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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
| PLATFORM: | Windows 98, Windows 95 |
| CATEGORY: | Software |
| MANUFACTURER: | THQ |
| ESRB RATING: | Everyone |
| FEATURES: | CD |
| TYPE: | Computer Games, Action, Computer software (programs), Kids (Children) |
| MEDIA: | CD-ROM |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 752919490501 |
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Customer Reviews of Bob the Builder: Can We Fix It?
Only game, nothing educational I bought my 3 y/o son this. I was hoping for educational value. He for fun. Most of the modules ened up being games, racing, building bridges, etc... without teaching anything more than how to manipulate a mouse. But even they are not so exciting. My son, who was so thrilled to get it, was bored in a day. The Blue Clue and Reader Rabbit software products are far better. It's a shame that the BBC let their name be attached to this disappointing product.
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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.
Does not work on anything newer than Win98
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 is over 5 years old! How can THQ justify selling software that will not work on a current OS? (Windows XP has been out for nearly two years.) Worse yet, how can they justify taking our money for it just to dissapoint our children when it won't run. If they insist on selling this outdated junk, they should put a warning sticker on it and make the limitations prominent on the packaging. Shame on you THQ.