SpongeBob SquarePants Operation Krabby Patty

by THQ

Product Features

• You'll travel through the surreal world of Bikini Bottom, as you play a set of games to get Gary back from Plankton
• The games vary depending on which side of the bed Spongebob gets up on
• Complete missions like you'd see in the cartoons -- from assembling Krabby Patties, to rounding up jellyfish, to shooting bubbles at ghost pirates
• Get into hilarious animated hijinks with Patrick the Starfish, Squidward, and the entire cast of Bikini Bottom!
• Ages 8 & up

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005JHKD
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 22, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,793 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Congo drums beat out a feverish tattoo, someone just kidnapped Gary the snail, and your cursor is a spatula. Welcome to the world of SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty, an underwater realm that manages to combine retro hawaiiana and watery weirdness into five games that vary slightly depending on whether you cause SpongeBob to get up on the right or the wrong side of his bed.

The five games are all basic "cruise around and get things or shoot things" activities, with that surreal SpongeBob touch. For example, you'll find yourself seeking hooks baited with chunks of cheese in "Who Cut the Cheese?" and assembling Krabby Patty sandwiches in "Invasion of the Patty Snatchers." Rounding up jellyfish is the aim of "Hide N' Go Jellyfishing," learning to navigate a little speedboat through a maze is the object of "Boating School 101," and "Save Me Money" involves firing a bubble cannon at ghost pirates to defend a pile of loot. One game must be mastered to move on to the next, and completion of each reveals a long cartoon sequence that advances one of the two plots.

In the "wrong side of the bed" scenario, the evil Plankton has captured SpongeBob's pet snail Gary, and our square-panted hero must accomplish random tasks (complete the games in a certain order) to rescue his mollusk friend. In the "right side of the bed" scenario, a robotic Mr. Krabs (invented by, yes, Plankton) has stolen the secret Krabby Patty recipe, and it's up to SpongeBob to foil the plot by playing the above-mentioned games, with different characters, in a different order. Basically, this is a device to pack in more animated sequences without developing a whole new set of games. Players eventually end up building a couple of short episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants that they can view from the main menu.

The games aren't challenging, but they have a certain wacky tropical charm, thanks entirely to the fact that they're set in the wet underworld this cartoon inhabits. Fans will find Patrick the starfish, Squidward, the Chum Bucket Restaurant--every invertebrate, tiki hut, and odd exclamation ("Oh, tartar sauce!!") that makes Bikini Bottom such an oddly memorable place. No age rating given; we recommend ages 8 and older. --Anne Erickson

Product Description

In SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty you've got to help SpongeBob get his pet snail Gary from the evil Plankton!

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A 13 year old gamer(Cool Game), November 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: SpongeBob SquarePants Operation Krabby Patty (CD-ROM)

If u like spongebob on tv u will love playing this game. U have to go through these different activities like boating school jelly fishing and other stuff to unlock the other games. I would recommend it for a kid that has patience and isnt a sore loser. But once u get the hang of it its tons of fun to play~!~

I hope this helped u~!~:):):):)

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A kid's review, July 20, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: SpongeBob SquarePants Operation Krabby Patty (CD-ROM)

This game is very funny and fun. The cut-scenes make us laugh all the time. It takes some time to learn how to win each game, but it's very fun to play while you learn. Me and my 5-year-old brother love this game. (As dictated to Daddy)

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nickelodeon Software = Not Great, October 16, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: SpongeBob SquarePants Operation Krabby Patty (CD-ROM)

Seeing pictures of this Spongebob game attracted me into buying it for 15 bucks, while at the same time, wasting those same 15 bucks. It's called "False Advertising".

The actual gameplay became boring after a while, as the games were very repitous. Three rounds of the same thing: Drive an almost undrivable boat through a winding track, reloading Jellyfish Nets many times beyond reality, and collecting Krabby Patty ingredients from ants, and how do they even carry the stuff? It might be slightly fun the first time, but it gets boring VERY fast.

The game in general is too short, and has the same stuff. I enjoy a game that doesn't take me 10 minutes to complete, AND doesn't include two or more variations of the same "activity"

The cutscenes aren't all that great. They are PACKED with jokes that seem like they've been thought up in 10 seconds. In addition, the creators also packed the game with old catchphrases from Season 1 of the TV Series. The most annoying part is that these catchphrases are repeated sometimes.

My biggest complaint is the characters themselves.
Some of the characters don't look right, some of the characters' voices are messed up, and some characters don't even act similar to their behavior in the TV series. Mr. Krabs and Gary serve as the biggest example. Gary's "meow" is way off, and the space between his eyes is too large. Mr. Krabs' eyes are too thin, and his voice isn't to my favorite. Squidward's head is too big, especially the nose. Plankton's skin is too bright. The narrator, doesn't sound right at all.

In the Video section, the "Episodes" are just all the video clips rolled into one. That means the bubble transition, and there's no extras. The gameplay is half the story, right there! Without replays of the actual games, the "episode" doesn't make sense.

For a young kid, this might be a laugh. It does produce hand-eye coordination, and it does relate to the TV show.

All in all, in my opinion, the creators didn't even take the time to watch at least a few episodes of the show. The game would've been WAY better that way. It's either that, or the entire game was hurried up, which NO game creator should EVER do, but of course, Nickelodeon does that with ALL their games. This game would've been much better if it was animated with pencil instead of with 3D models, because the models are horrid. If you want a REAL Spongebob game, it's not gonna be on the PC/CD-ROM Drive platform, or any gaming console.