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Blue's Clues
Genre(s)Educational, adventure
Developer(s)Humongous Entertainment
Publisher(s)Humongous Entertainment
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation, Game Boy Color

The Blue's Clues series; Windows: Blue's Birthday Adventure. Blue's Treasure Hunt Blue's ABC Time Activities. Blue's 123 Time Activities. Blue's Art Time Activities. Blue's Reading Time Activities Blue Takes You to School: Mac OS Classic: Blue's Birthday Adventure. Blue's Treasure Hunt. Blue's Clues: Blue's ABC Time Activities. Humongous Entertainment. 4.2 out of 5 stars. Blue's Clues ABC Time Activities (Windows / Macintosh) My review is simply information about this learning game. JoAnn Dodson of Plano, Texas., who describes herself as a 'Preschool Computer Lab Teacher', has an article below this description which I think is very worth reading regarding her success or lack of it with different aged preschool children.

Blue's Clues is educationaladventure video game series based on the television show of the same name developed and published by Humongous Entertainment.

The first game, Blue's 123 Time Activities, was released in 1999. The game works on Windows 95 and above, and on System 7.5.3 (with PowerPC) to Mac OS X Tiger.

List of games[edit]

  • Blue's 123 Time Activities (1999)
  • Blue's ABC Time Activities (1999)
  • Blue's Art Time Activities (2000)
  • Blue's Reading Time Activities
  • Blue's Clues #105: Sorting Clothes
  • Blue's Clues #106: Instrument Sound Matching!
  • Blue's Clues #110: Matching Snowflakes
  • Blue's Clues #116: Fairy Tale Matching
  • Blue's Clues #203: Lights On, Lights Off!
  • Blue's Clues #208: Counting with Cash Register
  • Blue's Clues #213: Lost and Found
  • Blue's Clues #215: Felt Friend Tic-Tac-Toe
  • Blue's Clues #216: Kaleidoscope Pictures!
  • Blue's Clues #218: Teeter-Totter
  • Blue's Clues #219: Blowing Matching Bubbles!
  • Blue's Clues #220: Racing Cars!
  • Blue's Clues #304: What's that sound?
  • Blue's Clues #307: Hide-and-Seek!
  • Blue's Clues #312: Concentration
  • Blue's Clues #319: Blue's Pajama Party
  • Blue's Clues #322: Holiday Quilt
  • Blue's Big Musical (for PlayStation)
  • Periwinkle's Disappearo
  • Blue's Alphabet Book (2001, Game Boy Color)
  • Blue's Clues: Joe's 3D Scavenger Hunt
  • Blue's Clues Preschool
  • Blue Takes You to School
  • Blue's Clues: Blue's Collection (for V.Smile)

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History[edit]

Blue's ABC Time Activities was debuted at the 1999 electronic entertainment exposition in Atlanta, and was set to hit shelves that September 1.[1] Business Wire called it ' one of the most anticipated kids software debuts in recent memory'.[2]

Gameplay[edit]

Blue's Reading Time Activities 'teaches the basics of art' and allows players to create their own.[3] Players are invited to participate in the Really Big Art Show, while helping Blue and other characters create artworks.[3] The game offered 'curriculum-structured learning'.[4] The game was for children aged 3 to 10.[5]

Commercial performance[edit]

Blue's Clues Abc Time Activities

Together, Blue's Birthday Adventure and Blue's ABC Time Activities sold-through over 150,000 units in their first month of release, and were the second and third best selling educational titles.[6] The two titles became the No. 1 and No. 4 selling educational CD-ROM titles of 1998, respectively.[7]ABC was the fourth best-selling video game title in the week before January 3, 1999, after Barbie Photo Designer, Tomb Raider III, and Fallout 2,[8] and became the no. 3 best-selling title out of all PC games in the third quarter and nine months, ending December 31, 1998.[9] PC Data, which generated the sales data, commented 'The popularity of the Blue Clue's CD-ROMs is evident from the incredible sales numbers it consistently generates'.[10]

Critical reception[edit]

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The game was the winner of the 1999/00 BESSIE Award for Math.[11]

