Great Adventures by Fisher-Price: Castle is a game for children aged three to five based on the Fisher-Price line of toys. It takes place in a medieval kingdom that is under attack by King Smudge and his Naughty Knights. They steal King McBeard's crown and throw him into a dungeon. The story is narr. Fisher Price Great Adventures Castle #7110 Medieval Castle Knights Vintage 1994. Castle is missing pieces (cannon, cannon ball, some stickers, etc.). Only includes what is shown in photos. Includes 1 knight figure. Minor marks/wear/scratches.
Fisher-Price Great Adventures: Wild Western Town is in many ways the same as another Fisher-Price game, Fisher-Price Great Adventures: Pirate Ship. In fact, three of the games and activities are almost exactly the same: The Sing-Along in Pepe's Piano Bar, The Boot and the Town Cannon have almost exactly parallel games in Pirate Ship. This isn't exactly a bad thing, since young children will enjoy the familiar parts of the program and there is plenty of new stuff to do that will keep them entertained.
As in the other games of this type, players must search for what is missing. In this case, it is nine gold bars stolen from the safe in the bank. Unlike Pirate Ship, secret compartments don't open on their own. Instead, when players find a place that may contain a compartment, the cursor changes to a star and they must click the mouse button to open it. Several of the rooms and scenes contain other areas accessible by clicking when the cursor changes into an arrow.
In addition to the activity of searching for gold bars, players can enter one of seven other games and activities. In the hotel, they can help the desk clerk, Orville Bedlump return items to the guests who request them. Based on clues given by the guests, you must decide which item belongs to the guest in question.
You can go to Pepe's Piano Bar and hear some old western favorites such as She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain sung by the regulars.
In the General Store, players can help Miss Jane Sweetwater fill orders from her customers. She will tell players what to look for (such as 'three items used in camping') and will confirm or refuse items players select and drag to the sack. Should players get three guesses wrong, she will show them which items are correct.
In the Sheriff's Office, players can make a Wanted Poster of their own, picking the body, face and hat as well as other facial features to create the perfect criminal. Additionally, they can design the deputy star, adding jewels, characters and other items to the basic star, another player choice. Both the deputy star and Wanted Poster can be made up to five different times, stored and printed on a color computer.
Above the Sheriff's Office is the Boot where players can learn barrel booting with Deputy Slim. They load a barrel into the machine and aim at various objects by clicking on them; each object has a variety of animations triggered when targeted by a barrel. Above the hotel and general store is the town cannon, fired by Deputy Garcia. Similar to the cannon aboard the Pirate Ship, players can fire a variety of objects from it, up to and including Deputy Garcia.
Once players have gotten all nine gold bars, they can catch Bandit Bob and throw him in the jail. They are then awarded the deputy star they designed as well as a printable certificate. This is a wonderful game, much like Fisher-Price Great Adventures: Pirate Ship but without the scarier aspects. Bandit Bob is more funny than scary and thus is more suitable for younger players than the other game.
Graphics: Wonderful graphics, full of color and amusing animations.
Sound: Easy to hear and with a slightly western flavor to the voices.
Enjoyment: Extremely enjoyable.
Replay Value: Each game is different, but the activities remain the same.
In Fisher-Price Great Adventures: Wild Western Town, you play a deputy law enforcement agent for an old wild west town. Your primary goal is to find a number of gold bars that the outlaw Bandit Bob has hidden around town. Wander around the colorful, Fisher-Price-themed town and look into and under every nook and cranny in order to recover the stolen bars.
Additionally, there are various games and activities that the player can participate in: Emma's Dilemma: Help the storekeep in packing orders for customers. Find the items in the store that match the requested specification. Pepe's Piano Room: Musical sing-along activity. Guest Guess: The player is presented with 9 items at the hotel guest counter. A random guest appears and the player must guess which item corresponds to the guest (e.g., boat anchor goes with pirate guest). Town Cannon: Fire the town's cannon at various targets (with assorted types of ammo) with zany outcomes. Bank Safe: Visit the bank safe to check how many gold bars have been recovered so far. The Boot: Drop a barrel in the automated boot machine and aim it at various targets around town for wacky results. Wacky Wanted Posters: Art activity that allows the player to create their own wanted outlaw poster. Build A Badge: Art activity that revolves around creating your a custom deputy badge.
