Shrek: Treasure Hunt

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Shrek: Treasure Hunt
Shrek - Treasure Hunt.jpg
North American cover art
Developer(s) The Code Monkeys
Publisher(s) TDK Mediactive
Producer(s) Mandy Ingham
Programmer(s) John Christie
Chris Brown
Paul Slinger
Mark Kirkby
Artist(s) David Blewett
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • NA: October 18, 2002
  • PAL: November 29, 2002
Genre(s) Party, platform
Mode(s) Single-player

Shrek: Treasure Hunt is a 2002 party video game developed by The Code Monkeys and published by TDK Mediactive for the PlayStation. It is the only Shrek game released for the PlayStation.

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Gameplay

Shrek: Treasure Hunt is a party video game in which players control Shrek on collecting items for the picnic, they will have to go through minigames and challenges, in order to complete the level and receive items. Minigames can be assessed by collecting the required amount of items throughout each platforming stage. Collectables can be found. [1] [2]

Plot

As Shrek is preparing a picnic with Fiona, the three blind mice steal all the picnic equipment such as food and drinks, so Shrek must go on an adventure doing minigames to get the items back before Fiona arrives.

Development

The game was revealed at E3 2002 for a Summer release window. [3] DICE Canada was planned to develop the game, but switched focus to Shrek Extra Large .

Upon the game's North American release in October, TDK Mediactive announced the formation of the "TDK Impulse" budget label, which was designed to appeal to mainstream buyers of video games, with their titles retailing for the budget price of $9.99. [4]

Reception

Shrek: Treasure Hunt received a negative response from critics upon release. GameRankings, an aggregator for game reviews, assigned the game a score of 29% based on one review. [5]

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