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Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years
Amazon Minimum Age: 60 months
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: THQ
EAN: 0752919490501
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Format: CD-ROM
Label: THQ
Manufacturer: THQ
Platform: Windows 98, Windows 95
Publisher: THQ
Release Date: September 17, 2001
Sales Rank: 13611
Studio: THQ
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Kids will have hours of fun helping Bob and his friends build a subway for the porcupines, fixing leaks, replacing old parts with new parts, building a new bridge, fixing the cement in the playground, and many more projects!
Amazon.com Review:
Bob the Builder is an animated handyman whose mantra is "Can we fix it? Yes we can!" Maybe someone should turn this chipper guy and his tool belt loose on his own computer program with the mandate "Can we improve this? Yes we can!"
This Windows-only CD-ROM begins in the office where Wendy, Bob's helper, works fielding construction orders from the computer, phone, and fax machine. It's a promising start: a whopping 13 games can be accessed from Wendy's office, and all of the games have three levels of difficulty. Also, the animated setups that lead into each game will delight any fan who watches Bob the Builder on television. A handful of the games are construction oriented: Radiator Riddle, Fix the Leaks, Tunnel Time, and two bridge-building games will probably satisfy junior contractors. The mouse becomes everything from a wrecking ball to a plumber's wrench and the "fix it" urge is briefly sated with these simple games that emphasize matching, spatial skills, and sequencing.
The other games include some heavy equipment racing, herding crows and porcupines, popping troublesome bubbles in the new cement Bob just laid down, and celebrating Wendy's birthday by programming her to do some line-dance moves and decorating her cake with tractors and sprinkles. Also, there's a ubiquitous Find Pilchard activity that's present in five different activities, and doesn't involve much more than scanning the screen for glimpses of where the blue cat is hiding, then clicking on it, and being rewarded with the same animated cat-feeding sequence.
This game will doubtless please very young kids who love Bob the Builder. But kids with some computer experience will plow through this program like a grader on full throttle through gravel. Could some of these games have a bit more to them? Yes they could! (Manufacturer recommends 3 and older: we say 3 to 4.) --Anne Erickson
Amazon.com Product Description:
Get ready for fun, excitement, and laughs with Bob the Builder and his team on CD-ROM. Join Bob in 12 "fix-it fun" activities that include Bubble Trouble, Where's Prichard, Hedgehog Rescue, and Wendy's Birthday. Along the way, don't forget to stop by the office and get assignments from Wendy. The software features varied difficulty levels and Bob the Builder voices, music, and characters from the TV show.
Average Rating: 
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My 3 year old son LOVES this CD-ROM and plays with it over and over again. He's loved it for over a year now. It offers plenty of variety. I highly recommend it.
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This is the best piece of music i have ever heard. Music perfection in my eyes. It is based on a crap tv show but still this is the best song ever made.
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This program does not run at all on Windows XP.
The canned response from THQ "support":
"THQ does not offer support for any of our products running on Windows XP, 2000 or NT, unless otherwise stated on the packaging. Many of our products that were designed for Windows 95/98 will not detect other operating system, as an optimized operating system, and therefore may not properly install or run."
Why are they still selling games that will only run on Windows 98? That OS ... Read More
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Yes, it seems evefrytime I buy a THQ product - it happens again. I buy a lot of software for my 3 year old and it really is true. I have 2 machines - a 2.0 GHz running XP and an old 250 MHz running Win 98 and I was so disappointed not to be able to run Bob the Builder last year and then finally I managed to get it to work and poof! it was horrible the way the interface worked to get to the games etc. I'm so glad Dr Seuss saved the day and DK Series and Blue really helped ease the pain of not having ... Read More
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This is without a doubt the worst piece of software I have ever purchased. It requires you to install a direct X component along with windows media player. Then of course restart your machine...mine crashed. I found the user interface non-intuitive and confusing not to mention the numerous intro screens the user has to navigate through just to play a game. I don't know anything about THQ but certainly would never purchase any software made by them again. Sorry, just had to vent. Save yourself the aggravation ... Read More
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