Customer Reviews
Are we the only parents that get stuck on this game? 
2006-12-05
As embarrassing as it is to admit this, my husband and I are stumped. I went through this game once with my 3-year-old son and made it to the end. The next time my husband played it with him and told me later that he got stuck. I laughed to myself, thinking how smart my husband is, yet can't even play a kid's game. Well, I played it today with my son and, let me tell you, I had to quit without coming near to resolving this. How can an otherwise 36-year-old woman of average intelligence, and a 43-year-old man of slightly above average intelligence not figure this out? It's aimed at kids THREE to eight! We've clicked on everything possible, but we aren't getting anywhere! It is a fun game, but I can't see a three-year-old figuring it all out (which is why it gets 4 stars as opposed to 5), or a 36-year-old mother of a 3-year-old. I'm going to play it again and see if I can't do it this time. Obviously we are the only adults with this problem, as no one else wrote anything of the sort in their reviews.
If someone could send me a cheat-sheet of sorts, we'd be highly grateful (albeit humiliated as well).
I'll be up tonight, all night, trying to crack the case of the stolen conch shell. Better luck to the rest of you. Curse you, Humongous Entertainment!
I love freddi fish games 
2006-08-01
Find the fish/or sea creature, that has stolen the Conch shell by finding clues about each person, and finally allowing Old Soggy to confirm the culprit. This was the first Freddi Fish game I'd ever played, and I still, the father of the children playing, love it enough to play along and enjoy together. Great for kids and teaching them problem solving along with observation. A wonderful GAME all around!!!
Great! 2005-11-05
I liked this game. Being a Humongous Entertainment fan myself, I found that it fit in nicely with the rest of the Freddi Fish universe.
One thing that I can always rely on from Humongous is fantastic titles. However, ever since the release of Pajama Sam 4, I've doubted that. Overall, highly recommended.
Challenging, Rewarding and Quality life lessons 2008-07-15
As a grandparent, I wanted to expose my granddaughter to computer games that would challenge their mind, make them think and leave them with life-long life lessons that would help shape their personality. I think the Pajama Sam and Feddie the Fish games are incredibly ingenious. Realistically, these games are better suited for children nearing five or over, as the games require cognizant skills that most children do not possess until that age. These games make them think creatively to solve problems, and in every version of these games, Pajama Sam and Freddie the Fish have to help others along the way to get to their goals. These games are a much better experience for the child if an adult plays with them to help them figure out the challenges presented during the game. Otherwise, these challenges can become overwhelming for a child, and the child, (and for that matter adults too,) can become frustrated and give up. One of the great life lessons..don't give up..keep trying..and try something different if what you are doing doesn't work. My granddaughter and I have spent hours playing these games, and she is totally addicted. The rewards for figuring out the different things that need to get done to finish the game are tremendous, and are huge self-esteem and confidence builders for the child. And, should you get absolutely stuck and can't seem to move onward through the game, there is help. In all Windows versions except Vista, simply press F1 anytime during the game to take you to a help menu that will give you clues on how to proceed. Also, let's say you've played for awhile and want to quit. By clicking on the computer icon either at the bottom right or bottom left of your screen, you'll be able to save the spot where you left the game, so that the next time that you play, you can pick up from where you left off. Extremely clever, and well-done games for both children and adults.
Super cute and FUN!!! 2008-03-30
My 3 yr old loves to play this game! I love how the case changes every time she plays it. It gives her more like 3 games instead of just one! Definitely worth it!!!
Best Computer Game 2008-01-12
This is a superb beginning computer game for ages 4 to 8. Very little reading is involved, but a lot of thinking (outside the box!), problem-solving and decision-making. Freddi is trying to locate the missing conch shell and figure out who stole it. Along the way he has many opportunities to gather clues and helpful items to assist him in his search. There are a variety of fun games and challenges, and lots of interesting characters to meet. I highly recommend this and the other Freddi Fish games as well!!
A perfect game for kids of 4-5 year old 2007-04-06
My son is 4 years old and a half. He already knows to use PC. It is the first game I bought for him, and the first game in my entire family. He longs for a game for himself rather than the game in local library he can play for a couple of minutes.
He could not finish the game for the first time, for he was too tired after a long period of time playing it. It took me 2 hours or so to finish the game the first time. After learning from me, my son started to win the game. He stucked at the sub-game required to get the mirror, and the sub-game to get the golden pipe from the music room. I think this game in the music room is the most difficult to him. By now, I am not sure whether he fully understands how to count the steps to take the golden pipe or not. When the game randomly alters the path anywhere rather than the music room, it takes him 7 minutes to win. He is the one who found out the method of pressing the Escape-key to cut short the narator's time (Freddi herself, or other characters in the game). Every time I come back home from work, he called me and show me how fast he won the game. I do not know how many paths the game has, but my son figured all out by himself. I keeps wondering whether I have been such smart when I was at his age? At that time, I was in Vietnam at the end of the World War II, a farm in countryside with ducks, chickens, and hogs.
The game has few paths that lead to different alternatives, and that makes the game last longer than just a single path. When a kid knows all of a game, the game is no longer valuable. It other words, it is expired. This game worths 2 weeks, and sometimes from now, my son comes back to it when he is tired of the other games.
This game requires thinking, rather than just pressing the keys fast or at the right moment. It helps my son to watch out for alternatives in the new horizon, and be ready for new solutions. It also helps my son to do well the routine (when a path is known, the solution becomes routine) quickly. I think the game in the music room is still valuable, for it offers the concept of negative values. When a kid sees a number without a minus sign, he should learn a concept of positive value. Otherwise, when he sees a number with a minus sign, he should be counting the step backward. Whether it is too early to offer the negative concept to a 4-5 years old kid is still an open question. That is the reason I vote maximum grade to this game.
Best CD Series for ages 3.5-7 2007-03-08
I have 3 kids and this set (Freddy Fish 1-5) has been the most popular of all of the CD-ROMs we own and is still going strong after 3 years. These are absolutely awesome. This is an interesting and interactive game in which kids do "detective" work and it also features a few basic arcade-type games during the search.
Get it, your little ones will LOVE it!
