Scooby-Doo: Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom

by Southpeak

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00002CFA8
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: June 19, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,846 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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This game feels like a cross between the beloved Saturday morning cartoon and the classic board game, Clue. Kids can play alone or with friends and at three difficulty levels. First, children pick a player to represent themselves, either Shaggy, Velma, Daphne or Fred. Then, they take turns steering their character around a haunted amusement park, looking for a mysterious phantom. As they explore, kids find clues and necessary items to eventually trap the phantom. Each clue is marked on a grid, under a specific suspect, making the whole experience reminiscent of a "Colonel Mustard in the Billiard Room with the Knife" kind of thing. Once kids figure out how to play, the game is fun and challenging, too, as it requires logical thinking skills like deductive reasoning and strategy. The program offers lots of novelty, surprises and suspense as children play. For instance, if kids lose at a memory game in the Fun House, they get chased by a ghost and forfeit their next turn. They can also make other players spin The Chaos Wheel, causing them lots of trouble. It pays to read the jewel case insert to learn the ins and outs of the game- the way things work aren't always apparent. That caution aside, this is one of the best new games to date for eight- to twelve-year-old children.
Teaches: game play, strategy
Age Range: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Amazon.com Product Description

Scooby-Doo Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom is a PC mystery game that combines the exploration of an adventure game with the strategy and endless playability of a traditional board game. The characters come to life in 2 1/2-D, a special rendering that keeps cartoon characters looking true to their 2-D appearance, yet gives them added dimension. Just like the TV show, the game places players in sticky and sometimes humorous situations, where they must solve a mystery and uncover the game's true villain. Hunt for clues, set traps, and munch down on Scooby snacks.

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Customer Reviews

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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Game, December 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Scooby-Doo: Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom (CD-ROM)

Hey, If you grew up on Scooby Doo like I did, and know that it is an all time classic cartoon, and if you own a PC, you got to get this cd rom game. Its totally interactive. You feel like you are part of the gang helping to solve the mystery. As a Scooby Doo lover, and collector, I highly recommend this game for kids and big kids like myself.

39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Challenging for a 6 year old, March 24, 2000

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Nancy Niles (Richmondville New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scooby-Doo: Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom (CD-ROM)

I bought this for my kindergartener. Now that we have figured it out (I found the onscreen guide easier to understand than the booklet that comes with the game)he really likes it. He does need an adult nearby to read things such as pop-up hints to him. He also was scared by the eerie sound effects but they can be turned off. He is still at the easy level and I limited him to just one character to play. The game is pretty slow on our aging Pentium 166 and it takes a while to move from place to place in the park.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Think before you buy this program, May 12, 2001

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"chipmunk34" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scooby-Doo: Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom (CD-ROM)

Though this has a similar title to the excellent game Scooby Doo Phantom of the Knight, this program is very different in style. The gang compete against each other to get the phantom (which doesn't make a whole lot of sense when you think about the show), and it gets so tiresome after awhile because it is played almost like a board game. You have to either play with a friend, or against the computer and end up doing a lot of waiting for others to take their turns. Fun for a little bit, but very tedious after awhile. The point is, this program is not terrible, but it is not what you would expect with the Scooby Doo name. It is a competitive game, whereas the Scooby Doo Phantom of the Knight is an adventure with the whole gang working together to solve a mystery together.