters and Ariel Flyer don't appear in Tremor Trouble. What's more, the game's learning component is very basic, unlikely to seriously challenge players more than once or twice. These complaints aside, Tremor Trouble is bright and cheerful, and parents will appreciate the nonviolent structure of its storyline even as their kids delight in the fast-paced adventure format of its activities. The easy-to-follow instructions and tons of hearty encouragement served up by the Rescue Heroes team are sure to build player confidence... all while offering plenty of fun. --Alyx Dellamonica

Amazon.com Product Description

Climb into the cockpit of the ultimate robotic vehicle with Fisher-Price's Rescue Heroes. In Tremor Trouble kids join the rescue team, use some amazing, super-strong tools, and perform impossible tasks to rescue those in need. A range of tools are at the command of the Rescue Heroes, including a heat shield that the team can use to protect them from raging fires and a power winch that lets kids move heavy objects--even a submarine--from a distance. There are also solar spotlights that light up dark tunnels, and the Data Pak provides kids with vital mission information, like people's location. Commander Warren Waters appears on the monitor with updates and lets kids know when they've succeeded in their rescue mission.

Customer Reviews

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88 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not as good as the other Rescue Heroes games, November 11, 2002

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This review is from: Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes: Tremor Trouble (CD-ROM)

I purchased this game for my 5 year old twin boys. They are major Rescue Hero fans and we have every game and action figure made. The boys love this game because of URV. They can't wait to get one from Santa this Christmas. However, the game is frustrating because it is too sequential. There are eight games. On the main menu there are only four games to choose from. Then there are another four games that are stacked behind the original four games. You can't play the second tier games until you complete the first tier game successfully. And then once you complete a game, you can't repeat it until you finish all 8 games or quit and start over. Young children learn by repetition. The boys want to play a game over and over until they master it.
Overall this is a good game and I am glad I bought it. However, Meteor Madness and Huricane Havoc were better thought out. Sometimes I wonder if the computer programmers who design these games ever watch a child play them.

3.0 out of 5 stars fun, but sometimes a little to tough, December 28, 2003

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E. Hansen (Minnesota United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fisher-Price Rescue Heroes: Tremor Trouble (CD-ROM)

my four year old likes this game, but sometimes get a little frustrated with the brigde building activity, he just does not understand that concept, plus there is only 4 different missions to do and once there done, whats left to do???