Blue's Birthday Adventure, also known as Blue's Birthday, is a PC game released on September 8, 1998 by Humongous Entertainment.
Summary[]
Happy Birthday to Blue![]
Steve, Tickety, Slippery, and all of Blue's Friends need help preparing for Blue's birthday party! There's so much to do. Create a personalized card for Blue, select a special present play lots of multi-level learning games, explore in and around Blue's house and yard...and of course, find and solve NEW Blue's Clues™. Help Steve figure out what party favor Blue wants to give to her guests, what she wants to eat, and more. With so much to explore, create, play and solve, every day can be a birthday celebration in this original adventure.
2-disc CD-ROM set features:[]
- 4 NEW Blue's Clues games
- 9 multi-level learning activities and 4 creative games
- A interactive Handy Dandy Notebook
- Adjustable levels of difficulty
- Birthdayland, an enchanting new world to explore
- NEW characters and places to discover
- 4 Blue Skidoo locations
- Hundreds of ever-changing clickable surprises
- Easy-to-use, in-depth Help File
Blue and her friends help you learn essential early learning skills, including:[]
- Critical thinking and logical problem-solving
- Deductive reasoning
- Spatial perception and relationships
- Sorting, classifying and matching
- Colors, shapes and patterns
- Sound discrimination
Characters[]
- Blue
- Steve
- Mailbox
- Sidetable Drawer
- Mr. Salt
- Mrs. Pepper
- Paprika
- Felt Friends
- Slippery Soap
- Baby Bear
- Tickety
- Shovel
- Pail
- Magenta
- Snail
- Cash Register
- Chicks
- Pig
- Cow
- Mice
- Present Girl
- Present Boy
- Paint Drops
- Wind-up Drum Toy (also with red and green variants)
- Starfish (cameo in bathroom frame)
- Ladybug (cameo)
- Mosquito (cameo)
- Caterpillar (cameo)
- Butterfly (cameo)
- Grandfather Clock (cameo in puzzle)
- Stuffed Panda
- Toy Boy Doll
- Teddy Bear
- Toy Girl Doll
- Turquoise
- Stuff Toy Puppies
- Sock Puppets
- Goldilocks
- Three Little Pigs
- Present Teddy Bear
- Blue Present Bird
- Green Present Bird
Segments[]
Yellow Disc (Disc 1)[]
Red Disc (Disc 2)[]
Locations[]
Objects[]
- Thinking Chair
- Notebook
- Pawprint
- Noisemakers
- Anchovies
- Bananas
- Broccoli
- Ham
- Bell Peppers
- Green Peppers
- Red Peppers
- Broccoli
- Cherries
- Pears
- Apples
- Zucchini
- Shrimp
- Pineapple
- Mushrooms
- Olives
- Onions
- Cheese
- Pepperoni
- Sausage
- Tomatoes
- Presents
- Party Hats
- Cupcakes
- Pizza
- Planes
- Blue's Ball
- Clock Puzzle
- Eggs
- Flour
- Rubber Duck
- Crayons
- Balloons (in Storybook Forest in easy mode and in the backyard in hard mode)
- Flowers
- Scissors
- Glue
- Camera (in the bedroom in easy mode and the sandbox in hard mode)
- Magnets (in the kitchen in easy mode and the bedroom desk in hard mode)
- Watering Can (on the farm near Chick in easy mode and the garden in hard mode)
- Package (in the living room in easy mode and in Mailbox in hard mode)
- Hanger (in the bedroom in easy mode and in the living room in hard mode)
- Juice Pop Stick (in the bathroom in easy mode and in the living room in hard mode)
- Keys (in Birthday Land in easy mode and in the kitchen in hard mode)
- Paint Palette
Possible Pizzas[]
- Anchovies and Sausage for Shovel
- Anchovies for Slippery
- At least 2 toppings for Blue, Mailbox, and Tickety
- At least 3 toppings for Chick, Magenta, and Shovel
- Bananas and Shrimp for Mailbox
- Bananas for Mailbox
- Broccoli and Zucchini for Tickety
- Broccoli for Pail
- Extra Cheese for Shovel
- Green Pepper and Red Pepper for Pail
- Green Pepper for Tickety
- Ham and Broccoli for Magenta
- Ham and Pineapple for Blue and Chick
- Ham for Blue
- Mushrooms and Onions for Pail
- Mushrooms and Sausage for Slippery
- Olives for Magenta
- Onions for Chick
- Pepperoni and Olives for Baby Bear
- Pepperoni for Magenta
- Pineapple for Blue
- Red Pepper and Zucchini for Blue
- Red Pepper for Baby Bear
- Sausage for Shovel
- Shrimp for Pail
- Tomatoes for Baby Bear
- Zucchini for Chick
Mailtime Lyrics[]
Mailbox: Here's the mail, it never fails,
It makes Steve want to wag his tail.
