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Very disapointing and not fun.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: September 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this a year or so ago at Costco because I love the Three Stooges (and I'm female!) and I love cartoons (John K creator of Ren & Stimpy is a huge fan of the Stooges as well) and I needed some more games for my fairly new GBA. It isn't fun. You have to play several different mini games a bunch of times, and they are very difficult and not even fun, hardly even mildly entertaining. You have to raise $5000 in a month for the orphans, I was lucky if I ever got up to $500 after a frustrating 20 minutes till the game was already over. I'll be trading mine in at Gamestop next week.

A stooge fan says "YUK"

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I love the Stooges. I have 30-odd of their movies, I have their picture framed on my wall. I bought this game as a matter of course but took it back the next day because it was so bad.

The mini-games are very repetitive. The grocery store and the hospital are essentially the same games in different trim. I never could figure out the soup game and switching between stooges in the pie throwing was a real pain.

The only good points were the trivia (which was almost fun) and hearing the clips from the movies (though they got old because there are not vary many).

This game had a place back in the 80's when it came out. Compared with the games coming out today, it doesn't measure up.

Who decided to dig up THIS corpse?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: April 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Just a word of caution, or rather a year:

1987

That is when Cinemaware originally released this game for PC waaay back in the day. Now I fully realize that Nintendo has really climbed aboard the reissue bandwagon with its Game Boy Advance (Final Fight One, Street Fighter II, F-Zero, etc) but do we really need to be plumbing the depths of 1st-generation PC games for new old material?

I gave this game 3 stars because, as far as gameplay goes, it isn't totally bad. The game is made up of several mini-games, most of which are very simple and child-friendly. Except for the Trivia portion, which I don't believe they actually left in the game, bizarre! It's fun on a very base and whack-a-mole level. Do well enough in each mini-game to earn enough money to save the orphanage.

I honestly thought it was a joke the first time I read that this game was being released, but here it is. I think we all need to start being very scared about what direction Nintendo is taking with its cutting-edge portable. Hint: "It's the opposite of forward."

LIKE THE SHOWS

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

THE GAME IS GOOD (IT REALLY IS).BUT THEY MADE TO...STRANGE.WAY TOO PREDICTABLE WITH MINI GAMES.BUT IF YOU WANT TO SOMETHING DIFFERNT AND FUN,THIS IS YOUR PICK(EVEN STOOGE FANS WILL ONLY PLAY OCCASIONLY).

A must for Stoogies only

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'm a Knucklehead/Stoogie, so I bought the game. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else though. It gets boring REAL Fast, and the mini games that you have to play are pretty easy. Of course, this is a re-issue of an old game. If you liked the old game, you're sure to like this. But if you're not after nostalgia for that old game, or a die hard knucklehead, you should SOITENLY skip it.

Nice classic remake.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: March 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It may seem a bit simple and short for games of today's standard. However it is not a new game, it's a remake of one of the old Cinemaware games that came out for the Amiga and Apple. Looks like a faithful copy. It is a neat fun little game. So if you like the stooges or want to try something different that's not challenging, give it a try. Not a complex game at all, just a cute one.

Good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a very fun game. I had this game for the original nes and i still play it sometimes. It is 2 players and has lots of many games you play. The object of the game is to save the orphanage. Some of the games are: soup eating, pie throwing, boxing, doctor, trivia, etc. I might buy this game, but I'm not sure, since it is a direct port, although upgraded in graphics, of the game i already have.

Nyuk,Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: June 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Pie throwing, hair pulling, safe breaking,... and why? to save an orphanage of course!! Overall, I found this game pretty fun, although the mini-games do get a bit repetitive. I'll give the game 4 out 5 stars, because I really think that there should have been an option to switch Curly with Shemp at certain times during the game.The movie clips were good, although a little on the not numerous side. To those who found the game a complete wash out, i say cut them (The Stooges, and Nintendo) a little slack. I'm just glad that they came out with it. Who knows what's next, maybe Laurel and Hardy?! If you want slapsitck comedy, and are willing to stretch your patience a tad, this game is a gem!!!

Another CinemaWare Re-release

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is another game from the old CinemaWare collection that was originally for the Amiga, Apple IIgs, PC, etc. I originally played the PC and Apple versions.

This GBA cartridge is an exact port of that old game. You play the part of Moe, Larry, and Curly as they try to raise money to save an orphange. Money is earned by playing a series of mini-games.

For the most part, the game play is as easy as the older versions except for the oyster eating contest. That part is much easier with a mouse than a control pad, but I still played it decently on my GBA.

I love seeing these older games re-released for new systems. The cartridge should hold up much better than my diskettes. Plus, you don't have to worry about system requirements. I don't know what the market for these retro games is like, but I'd like to see more old computer games released like this one. Most of my old favorites would need a keyboard so a GBA version would be unlikely (like the old Sierra Space Quest, King's Quest, and Leisure Suit Larry series), but it might be possible for a console.

Recommendation

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The Stooges is good old fashioned fun. I think I'll recommend it to my friend Lars.

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