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SuperKids deemed it 'pleasant' and said it would appeal to fans of the TV show.[12] Review Corner said the educational value was 'excellent', while noting it was 'entertaining and appealing for preschoolers'.[13] Allgame deemed it a ' very good package',[14]

PC Data reported that Blue's ABC Time Activities was the United States' best-selling educational software during 1998.[15]

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Blue's Art Time Activities[edit]

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Tech With Kids said the game wasn't as intuitive as previous titles.[16] Entertaining Kids thought a negative of the game was inability to provide a 'good freeform art activity'.[17]

Blue's Reading Time Activities[edit]

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Tech With Kids thought the game was special because it taught word awareness, not simply the alphabet or letter sounds.[18]Discovery School thought the title was well-designed and entertaining.[19][20]Edutaining Kids thought the game was 'clever'.[21]Just Adventure gave the game an 'A'.[22]Daily News thought the game saw the host 'gently walking players through graphically simple but engaging activities'.[23]Allgame thought that 'normally, the Blue's Clues series of games are excellent', but found various technical difficulties with this title.[24]

Blue's Clues Abc Time Activities

References[edit]

  1. ^'KID NEWS'. 1998-05-22. Archived from the original on 2016-10-08.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^'Finally, Preschool Software With A Clue! Humongous Entertainment And Nickelodeon Introduce Two New CD-ROMs Based on the Hit Preschool TV Show, Blue's Clues. - Free Online Library'. www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  3. ^ ab'Blue's Art Time Activities and Blue's Reading Time Activities from Humongous Entertainment Combine Interactive Fun with Fundamental Learning. - Free Online Library'. www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  4. ^'Humongous Entertainment and Nickelodeon Bring Creativity and Learning Together with Blue's Art Time Activities and Blue's Reading Time Activities. - Free Online Library'. www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  5. ^'Humongous Entertainment Helps Bring Smiles to Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle. - Free Online Library'. www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  6. ^'Humongous Entertainment and Nickelodeon Soar to the Top of PC Data's Sales Charts With Blue's ABC Time Activities and Blue's Birthday Adventure CD-ROMs. - Free Online Library'. www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  7. ^'Humongous Entertainment and Nickelodeon Deliver Preschool Software Kids Can Count On With Blue's 123 Time Activities in June 1999. - Free Online Library'. www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  8. ^'CHARTS: THE TOP 10'. 1999-01-03. Archived from the original on 2016-10-08.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^'GT Interactive Reports Third Quarter and Nine Months Operating Results. - Free Online Library'. www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  10. ^'Top-Selling Blue's Clues CD-ROMs From Humongous Entertainment and Nickelodeon Surpass One Million Mark. - Free Online Library'. www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  11. ^'ComputED Gazette - 6th Annual BESSIE Awards'. computedgazette.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  12. ^'SuperKids Software Review of Blue's ABC Time Activities'. www.superkids.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  13. ^'DiscoverySchool.com - Review Corner'. 2003-12-18. Archived from the original on 2003-12-18. Retrieved 2016-09-13.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ^'Blue's Clues: Blue's ABC Time Activities - Review - allgame'. 2014-11-15. Archived from the original on 2014-11-15. Retrieved 2016-09-13.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2001-05-25. Retrieved 2001-05-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^'Blue's Art Time Activities Review - TechWithKids.com'.
  17. ^'Edutaining Kids: Blue's Art Time Activities Software Review'.
  18. ^'Blue's Reading Time Activities Review - TechWithKids.com'. www.techwithkids.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  19. ^'DiscoverySchool.com - Review Corner'. school.discoveryeducation.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  20. ^'Blue's Reading Time Activities - Review Corner'. 2004-04-05. Archived from the original on 2004-04-05. Retrieved 2016-09-13.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  21. ^'Children: Learn to Read Programs'. www.edutainingkids.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  22. ^'Review: Blue's Reading Time Activities'. 2002-02-21. Archived from the original on 2002-02-21. Retrieved 2016-09-13.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  23. ^'TOY, LEARNING TOOL, FRIEND IT'S THE GIFT THAT NEVER STOPS GIVING TO YOUR CHILD: A NEW COMPUTER, SOFTWARE. - Free Online Library'. www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  24. ^'Blue's Clues: Blue's Reading Time Activities - Review - allgame'. 2014-12-12. Archived from the original on 2014-12-12. Retrieved 2016-09-13.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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Blue's ABC Time Activities, created by Humongous Entertainment, is a wonderful pre-reading adventure for young children! A child learns language skills and has fun at the same time. The software is based on Nickelodeon's preschool program 'Blue's Clues,' and features Steve and a cast of two-dimensional animated characters, among them Blue, a fun-loving, spotted blue dog. There are word puzzles, alphabet mazes, bathtime rhymes, and jungle animals that help kids learn. The price for Blue's ABC Time Activities is $19.99. There is also a Blue's Birthday Adventure, price $29.99. Both games can be used with a PC with Windows or a Macintosh. The Humongous Entertainment Web site is a great place for both parents and kids to visit. There is all sorts of information, games and such. http://www.humongous.com

