Freddi Fish 5: Coral Cove (Jewel Case)

by Atari

Product Features

• Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove brings the popular mystery-solving duo back to computer screens
• Players travel through a complex marine village, the park itself, a shipwreck, and many other sites
• Along the way, Freddi copes with a multitude of other problems: returning a lost screwdriver, finding a missing musical jug, repairing a broken microscope, and many others.
• These small tasks test a player's basic skills in such areas as recognizing shapes, counting, and distinguishing between differing heights and weights

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008K2XV
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: March 4, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,660 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Join Freddi Fish and her best friend, Luther, for the grand opening of beautiful Coral Cove Park. But wait! A mysterious sea creature has been lurking inside. If the park is to open on time you have to help Freddi and Luther find the clues, solve the puzzles and get to the bottom of this mystery. The most exciting adventure yet from an award-winning brand. Recommended for children ages 4-7.

Product Description

Join Freddi Fish and her best friend, Luther, for the grand opening of beautiful Coral Cove Park. But wait! A mysterious sea creature has been lurking inside. If the park is to open on time you have to help Freddi and Luther find the clues, solve the puzzles and get to the bottom of this mystery. The most exciting adventure yet from an award-winning brand. Recommended for children ages 4-7.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Game to play as a Family!, June 3, 2003

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Rosebud (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freddi Fish 5: Coral Cove (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

I have Freddi Fish 3 (Case of the Stolen Conch Shell) and this one they're my children's (6 and 4) favorites! We have LOTS of games, but these have so much to click on, little games inside, and elements that change every time, making the game different. We got this one last September and they still ask to play it almost every other day! (The same goes for the one we've had for 2 years also!) Everything by Humongous Entertainment is fabulous! They put a lot of work into these games so they would never get boring. The extra game in "The Creature of Coral Cove" is a variation of Battleship! Lots of great one-liners and a Clown Fish with the dry Stephen Wright type humor (all squeaky clean, of course). Heck, I'm 28 and I like to play it too! (shhh...) This is one of the best things I could have spent my $ on for my kids. I don't have to clean it up off the floor, it's not in the toy closet a week later! Plus they're learning valuable reasoning and deduction skills! Excellent Game!

32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What Fun., May 17, 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 5: Coral Cove (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

This is a great CD. Grandma Grouper's seeds are missing. This is horrible. Freddi Fish and Luther rush to the rescue. The game encourages children to solve problems, think creatively, develop memory skills and on top of all of that, it's fun to play.

My son is 4 and he really enjoys this game. He started trying to play it at age 3 but it was a bit too hard. Now he can do it mostly independent of help.

One of many positives is that each time you solve the game, when you restart the game, it's a whole new set of problems and puzzles to solve.

My only suggestion would be that you seriously consider getting some of the later Freddi Fish games rather than the earlier games. I suggest this mainly because the newer games are better with more puzzles than this one.

Enjoy.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What an Adventure, January 18, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Freddi Fish 5: Coral Cove (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

I purchased Freddi Fish 5 for my 4.5 year old son. He is very proficient with other adventure games - Putt Putt Saves the Zoo and Clifford Thinking Games, as two examples. This game is MUCH more complex and difficult - it's not impossible, but it is extremely time consuming and can be frustrating.

The primary issue I have with the game is there are 40 or more locations within the game that the child must navigate to find and manipulate objects and characters. Unlike some other games, the locations aren't built in a simple hub and spoke configuration. There are locations that branch into yet more branches and there is no electronic map the child can access to jump quickly between far off locations. Going without a map certainly helps the child to develop a sense of direction and memory, but can be tiresome, as a wrong turn can take a while to correct.

All in all, the game is great - but I'm over 30 and relatively intelligent and found solving the puzzle somewhat challenging. This is best left to a slightly older child who does not get frustrated quickly and is able to concentrate for longer periods.