Blue's ABC Time Activities is a point and click activity game published by Humongous Entertainment in 1999. Photo of Blue's ABC Time Activities screenshot for fans of Blue's Clues 34381858.
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Developer: Humongous Entertainment This game has unused graphics. |
In this game based on the popular kids show, the residents of a house of talking objects, strange-colored canines, and a live-action manchild decide to have fun with words for no explained reason. The game features multiple minigames designed to teach small children basic English. You can also collect words by playing these games, which can be used in the 'Word Book' to make your own stories, a la Mad Libs.
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Unused Subtitles
Just like with every other Humongous game ever made, this game has complete but inaccessible subtitles. They can be turned on by using ScummVM's UI or by adding the line
to hegames.ini or scummvm.ini.
Unused Graphics
Room 3
Using ScummVM's debugger (Ctrl+D) and entering the command room 3 brings up this interface. It's presumably placeholder graphics for the notebook, which doesn't appear in this game, and pawprints, which are used, but only as an icon on the launcher.
Felt Letters
To do: Is this unused? |
Felt Friend's Word Puzzles has graphics for the entire alphabet, but J, Q, V, W, Y, and Z never get used.
Big Thinkers Leftovers
A few graphics from Big Thinkers! First Grade are leftover in the graphics, suggesting this game was modified from that one.
The star cursors from both Big Thinkers! games. This game only uses the default cursor and the arrow ones.
The yes/no graphics from Big Thinkers! First Grade. Interestingly, the frog graphic seems to be an earlier version of the actual graphic from First Grade: it has no shading and is missing the spots from the final.
Pajama Sam Leftovers
Bizarrely, the load game screen for Pajama Sam can be seen by typing room 17 into ScummVM's debugger. It was very likely just a leftover from the aforementioned game. Considering the same graphics are left in Big Thinkers! Kindergarten, this further suggests that ABC Time was modified from the Big Thinkers! games, with the developers overlooking this screen yet again.
Unused Dialogue
To do: Check for more. |
In addition to the unused letter graphics (see above), Felicia Felt has sound files of her saying the letters despite them going unused.
There's even sound files of her sounding them out!
Unused Sounds
To do: The piano scale sounds definitely aren't used, though I'm not 100% sure if the 'cartoony sounds' are. |
Lots of sounds leftover from Big Thinkers! are still in the files.
Blues Clues Abc Time Activities Credits
Free Words!
As the screen implies, words for the Word Book can be unlocked by clicking the sign. This screen can be accessed by warping to room 15 using ScummVM. This was likely used for testing.
The Blue's Clues series | |
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Windows | Blue's Birthday Adventure • Blue's Treasure Hunt Blue's ABC Time Activities • Blue's 123 Time Activities • Blue's Art Time Activities • Blue's Reading Time Activities Blue Takes You to School |
Mac OS Classic | Blue's Birthday Adventure • Blue's Treasure Hunt Blue's ABC Time Activities • Blue's 123 Time Activities • Blue's Art Time Activities • Blue's Reading Time Activities |
Game Boy Color | Blue's Alphabet Book |
Adobe Shockwave | Joe's 3D Scavenger Hunt |
Blue's Clues Abc Time Activities Finale
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Blue's ABC Time Activities, created by Humongous Entertainment, is a wonderful pre-reading adventure for young children! A child learns language skills and has fun at the same time. The software is based on Nickelodeon's preschool program 'Blue's Clues,' and features Steve and a cast of two-dimensional animated characters, among them Blue, a fun-loving, spotted blue dog. There are word puzzles, alphabet mazes, bathtime rhymes, and jungle animals that help kids learn. The price for Blue's ABC Time Activities is $19.99. There is also a Blue's Birthday Adventure, price $29.99. Both games can be used with a PC with Windows or a Macintosh. The Humongous Entertainment Web site is a great place for both parents and kids to visit. There is all sorts of information, games and such. http://www.humongous.com | ||
Blue's ABC Time Activities is designed for preschoolers ages 3-6. The game has adjustable levels of difficulty and emphasizes early learning skills such as:
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For those parents who are concerned with teaching their children the joy of reading Blue's ABC Time Activities is a must. It puts strong emphasis on the fun of reading. Blue is a lovable dog, and each of the supporting characters possess their own unique charm. All the activities are easily understood and completed, with catchy songs and rhymes. Blue's ABC Time Activities is a great buy as well as a great investment in your child's education. | ||
Processor: Pentium/90MHz or higher Operating System: Windows 95 or higher Memory: 16MB RAM Hard Disk Space: 80MB 256 color monitor (460 x 480) 4X CD-ROM drive Sound Card | ||
Graphics: Adobe ImageStyler |