Blue's ABC Time Activities is designed for preschoolers ages 3-6. The game has adjustable levels of difficulty and emphasizes early learning skills such as:

  • Initial letter recognition
  • Upper and lowercase letter discrimination
  • Alphabet recognition and sequencing
  • Phonics
  • Visual and Auditory discrimination
  • Consonant blends
  • Word formation
  • Early vocabulary
  • Rhyming
  1. Multi-level learning activities reinforce pre-reading skills;
  2. Collect letters to create silly stories in Blue's Word book;
  3. Print Blue's Word Book and other activities to share with family and friends;
  4. Difficulty levels automatically adjust to meet each child's skill level;
  5. Easy-to-use, in-depth Help File on disc.

Installation. The program was very easy to install.One excellent feature of Humongous products for users who have limited disk space is that they don't take that much space.

Interface. The interface is well-done and children love to see the same characters they already know from the television series. The graphics are bright, the music and rhymes are appealing to parents and children.

Storyline. Blue has an interactive Word Book where she keeps her stories, but she needs to collect some words to finish the sentences. There are seven activities in Blue's ABC Time Activities, including the Word Book where children can create stories with the words they collect while playing the other six. The characters and items in the Living Room represent the activities, and children can click on anyone of them to start an activity. The activities include the following:

  1. Alphabet Maze--Shovel and Pail have created an alphabet maze in the backyard sandbox. Children need to follow the alphabet to reach them and collect words as they proceed. These activity teaches children ABC sequencing and letter identification.
  2. Bathtime Rhymes--Slippery Soap needs kids help to make some rhymes. In this activity, children can help Blue stir up the suds in the tub and watch four bubbles with pictures in them rise up. As Blue stirs up the bubbles, they are learning vocabulary words.
  3. Felt Friend's Word Puzzles--Felicia is waiting for kids to play with shapes and words. Children need to click on the scattered puzzle pieces and letters and put them into place on the outline. As each puzzle is finished, it becomes an animation. There are 20 different puzzles to play with. Good activity for letter and shape recognition.
  4. Mailtime--Mailbox has a message to deliver but there's a problem. Some of the words are missing letters. She needs help to fix them. Kids learn to identify letters and upper and lower case words when they help Blue in this activity.
  5. Safari Snapshots--The Lion Price is ready to take kids and blue on a jungle safari, and he wants to take pictures of all the animals in the alphabet. Blue has a camera but needs help finding the animals.
  6. Snacktime--Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper have been shopping but their list is torn and they need help matching the snacks to the letters on their list. This snacktime adventure emphasizes phonics, vocabulary and auditory discrimination.
  7. Blue's Word Book--Blue is creating stories to share with Steve, but she needs help with collecting words. A letter of the alphabet is earned for each correctly completed task, and words are then made from the accumulated letters. Children can visit the word book at any time where color coded words are inserted into identically coded stories. As each story is completed, Blue draws an accompanying illustration. The book pages can then be printed. This is a great pre-spelling, early vocabulary and word recognition activity.
For those parents who are concerned with teaching their children the joy of reading Blue's ABC Time Activities is a must. It puts strong emphasis on the fun of reading. Blue is a lovable dog, and each of the supporting characters possess their own unique charm. All the activities are easily understood and completed, with catchy songs and rhymes. Blue's ABC Time Activities is a great buy as well as a great investment in your child's education.
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Operating System: Windows 95 or higher
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