Pajama Sam. No Need To Hide When It's Dark Outside

Customer Reviews

Great character, fun and interesting game

2006-11-28
We started with Putt-Putt and Freddie Fish at 3yrs old. By 4 we had solved all of them several times and were looking for more so we moved on to Pajama Sam. My almost 5 year old can get through most of this game. There are a few parts where she asks for help. The character is very likeable and the game is interesting and fun while sharpening her problem solving skills.

Loved by all

2005-10-01
My older grandchildren love this game. Jacqueline is 6 and Andrew is 5. They can play for hours at a time. It teaches them to think of the things they will need to get to the end. They are very good at it, and I think it teaches them to stick with something until the end.

Good game

2005-07-18
This is a good game but it took a long time to finish the first game and even longer to solve the one where the lunchbox was in the water and I'm dissapionted it wasn't rusty even though PJ Sam said it was metal. He even brought up that it could rust! It took me a long time to figure out how to get the oars down and I couldn't find a magnet or the other dumbwiater(But I know where they are now!) and I don't get why he's not allowed to get in the dumbwaiter in the kichen but that only cuts off one star. I really love when the flashlight is in the mine because it's got so many steps to do before you can get it but once I saved the game right before I put the gear in, and then put it in, but then when I loaded the game the gear was different, which is anoying because it's best if your able to stay in the mine untill you have the flashlight. Sincerly, Russian Blue Witch.

Autistic Kid Loves all Pajama Sam games

2004-09-28
My 7-year old autistic daughter loves this one, and the subsequent Pajama Sam games.

Originally I bought it for her but she wasn't too interested. But that's because she couldn't figure out how to get him going at the beginning, with his cape, mask, and lunchbox, into the closet, to really start the adventure.

Once we discovered this, and the whole "land of darkness" opened up, she was totally hooked.

The "cluttered, chaotic" nature of the game, which another reviewer criticized, is actually what makes it so attractive, so perfect, for my daughter!

She doesn't really care about the actual objective. She just likes going around, picking things up, clicking on things and making them interact, etc. And there is enough to keep her occupied for hours and days, just in this one game. (plus then there are #2 and #3)

higher level experience for little gamers

2003-11-23
If your child has played beginning level software and is ready to move on to more advanced gameplay, Humongous Entertainment's Pajama Sam series (and Freddi Fish and Putt-Putt as well) are an excellent choice. These titles take the cognitive tasks up a notch as children must accumulate specific items, navigate a number of locations, and use their problem-solving skills to help new friends and achieve larger goals. Along the way, funny and lovable Pajama Sam will meet a number of nice characters, visit a variety of interesting locations and play mini-games as he completes the larger task of finding and defeating Darkness, who scares him. Along the way he will help a boat find his oars, oil a creaky mine car, etc. Specifics change if you start a new game, and as other reviewers have stated, you may want to play with your child a few times before they'll be able to enjoy it on their own, so each game is good for hours of fun.

This is a fine game in a great series. We have all the Pajama Sam titles and enjoy them all.

Pajama Sam rules 2003-11-19
Travel with Pajama Sam into the darkness, use your wits to help him conquer his fear, and gain valuable skills to boot in Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside. Fed up with his fear of the dark, the plucky Sam transforms himself into Pajama Sam--world's youngest superhero--and resolves to confront darkness. With help from King the mine car, Otto the boat, and a host of fascinating characters, Pajama Sam soon finds that things aren't quite what they seem in the incredible Land of Darkness.

Join this enchanting cast of characters as they travel through a mine, a gigantic tree house, through underground volcanoes, and into an underground stream in search of items confiscated by custom inspectors in this exciting world. With each new game these items are randomly hidden in the game world, thus changing the story and presenting different problems to overcome. Kids learn critical thinking, listening, and memory skills while finding out that darkness is not as bad as it seems.

Smart! 2003-11-17
One of our first computer games. My son was hooked! It is very smart, really flexes the kids' brain muscles. My son could beat it, and I couldn't. We're getting more from this series.

Yes it's 5 stars, but just 2003-07-03
Pajama Sam seems to get more credit than it deserves. Yes your child will probably like it, play it, and learn a lot of problem solving strategies from it but itfs not the best. I gave it five stars but it's missing something. It doesn't have the simple beauty that some educational programs have (like Ollo and Clifford do). It's a little bit cluttered and chaotic. Don't get me wrong, it's better than most of the games out there but I think it's overrated. Its defects are probably due to it being one of the older programs out there.

ethans favorite 2003-05-14
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.

Great Game 2003-05-05
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.