Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Be the Baudelaires—Switch between the 3 Baudelaire orphans to utilize each of their special abilities
• Invent to Prevail—Gather objects throughout your adventure to build ingenious inventions to for solving tricky puzzles or for creating unique weapons to fend off Olaf’s creepy cohorts.
• Truly based on a story— Engage in over 20 different missions based on the adventures from the movie and the 1st three books
• Dupe the dopes—Defeat Count Olaf and his troupe of villains who assume many disguises in their never-ending pursuit of the Baudelaire orphans and their family fortune.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002V3JP0
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 9, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,889 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events is the only action adventure game for males 8-12 based on the movie and book series in which you explore, invent and solve mysteries as each of the three Baudelaire orphans to defeat their evil uncle, Count Olaf.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Elegant fun, December 17, 2004

By 

Lynn S. Hendricks "Wordmama" (Carson City, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events (CD-ROM)

A sweet little game with a decidedly off-center sensibility, just like the bizarre books it's based on. If you're familiar with the books, you'll know what to expect; if you're not, perhaps you'd better read one or two first to get an idea of what's coming.

Game play consists of directing the Beaudelaire children around various locations trying to survive their greedy "uncle." The game is divided into problem-solving sections and fighting sections; the former is mostly brain work, though there's some rather annoying jumping in places, and the fighting is mostly hand-eye coordination, though a little strategy is required to survive. (Fighting in this case means squirting mosquitoes with eau de cologne and throwing bags of horseradish at evildoers. There's no blood involved.) All the voices are done by the actors from the movie, most notably Tim Curry and Jim Carrey, what a team-up! Graphics are good enough. I had no difficulty loading or running the game on my 3-year-old machine with Windows ME.

The game as a whole is a lovely fun quirky thing; it might be a bit too complicated for kids under about 10, and it might be a bit bland for kids over about 16. Oh, and it includes a free child's admission to the movie, good till the end of the year (2004). Lovely!

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable!, December 21, 2004

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events (CD-ROM)

Considering what a disappointment I found a movie to be, the fun of this game makes up for it.
In A Series of Unfortunate Events, you play as the three Baudelaire orphans. You must jump, attack, and discover your way through the 'Lemony Snicket world', avoiding the horrible Count Olaf.
The neat thing about this game was that how you got through the game didn't rely on how quick your fingers hit the keys, but how quick you can discover the little things that depend on weather you advance in the game or not. It got annoying at times, but I managed to work through it. The downside of the game is that 80% of the time you're looking for invention particles--nothing much else.
Overall, this is a very good game, but you'll enjoy it more if you've read and enjoyed the books.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I've not found a better game., January 3, 2005

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events (CD-ROM)

If you dont want to take the time aside to read the books(which you should) get the game. It covers most of the book and adds more. For example Mr. Poe, the gulible banker who is in charge of finding guardians for them, does so in the game but at each place he leads the baudelairs their adventure is atleast a little bit different.


Trevor Oliver
12 years old