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Bear in the Big Blue House: Bear's Sense of Adventure | 
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| From: Vivendi Universal
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy Used: $5.74
You Save: $14.25 (71%)
Used (4) from $5.74
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 17421
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
Genre: Childrens Activity Software
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Age: 3 - 6 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 9.4 x 1.9
Model: 4314
UPC: 738981043142
EAN: 0738981043142
ASIN: B00001XDV6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Children discover the meaning of the five senses - sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste. While exploring, children will learn to think creatively, solve problems, and use their imagination.
Amazon.com Review
While the plot behind Bear's Sense of Adventure features the magical, folksy characters associated with a Jim Henson project, this translation to software is bumpy at best. Bear himself is visually fantastic, interacting with the cartoon house, his fur alive on the screen. However, the introductions are difficult to skip--it requires hitting the escape key multiple times to get into the game area--making it likely that kids will grow bored with this game after multiple uses. The layout of the game is confusing, too. Bear spends a lot of time talking about the objects you can click on, causing them to do only a cursory dance across the screen. When you click on an object to decorate the house, it's logical to want to place it on a wall, but that didn't happen in our use. Instead, we wound up heading into other rooms and clicking on things like potholders by mistake. This frustration makes the game seem disjointed and prone to long periods of song and dance--or even just lecturing--in a game that should allow kids much more direct interaction. Bear fans will love seeing him talk directly to them as they click items throughout the house, but others might only see it simply as a great TV episode placed on the digital screen. --Jennifer Buckendorff
Amazon.com Product Description
In over 20 activities, children discover the meaning of the five senses: sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste. While exploring, children will also learn to think creatively, solve problems, and use their imagination. Based on the hit new show from Jim Henson Television on the Disney Channel. (Ages 3 to 6)
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| Customer Reviews:
 Boring! October 4, 2002
carolynindenver
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
From other reviews, it seems as if you either love this game or hate it. We're in the 'hate it' category. The characters talk SO MUCH - it takes forever to get to the games. Some areas have very little instruction and our 4 year old has no idea what he is supposed to do, so he just ends up clicking anything and listening to more TALKING. He either ends up frustrated and walking away or playing the only game he can figure out over and over and over. I gave it 2 stars because there is one game our son likes to play that has taught him a little bit of mouse control. If we hadn't received it as a gift (and need to keep it around in case the gift-giver ever wants to see it), I'd be checking in to the satisfaction guarantee. This game is terrible. There are so many great software titles out there for this age group (the Reader Rabbits, and Blue's Clues ABCs for example), I wouldn't waste my $ on this one.
 Great for kids they just love it.. August 8, 2002
Lizanne Malinowski (Wildwood Crest, NJ USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My girls 7 & 2 1/2 just love this, they have a ball playing it and the opening song and video is just like on the show....
 Pretty good, but not great game November 18, 2001
Christy Sturm (Chicago suburbs, IL United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was a little disappointed with this game. My 3 year old played a couple of times & got bored with it. It didn't seem to have as much that grabbed her interest as other Bear games did. She will still play it occassionally, but it doesn't hold her interest as other games have.
Too Slow June 30, 2001
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
My 3 yo loves the Bear, so I thought this would be a great software game for him. However, I was mistaken. The game takes way to long to get into, with songs that you must wait through to get to the playing. It also won't let you click through until the songs or talking are over. It's extremely boring at times and more like a video for the computer than a game. It does come with a satisfaction guarantee, which I'm looking into - I'm that disappointed.
Excellent software. Multiple activities and levels February 5, 2000
K. Foster (New Waterford, OH USA)
54 out of 56 found this review helpful
My 2.5 year old and I love this software. Bear has so many levels and activities that it is truly the only one (thus far) that my husband and I don't get bored with ourselves. Bear and his friends are extremely interactive, leaving a young child with the impression that these characters really do come alive right in your home! With so many games, exploratory activities, and pop-ups there is always something new. We have had this software for nearly 2 months now and still find something new in it from time to time. Pip n' pops matching game is PERFECT for teaching the youngest users about mouse usage and point and click. We especially liked that elements from the program such as "Oh hello you smell like..." and Luna and the goodbye sequence are featured here. Toddlers do love that repetition! I highly recommend this software to anyone who has a child who loves Bear in the Big Blue House. In fact, it is such fun software with a wide variety of activities that I think even children who never watch the show would enjoy the characters just on their own merit in the software.
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