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we love it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My 5-year old son wants to give this game "two hundred stars." Very enjoyable, changes a bit each time you play, he has grown into it over the past 6 months. He was very good at preschool software when we received this for his birthday, and this challenges him. We look forward to trying a new Sam adventure.

Lots of fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: November 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I'm not sure what age this is actually recommended for, but it's been fun and challenging for a 7 yr old, fun (but not completeable without help) for a 5 yr old, and inexpensive entertainment for a 2.5 yr old (who loves some of the mini games). I think one of the best features is that it changes whenever you start a *new* game. You can save the old ones and pick up where you left off, but if you start a new game, your challenges will change, as will some of the characters you meet. Since the basic plot is Pajama Sam wandering around the land of darkness looking for his Pajama Man lunchbox, mask, and flashlight so that he can confront darkness, the general map stays the same, but the specifics vary. Sometimes a carrot freedom fighter has the mask and you have to help liberate his fellow carrots before he'll give it back to you. And sometimes you have to find paddles for your boat, or cogs for a gear -- you get the idea. The downside for a parent is that you don't automatically know where everything is and how to get it, even if you've played it through yourself. The upside in the game is that you will occasionally be given hints like, "if only I had something that floated". And some of the mini-games are fun -- all the kids love mixing up potions in the laboratory.

On the whole, this game is light hearted with a good sense of humor and fairly entertaining. The problems aren't *usually* very difficult, though I have run across a few that are fairly involved and may require parental hints for younger kids. I just wish it ran native on OS X, istead of requiring 9. Not a big thing, just a little annoying.

Outstanding game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My four year old loves this game! He's still a little young to figure it all out by himself, but with aome help from mom or dad he does just fine. The very best thing about this game is the way it changes from one playing to the next. You should have seen the look on my son's face the first time he saw a tunnel in the mine that wasn't there the first time he played it.

I'm giving this five stars because it deserves it, but also to help balance out the one star review...

buy the whole set they are worth it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

fantastic both my kids love it. they have played it over and over again and my oldest is eight and he loves it. as well as all the other pajama sam ones that u can buy.

very nice

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Pajama Sam is a fun character, my 6 year old boy loved him from the start. The adventure is well thought out, and changes a little each timew you play. I played it the first time with him and I thought it was very challenging, but fun. It has extra games too, more like arcade style.

Worth the Money!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: February 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My daughters ages 3 & 4 love this game...but was a little hard to get started on it without help from Mom. I would assume 5 yr olds would need a little help too but could probably do better. This game builds memory skills-and kids love it! My kids love all of their Humongous/Infogrames games! They could play all night if we'd let them! The game is educational-but don't tell your kids, cuz they won't know it!
Wonderful - challenging - educational - fun...all in one!! ... Thank you!

1smileycat :-)

STRONG BUY!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Hello! This is a great game for memory! My daughter loves all the Pajamma Sam and Freddie Fish! I bought these for her at 4 years and she just turned 6 and still loves them! Her and her friends swap them all the time! This one is my fav! We have alot of fun with this one! Looking for things to move other things... Fun Fun Fun... Hope this helps!

A terrific game...Kids will love it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: April 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My two girls, age 3 1/2 and 6 yrs. old, have both played this game. My 6 yr. old definitely LOVES it. My 3 1/2 yr. old likes it too, although she had a bit of trouble with some of the problem solving. With a little help from her dad or myself, she was able to solve the problem easily. However, because of this, I would recommend it for ages 5 and up. It is a fun game for both boys and girls. It utilizes problem solving and memorization in the fact that Pajama Sam has to search for his lost Pajama Sam items (i.e.- lunch box, flash light, etc.) before he can go and capture "darkness". During the course of finding his lost items, there are other "problems" he must solve. Such as, finding a way into the cabin in order to get his flash light that he has discovered inside. This game is very enjoyable and fun. I have played it myself and gotten a kick out of it! I would definitely recommend this game!

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My kids love playing this game. They have played it through at least 3 times, sometimes alone and sometimes together or with friends. Even my husband and I have to admit that we loved playing it with the kids. It is so innocent--Pajama Sam is such a nice character. It is interesting and funny for the kids and has some cute references that my husband and I "got" but the kids did not. I find myself buying this game, and the related Spy Fox & Freddi Fish games, over and over again as birthday gifts for my kids' friends. I strongly recommend this game.

ethans favorite

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I gave this to my three year old for christmas as he loved the other two pajama sams. This one is his current favorite and he plays it at least once a week.
All the kids enjoy mixing the potions and watching what happens.
Plenty of fun click points for kids who like them.
There is the extra puzzle of finding all the socks and matching them into pairs, some socks are hard to find especially the red ones in the mine that you have to grab as you speed by, parents will have to help with this one. A good game for learning to look for tiny details.
It is a great game with plenty of replayability and with the message that darkness isnt frightening at all, great for kids who are scared of the dark,
Changes a little every time you play.
You have three things to find, the lunchbox, the flashlight and the mask and each has two places it can be hidden, with a different set of puzzles for each hiding spot. First you must find them in Sams bedroom, then you loose them in the land of darkness and have to find them again.
As in the other games there are puzzles you met every time as well as the puzzles that change depending on the game paths you meet.
For older kids tell them to hunt out the worm game hidden in the mine, as parents you will remember this one as one of the early type of computer games you used to play when computers were the new toy in town.
You can save your games to finish later a plus with any game of this type.
Overall its a fun game that kids will love and so will there parents and the kids wont notice that they are learning to think and remember.

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