Several video games based upon Blue's Clues , a children's educational television series by Nickelodeon, have been released, educational video games and web browser games based on the show. Most of the PC CD ROM-format titles were developed and published by Humongous Entertainment.
A series of Shockwave-formatted minigames directly based on scenes from the original series were also produced [2] [3]
Business Wire called Blue's ABC Time Activities "one of the most anticipated kids software debuts in recent memory". [4] 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. [5] The two titles became the No. 1 and No. 4 selling educational CD-ROM titles of 1998, respectively. [6] 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 , [7] and became the third best-selling title out of all PC games in the third quarter and nine months, ending on December 31, 1998. [8] PC Data, which generated the sales data, commented that the popularity of the Blue Clue's CD-ROMs was evident from the impressive sales numbers it consistently generated. [9]
The game was the winner of the 1999/2000 BESSIE Award for Math. [10]
SuperKids deemed it "pleasant" and said it would appeal to fans of the TV show. [11] Review Corner said the educational value was "excellent", while noting it was "entertaining and appealing for preschoolers". [12] Allgame deemed it a "very good package". [13] PC Data reported that Blue's ABC Time Activities was the United States' best-selling educational software during 1998. [14]
Tech With Kids said the game wasn't as intuitive as previous titles. [15] Entertaining Kids thought a negative of the game was inability to provide a "good freeform art activity". [16]
Tech With Kids wrote that the game was special because it taught word awareness, not simply the alphabet or letter sounds. [17] Discovery School opined the title was well-designed and entertaining. [18] [19] Edutaining Kids thought the game was "clever". [20] Just Adventure gave the game an "A". [21] Daily News commented the game saw the host "gently walking players through graphically simple but engaging activities". [22] Allgame thought that "normally, the Blue's Clues series of games are excellent", but found various technical difficulties with this title. [23]
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