Freddi Fish: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse

by Atari

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00006BN8L
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,417 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #31 in Software > Outlet
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Freddi Fish--super sleuth of the sea--has an eye for detail and is always looking out for her friends, especially her best friend Luther. In Freddi Fish: The Case of the Haunted School House, the young guppies are convinced that a ghost is scaring them and stealing their toys. Freddi thinks something's fishy and sets out to build a trap to capture the phony ghost. In this cartoon-style adventure, kids direct the action in over 40 locations, where they meet and help new friends, explore sunken ships and caves, and even swim through the lost city of Atlantis to solve the case. Plus, a bonus arcade-style game--Maze Madness--comes on the same CD-ROM.

Product Description

Join Freddi Fish and Luther in this interactive animated adventure! Heart-warming characters and engaging adventures come to life through feature-film quality animation, original music and the power of a child's imagination.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Software, May 16, 2003

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apoem "apoem" (Bosque Farms, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Freddi Fish: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse (CD-ROM)

This is a great CD. Something is haunting the school house and taking the kids toys. Freddi Fish and Luther are going to solve the day. My son is almost 4 and has enjoyed this Freddi Fish for hours and hours.

Some of the things that I like about this game-
Each time you solve the game and save the toys and school, the game changes. Some of the puzzles remain and others change and what you need to set the trap changes and so on. It's a different game every time. I think my son has played it four times and has yet to really repeat a scenario. Great!

There are problem solving puzzles and the answer isn't handed to you on a plate. For example, you have to figure out how to open the trophy case (in one scenario on this game) and only by talking to other sea animals do you learn you need a special card to take to a Mr. Triplefin.

You have to think creatively to solve the problems.

There are a lot of little things you can click on to watch them 'do things'. You might click on a little basket only to see a tiny crab run out and plant some flowers, they grow, and the crab goes back in his home. It's lots of fun.

One thing I don't like is I have yet to find a save option on this game. The later ones have a save option. So once you start a game it's hard to stop it because then you will have to repeat everything over again. It may be there, I have yet to find it and yet to make a large effort to figure out how to save a game so we can return to it.

Well worth it. My son started playing at age 3 and it was hard for him but at almost 4 it's just about right. I think it would be a great game for older kids too.

Enjoy.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another good product from Humongous Entertainment, October 11, 2002

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A. Joyce "ajjoyce" (moon township, pa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Freddi Fish: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse (CD-ROM)

We're big fans of all Freddi the Fish and Putt-Putt computer games. This one is no exception. My preschooler enjoys a game that challenges him and he can "win" in about an hour. Initially he and I ran through the whole game to solve it. After that, he plays the game without my help and likes to try to remember where each clue is. The great part is that the clues are different each game. Some are the same, others are different which makes for a more challenging game.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Keeps kids entertained, January 13, 2004

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"cgathome" (Quincy, Washington USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freddi Fish: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse (CD-ROM)

This is a great game for kids. My 4 year old just loves playing it because it's challenging enough to be interesting, but easy enough that it's not frustrating. The object is to build a trap to catch the ghost and for that you need to find 5 things. Finding each piece requires a 2 step process, something my daughter caught on to about halfway through the first time. Although the box says it's different everytime you play it, there are only about 5 variations of the game. Still that offers great variety for the price and by the time my daughter got through them all, it was still a bit challenging to remember the tasks she had to do. I do think an adult should play along the first time to point out the "ghost" is just some bad fish in disguise and make light of some of the scarier characters. But, there are plenty of friendly characters too. I've seen other reviews mentioning the lack of a save feature. It does have one (press the "S" key), but the instructions don't mention it-the website technical support section explains the save feature. Overall a great game that is highly recommended-we'll definitely be getting more Freddi Fish games in the future.