Scooby-Doo: Showdown in Ghost Town

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• ASIN: B00004XQP2
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 14, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,070 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

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Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Zoinks! The Mystery, Inc. gang is hungry for a snack, but there's not much to be had in Los Burritos, a ghost town where they've stopped to look for food. This follow-up to Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom pits Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and Greatest-of-all-Danes Scooby against the Faceless Rider, a mysterious spirit (or is it?) haunting the town. Thankfully, they're all back with the same groovy clothes, lingo, and music--plus the goofy humor--that made their '70s TV show so much fun to watch.

To get to the bottom of what's spooking Los Burritos, the group must explore the town and talk to everyone who crosses their path, all the while looking out for clues to help them solve the mystery at hand. To uncover the right information, players must perform semi-educational activities like setting a clock to the proper time, putting a puzzle together, and recalling details from the game itself. There are also fun challenges throughout (Scooby takes on the Faceless Rider in a pie fight to the finish, and later plays a mean game of horseshoes) to earn Scooby Snacks. These prove important when you want Shaggy and Scooby to enter an especially scary area--you'll have to bribe them with Scooby Snacks to get them to cooperate. The fun activities and puzzles, paired with all the crime solving, push kids to use problem-solving skills and deductive reasoning. Who knew Scooby could make you smarter?

In addition to being just plain retro fun, the game offers some help in solving each mystery (we found several in our gameplay): click on the Mystery, Inc. van to review the clues you've collected, check your Scooby Snack count, or ask Scrappy for help. And to keep the games challenging as kids grow (or perhaps for adults to enjoy), players can select from three "spookiness" levels that increase in difficulty. Also included are very thorough gameplay instructions and a Groovy Goodies section that includes fun tie-ins to the video- and DVD-only release, Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders. (Ages 5 and up) --Leah Ball

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88 of 91 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Dog-gone good game!, October 28, 2000

By	"brianwj" (Saraland, AL USA) - See all my reviews

I know that I'm outside the target age range for this product, but I'm such a big Scooby Doo fan that I just couldn't resist grabbing this game.

Ideally, it's for children ages 5-10 but that didn't stop me from having a great time playing it! The animation is a bit rough and the puzzles very easy to solve, but this game is for kids after all. The games in the levels are simplistic fun and can be played endlessly. Your reward? Scooby snacks of course!

If you're a fan of the original series or have a child within the target age group you're both sure to have a ball with this one.

52 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Little Slow, November 15, 2000

By A Customer

My nine year old was able to make his way through the mysteries but getting from one place to another is a little slow and the game also there tends to be too much of the same thing each time you play. When the newness of the game wore off, my son did not choose this game to play very often.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice little game, May 21, 2001

By A Customer

My 5-year old really enjoyed the game the first few times. However, since the location of the clues never changes, it lost some of the excitement after that. He still likes the accomplishment of completing the game, and the chance to solve the mystery at the end. The graphics are good. This one is a little easier than the Phantom of the Knight - this gives more verbal instructions how to find the clues. Overall, for young Scooby fans, I highly recommend this and Phantom.