How to run this game on modern Windows PC?
This game has been set up to work on modern Windows (10/8/7/Vista/XP 64/32-bit) computers without problems.
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Great Adventures by Fisher-Price: Castle thrusts players into the body of McDuff, a valiant man who has been alerted to the castle's overthrow by the King's Jester. McDuff agrees to find King McBeard's Good Knights so they can help free the king. The Jester gives McDuff the royal seal (an actual, barking seal) so that the knights will help him.
Players start the game in the village square. From there, they can choose to head for the tournament, enter McFadden's Hotel, enter the armory or go to the Marketplace.
In McFadden's Hotel, players must match stones to the missing ones above the fireplace. They must click on various objects to find the stones, then put them in the correct places in the pattern. If they do so, the knight Sir Mount will appear. Sir Mount's specialty is climbing. After specific knights are found, they go into the armory to wait until the player finishes searching.
At the Marketplace, players must trade for the knight El-Asto, the morphing knight. This is one of the most challenging phases where it would be good for a parent to guide the child through the exercise of trading. The player must trade something they have for something else, until they can trade for the knight. The merchants at the tents will tell the child if he or she has what they need.
From the Marketplace, the player can access the Magic Cave where Eli, the high magician, lives. He or she must then zap the same crystals as Eli in order to find the knight McWiz.
On the way to the tournament, players pass a stream and click to find where the knight Sir Cyclone is hiding. At the tournament, Sir Shield-in-Hand is chained to the cannon and is being forced to operate it. Players must hit the target twice to make it collapse and only then can they free the captive knight and head back to the square.
The last knight is in the armory, posing as the blacksmith. Sir Lift-A-Lot will only agree to help you when all of the other knights have been found. McDuff must give the correct shield halves to each knight before they can storm the castle. At the castle, players must click on the correct knights in order to drive out evil King Smudge and his Naughty Knights. Then, players must click on the correct knights to open the door to King McBeard's cell and free him.
This is an amusing and not too hard adventure for young children. However, the Marketplace section is sure to be the most trying for young children and may induce a great deal of frustration. I recommend parents play along with the children to help them out, especially in this area.
Graphics: Excellent. Each knight has a distinguishable look and powers. The flavor is a bit cartoony but no less endearing for all that.
Sound: Excellent. Each character has their own voice and McDuff sounds amazingly Scottish.
Enjoyment: Very enjoyable, save for the marketplace section, which will probably induce a bit of frustration in younger players.
Replay Value: The activities do not change, but the specifics do.
Woe to the Fisher-Price kingdom! The good King McBeard's castle was taken over by his brother, the evil King Smudge and his Naughty Knights. It is up to you to help McDuff find where the Good Knights have been hiding and convince them to help take back the castle from King Smudge. Players can choose to play a game where they will only have to rescue two of the knights to win or a full game where they must find all six knights to storm the castle. Players must solve a variety of puzzles and challenges before they can save King McBeard. And if you win, the good McDuff will be knighted and join the other Good Knights in the castle. It contains elements of early learning for children including art, creativity, critical thinking, reading comprehension, imagination and role-playing.
How to run this game on modern Windows PC?
This game has been set up to work on modern Windows (10/8/7/Vista/XP 64/32-bit) computers without problems.
People who downloaded Fisher-Price Great Adventures: Castle have also downloaded:
Fisher-Price Great Adventures: Wild Western Town, Fisher-Price Great Adventures Pirate Ship, Fisher-Price Learning in Toyland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Castle of Dr. Brain, Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo, LEGO Island, Fisher-Price Dream Doll House
Fisher-Price Great Adventures: Wild Western Town, Fisher-Price Great Adventures Pirate Ship, Fisher-Price Learning in Toyland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Castle of Dr. Brain, Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo, LEGO Island, Fisher-Price Dream Doll House