Scooby Doo Glowing Bug Man

by The Learning Company

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00006K118
• Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: June 7, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,475 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Scooby and gang go to the Museum of Natural History and once again find themselves in the middle of a mystery. In a plot true to all Scooby cartoons, a Glowing Bug Man is loose inside the museum, scaring away visitors. There are five suspects in all, each with specific characteristics (e.g. loves to cook, enjoys all kinds of music). Kids try to match up suspect preferences to clues they collect while playing logic games. Unfortunately, the activities are a bit clunky. In one game, it's tough to control Scooby as he awkwardly jumps on a conveyor belt to collect bones for Scooby snacks. A sliding puzzle game took testers too long to figure out, and too many completed puzzles (four) were required to earn the clues when at the second level (there are three levels in all). Though we wish the activities were stronger, the game is entertaining and doable, and the guilty party changes with each level, helping to keep things interesting.

Product Description

Crack the case of the Blowing Bug Man!

Product Information

Scooby and the gang have been called to solve a mystery at theNatural History Museum. A Glowing Bug Man has been spotted wandering the halls. Exhibits are damaged, specimens mixed up, even the cafeteria is a wreck! Is this the work of the Glowing Bug Man?  Help Scooby and the gang search for clues todiscover the truth behind the case.



Builds thinking and problem-solving skills

• Critical thinking
• Logic
• Research
• Deductive reasoning
• Matching & sorting

Product Features

• 6 fun-filled activities
• Investigate different exhibits to find clues
• Turn up the excitement and the challenge with three levels  of difficulty
• Kids can play independently - provides help when your child needs it
• Printable activities

System Requirements

• Windows  95/98/Me/2000/XP
• 166MHz processor or faster
• 32MB RAM
• 50MB free hard disk space
• 16-bit color monitor capable of 640x480 resolution
• SoundBlaster 16 sound card or equivalent
• DirectX 8.0 or later (will be installed ifneeded)
• DirectX compatible video card
• Speakers
• Mouse
• Internet browser, 28.8Kbps or faster modem, printer (recommended)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Close, but not the best., February 10, 2004

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J. M Quiggins "Sole_Fish" (Owensboro, Ky. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scooby Doo Glowing Bug Man (CD-ROM)

If any of you have expierienced past Scooby Doo games of this style, then you will understand this. In comparison, the voice acting in this is sub-par. The vocal animations are so generic that every word they speak looks just like the last. The load times between screens is a lot longer in this one than in past games. However, the puzzles are clever, and the background animations and layouts are very colorful and creative. Dropping you in many foreign locales. A good representation, and learning tool, of different cultures. My 5 year old enjoys this. But, myself, as a Scooby Doo fan, did not think that much of it. It was a bit shorter than previous games as well. Good game. Just not great. Hope the next volume shows more promise.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun but..., March 25, 2004

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apoem "apoem" (Bosque Farms, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scooby Doo Glowing Bug Man (CD-ROM)

I would rate this a middle of the road four or at the very least a high three.

First the positive- the scooby gang are in a museum and a green glowing bug man has messed up the displays. They have to put the displays back together in order to earn clues. The clues point to a villian. Each of the 'games' or displays involves a different part of the brain- in one scooby has to jump on a conveyer belt to earn scooby snacks and collect bones, another is a puzzle, another is a matching game and so on. There are three different levels so you can have it fairly easy to fairly difficult. My five year old was able to play the easy with no help and the medium level with only a little bit of help.

The Negatives- The games are the same. The villians change but the games are the same- you are always doing a puzzle in the dinosaur room and it's always the same puzzle. The placement of the boxes in the puzzle might change but the idea is the same. I would have also liked to have seen the ability to change the levels of the puzzle as individual games, not the whole game.

However, it's a fun game.
I would also suggest the Freddy Fish games if your child likes to solve mysteries.

Enjoy.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun For Young Scooby Fans, October 22, 2005

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E. M. Palmer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scooby Doo Glowing Bug Man (CD-ROM)

A good game for the very young Scooby fan. Our 3 year old daughter loves this game. The puzzles are clever and educational. The three levels of game play differ enough to still excite and challenge young children who've mastered the easier levels. A great purchase for any Scooby fan under 7. Not too sophisticated but certainly not dumbed down.