In 1995, the BBC founded a videogame publishing division in "BBC Multimedia", in which they contracted developers to produce games based on their IP (they would later publish PS1 games based on Teletubbies and Tweenies, and would announce videogame adaptations of Spooks and Doctor Who [based on the 9th Doctor] that would go unreleased).
They lasted just under a decade before they decided to start licensing out their IP instead.
One of their first console outings, as far as I'm aware, is this PlayStation port of the Windows title Can We Fix It?, based on the stop motion children's series Bob the Builder.
Now, if you've seen my account, you've probably seen that I've played both versions of the Bear in the Big Blue House videogame, so I know what to expect.
After the videogame opens with probably some of the most terrifying sounds a child could hear (the PlayStation startup noises followed by the BBC Multimedia logo), we're treated to the theme song to the show.
Inside this game are eight minigames, each with a variety of "segments".
"Can we build it?" follows Lofty as you knock down a bridge and build a new one. Knocking it down requires you to hit the X button at the right time, and building it has you matching coloured bridge sections.
"Hedgehog Rescue" (or "Porcupine Rescue") only has one minigame, where you match pipe sections.
"Scary Spud" is the next minigame, which is kinda stressful. In it, you use the D-pad (because the analog sticks don't work) to scare away crows by walking over to them.
It's not that difficult, but the fear of messing up is still there...
"Wendy's Birthday" features two minigames; "Cake-tastic!", where you just decorate a cake, and "Wild west Wendy", where you just push buttons to make them dance.
Kinda boring, honestly.
"Bubble trouble" is next, which is quite like the Spud one, only this time you have to drive over bubbles before time runs out.
It's only after this minigame in the menus where you realise that's where the settings are..
Each level is bookended with some kinda empty, low quality CG FMV cutscenes, and each minigame ends with a game of "Where's Pilchard?", which involves you moving a cat's food bowl around the screen until you hear a noise. It's kinda boring since it's pretty obvious where she is, but sometimes you can only see a few pixels of her.
The only minigames without one of these Pilchard games are "Travis' Race Day", a pretty empty racing minigame which really just involves you avoiding things.
There's also two "Plumbing Puzzles", the first of which requires you to slowly walk through a sideways house and back again while you fit pipes and radiators into different coloured rooms, and then "Fix the leaks" has you slowly walk through that same house again on a time limit as you attempt to fix leaky pipes.
The UI is spookily empty.
Seeing "WELL DONE !" in all caps kinda freaks me out in this game and I don't know why.
And that's basically it.
I can't really talk much about this game since it obviously wasn't made for me.
It's fun.
No replay value, though.
They lasted just under a decade before they decided to start licensing out their IP instead.
One of their first console outings, as far as I'm aware, is this PlayStation port of the Windows title Can We Fix It?, based on the stop motion children's series Bob the Builder.
Now, if you've seen my account, you've probably seen that I've played both versions of the Bear in the Big Blue House videogame, so I know what to expect.
After the videogame opens with probably some of the most terrifying sounds a child could hear (the PlayStation startup noises followed by the BBC Multimedia logo), we're treated to the theme song to the show.
Inside this game are eight minigames, each with a variety of "segments".
"Can we build it?" follows Lofty as you knock down a bridge and build a new one. Knocking it down requires you to hit the X button at the right time, and building it has you matching coloured bridge sections.
"Hedgehog Rescue" (or "Porcupine Rescue") only has one minigame, where you match pipe sections.
"Scary Spud" is the next minigame, which is kinda stressful. In it, you use the D-pad (because the analog sticks don't work) to scare away crows by walking over to them.
It's not that difficult, but the fear of messing up is still there...
"Wendy's Birthday" features two minigames; "Cake-tastic!", where you just decorate a cake, and "Wild west Wendy", where you just push buttons to make them dance.
Kinda boring, honestly.
