Madagascar

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• 11 action-packed, movie-based chapters that take you from Manhattan to the jungle
• Become each zoo animal as you play - using Alex's claws, Marty's long jump, Melman's helicopter spins and Gloria's butt smash to make your way back to the wild
• Collect high scores in the wild bonus games -- Shuffleboard, Tiki Golf and Lemur RAVE

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007VW21M
• Item Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 24, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,836 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Madagascar lets you enter the world of 4 hilarious Central Park Zoo animals; A goofy lion, a dreamer zebra, a hip hippo and a hypochondriac giraffe. When these funky friends decide to trade their cagd lives for the wild, the fun begins with a daring escape -- and you'll have to lead them home!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great game with the worst gameplay ever, November 11, 2005

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D. Kirsanovs (Latvia, EU) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Madagascar (CD-ROM)

I played a lot of games for more than a decade. I think I tried everything, from strategy to 3D shooters, quests and arcades. I can't say I am a bad player as I usually finish each game a lot of times. Why I am saying all this? Because I don't want you to think that I can't play this game because I am a bad player.

The fact is - this game is perfect as perfect is the movie - perfect humour, good graphics, music, everything but gameplay.

Camera is always flying by itself, you don't control it, and usually you don't see what you want to see, sometimes you don't see anything! You don't go where you are supposed to go, you don't do what you are supposed to do - just because camera shifted to wrong direction, and voila, you busted! So the gameplay is stupid, as stupid is the programmer who created it. In fact, I don't remember worse gameplay than this, maybe because I am usually playing "adult" games like Doom or Warcraft and alike. That, from $5x category.

So if you want to laugh, get this game, it is the same fun as the movie itself, but be prepared to a lot of bad words caused by bad programming - so it is better to play when your kid is not home. And watching your kid playing this game you can find out all bad words he knows, I think this is interesting too.

I would rate this game 5, if programmers who make the camera stuff wouldn't be drunk while writing this perfection. A great game if it costs $5.

Also a little note about words in this game - depending from how you care about your kid, be prepared for phrases like "what the duck?" and "I hope my girl remembers me" (said by sailors) and alike. Maybe it's just too rude for your perfect little child :)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fun for hours, June 8, 2009

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R. Conroy "RD" (WA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Madagascar (CD-ROM)

My son is seven and this game is so much fun for him and not painful for me to help him with. There is a fun game map where you can go in and out of whatever game levels you have opened up. There is also shop where you can buy more health and mini games and outfits for the characters.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Madagascar by Windows Vista, January 19, 2008

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A. Winters "Play in our world, Live in yours" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Madagascar (CD-ROM)

Madagascar by Windows

This is a great game inspired by the movie of the same title. Lots of interactivity for the children and the kid that lies within us all. I purchased this title for my five year old, he just "dives" in to the characters that he controls and enjoys every bit of it.

Los Angeles, Ca.