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IMAC? Skip It.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: December 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you are using an Imac with OSX, do not buy this product. It requires some system gymnastics to work, which is beyond my four-year old's ability to perform every time she wants to play. Skip this one and go to something else.

Pass, unless you really love shelves.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 33 / 36
Date: September 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This Blue's Clues game looks like it was rushed through development. With the show's old host Steve gone, they now have to quickly replace Blue's old computer games so that the new host, Joe, is in them. Most of the simplistic activities have a recurring theme: taking and putting things off and on shelves. Here's a list of what to expect:

Activity 1: Go to the bakery and pick items off shelves.

Activity 2: Go to the library and put books where they're supposed to go, by matching the book with the letter on the shelf.

Activity 3: Go to the Toy Store and help customers buy presents by picking from a shelf full of items.

Activity 4: Go to the grocery store, and help Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper select groceries by taking food items off of ... you guessed it, shelves.

The only activity that is different, is a mediocre music activity, where you match what Purple Kangaroo does. Eh.

Sounds pretty exciting, doesn't it! Well, not really. The only reason this game will sell like crazy is because it has Blue in it. If it wasn't for that, no one would pay attention to it. The activities are simplistic and rapidly become boring due to the recurring and unimaginitive "shelf" theme. Worse, the program doesn't really explain anything to your child. It just jumps right in and says "Match the letter on the book, to the letter on the shelf." Your child may likely ask, "What's a letter?"

The show is good, but this game isn't. Pass, unless you really love shelves.

Not impressed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: June 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Activities are slow. Everytime you move from one screen to another, a "loading" screen appears for about 15 seconds. There are no verbal instructions which tell the user how to move from one store to another. I had to call the help line. In the "Library" it asks the user to put away the books on the bookshelf. The book names are letters (like M). There is an "M" on the bookshelf. When the user clicks on the book and puts it away on the shelf where the "M" is located, the character on the screen never says that it is the letter "M".
I think the software could have been much better written.

Great promise, does not deliver

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this after reading these reviews hoping for a fun new game for my 2 year old. He has already mastered the mouse, colors, numbers, alphabet & has several other preschool games.
This game is absolutely dull. The graphics are great, but it only holds his attention for a few minutes. The problem is that each section takes too long to load. Once loaded you have to listen to a VERY long discussion on each area. BORING! He looked at me & asked "play Elmo instead?"
He enjoys the free Sesame Street & Noggin websites much better then this game. Learning should be fun. I am very sorry I purchased this CD

Unsatisfying

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: September 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Blue is cute, but this program is a bit on the boring side. If each of the activities in this program were released seperately on its own, they'd make a nice little online Flash or Shockwave game that you would expect to play for free on the web. And like most online games, you wouldn't be too impressed when you were done. Too bad as we were expecting more than that from Blue.

Go with the "old" Blues Clues programs

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: October 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

We were so excited to see a new title released with Joe in it. We quickly oredered this for my 3 year old twins and when it arrived we were very diappointed. The kids quickly bored of it and don't even ask to play it anymore. When asked if they want a Blues Clues with Steve or Joe in it they say "NO JOE!!". Stick with the older Blue's Clues, my twins love Blues Art Time activities.

Age Group 3-5 ???

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 21 / 24
Date: October 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My daughter absolutely loves Blue. She can watch the videos over and over. I bought this game to allow myself a little quiet time. So far she seems to love playing it. The thing is, she's only 19 months old. To be honest the game seems to lack substance. It's mainly alot of repetition that I think would be extremely boring for a 3-5 year old child. If she can "get it" now, then I can't believe that in a year from now she'd still want to play it. I wouldn't recommend this game for the intended age group. I would however recommend it to parents of younger children who are interested in taking the time to play the game with their child. When we first bought the game I needed to explain what was going on. The more she played however she began catching onto the concept (you have to help pick out gifts for customers, go to the grocery store, the library, etc.)
If you have extra money buy the game, if not get your child something you're sure they'll enjoy. Like I said this game seems to be more for a younger child and I don't see it entertaining their interests for too long a period of time.

Blue's Clues Preschool is Pretty Good

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Blue's Clues Preschool is pretty good, but not great. My 3-1/2 year old daughter likes Joe and the animation... but it's a bit of a pig on performance and limited options. She plays this game the least of all.

Not as good as the other Blue titles...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Our 3 yeat old son doesn't care for it... he asks for the old 'Steve' games... like the art one and Blue's Birthday party. It's not Joe's fault here, it's just that the game is pretty basic and does not offer many choices.

It was ok

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: February 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I played with my almost four year old nephew with this and I found it very hard for him to follow. First of all, was he supposed to know when to click? I could hardly tell when the arrows were slighted changed.

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