"Bubble trouble" is next, which is quite like the Spud one, only this time you have to drive over bubbles before time runs out.
It's only after this minigame in the menus where you realise that's where the settings are..
Each level is bookended with some kinda empty, low quality CG FMV cutscenes, and each minigame ends with a game of "Where's Pilchard?", which involves you moving a cat's food bowl around the screen until you hear a noise. It's kinda boring since it's pretty obvious where she is, but sometimes you can only see a few pixels of her.
The only minigames without one of these Pilchard games are "Travis' Race Day", a pretty empty racing minigame which really just involves you avoiding things.
There's also two "Plumbing Puzzles", the first of which requires you to slowly walk through a sideways house and back again while you fit pipes and radiators into different coloured rooms, and then "Fix the leaks" has you slowly walk through that same house again on a time limit as you attempt to fix leaky pipes.
The UI is spookily empty.
Seeing "WELL DONE !" in all caps kinda freaks me out in this game and I don't know why.
And that's basically it.
I can't really talk much about this game since it obviously wasn't made for me.
It's fun.
No replay value, though.
This game is nothing more than an activity centre.
No Bob, just sign the divorce papers
First game I ever played when I was in "pre-school".
The game is a collection of mini games. Including one where you have to find Bob's cat.
I don't remember much of it except trying to find that cat. That was the best part of the game.
The game is a collection of mini games. Including one where you have to find Bob's cat.
I don't remember much of it except trying to find that cat. That was the best part of the game.
Can't knock this too hard, it's just nonsense for small kids, but the vc was funny as hell. Shoutout XenonNV who couldn't find Pilchard
guys where the FUCK is pilchard
also the only person I knew who owned this is a nazi now. im not saying it was this game's fault but im not not saying that
also the only person I knew who owned this is a nazi now. im not saying it was this game's fault but im not not saying that
Pilchard get your ass out here!
If your game doesn't have two play-doh looking characters standing ready to throw down, staring RIGHT into the camera while they wait for your button input I DON'T WANT YOUR GAME.
This. Is. LEGENDARY.
This. Is. LEGENDARY.
One of the first games I can remember playing. My toddler ass made some absolute masterpieces out of the cake designer minigame.
i watched jerma speedrun this for like an hour on his stream and i think thats enough for me to deduce this as a masterpiece
I swear to god there was a version of the finding Pilchard minigame where there was a house on a black background and the damn cat never visually appeared so you had to find her based on sound
My dumbass child self ended up getting the computer locked up on that minigame because there was no other way out of it so it HAS to be some sort of thing exclusive to the PC version, don't listen to Jenny she's trying to drag me for this like it's something that happened recently even though she lost to Travis
My dumbass child self ended up getting the computer locked up on that minigame because there was no other way out of it so it HAS to be some sort of thing exclusive to the PC version, don't listen to Jenny she's trying to drag me for this like it's something that happened recently even though she lost to Travis
Played the game as a kid at a friends house. I used to think this game was hilarious simply because of one minigame where you have to make a cake for one of the characters where we would write obscene/hateful things and hear Bob's happy interaction with said character.
" Babylon wages war on Babylon, Babylon vanquishes the evil of Babylon, Babylon falls and Babylon rises, the wars aren't real but the genocides of your people are, how they massacre you like cattle! How God weeps for your misguided souls!
Their merchants did trade, their leader wore their cross, are you truly so blinded by the Serpent's propaganda?! Where did their scientists go?! You question where the bodies went, where do we put ours?!
The head bites the tail, in death they are born.
Meow " - Pilchard if you find him on the secret level
Their merchants did trade, their leader wore their cross, are you truly so blinded by the Serpent's propaganda?! Where did their scientists go?! You question where the bodies went, where do we put ours?!
The head bites the tail, in death they are born.
Meow " - Pilchard if you find him on the secret level
i had this as a kid. it's just a few flash games that you can finish in like 10 minutes. pretty crappy even for its demographic