When it comes, he wants to wail,
"MAAAAAIL!"
Find Turquoise Boxes from Left to Right[]
Top Shelf[]
- Box with purple stripes, a blue tag, and a big green bow
- Box with red stripes, an orange tag, and a small yellow bow
- Box with purple spots, a white tag, and a big yellow bow
Middle Shelf[]
- Box with purple spots, an orange tag, and a small yellow bow
- Box with red spots, a white tag, and a big green bow
- Box with red stripes, a blue tag, and a big yellow bow
Bottom Shelf[]
- Box with red stripes, a white tag, and a small green bow
- Box with red spots, a blue tag, and a small green bow
- Box with purple stripes, an orange tag, and a small yellow bow
Trivia[]
- For pattern colors, four boxes vote for purple and five vote for red.
- For patterns, four boxes vote for spots and five vote for stripes.
- For tag colors, the first, sixth, and eighth boxes vote for blue, the second, fourth, and ninth ones vote for orange, and the third, fifth, and seventh ones, known as the diagonal ones vote for white.
- For bow sizes, four boxes vote for big size and five vote for small size.
- For bow colors, four boxes vote for green and five vote for yellow.
- Based on the version of the game, the discs come in several different varieties.
- The original version produced solely by Humongous Entertainment had 2 variants of both discs:
- The Blue's Birthday Adventure version released in 1998 came in half-dark blue and half-red or yellow and and lacked titles with the segments labeled in white and light blue respectively and the prominent verbs in dark blue.
- The Blue's Birthday: A Learning Adventure version released in 1999 came in fully red or yellow with swirls and were titled "Red Disc" and "Yellow Disc" respectively with the titles and the segments labeled in white and black respectively and the prominent verbs in yellow or red respectively.
- Versions produced by both Humongous Entertainment and Infogrames also had 2 variants of both discs:
- The Blue's Birthday Adventure version were designed similar to the previous version, but the red and yellow halves were both pink and were titled "Disc 1" and "Disc 2" respectively with the segments labeled in light blue and the prominent verbs in dark blue.
- The Blue's Birthday: A Learning Adventure version looked almost exactly like the previous version with the addition of the Infogrames logo.
- The version produced by Encore Software and Atari, Inc. was completely dark yellow and simply titled "Blue's Birthday" without listing any segments.
- The original version produced solely by Humongous Entertainment had 2 variants of both discs:
- Only the red disc (disc 2) includes the demo for Blue's ABC Time Activities.
- The yellow disc (disc 1) doesn't include the demo.
- What does Blue want to do at her party? doesn't include the demo.
- What game does Blue want to play at her party? doesn't include the demo.
- What does Blue want to give her guests at her party? doesn't include the demo.
- Only What does Blue want to eat at her party? is where the demo happens.
- If the game is played on the same day as the player's birthday, each activity will have a special opening celebrating both Blue and the player's birthday.
- The outside area near the kitchen features a shell game where a tiny present hides under 1 of 3 party hats (small, medium, and large) that switch positions and the player must guess which hat the present is hiding under.
- The difficulty setting affects the clue drawing procedures: in "Beginning" difficulty, the player just had to pick the matching drawing; in "Intermediate" difficulty, the player had to put the pieces of the drawing together like a puzzle; in "Advanced" difficulty, it is similar to "Intermediate" except there are extra pieces.
- Although the white water paint colors is white, it is displayed silver instead, but the actual painting on page is that.
- After the Nick Jr. Play to Learn logo, the title card for this game is not used yet, and it goes right to the sign-in screen, but only the title card happens when you press Enter.
- In the blue version, Steve says "Hey, that's your favorite color!" instead of "You know whose favorite color that is!".
- In the green version, Steve says "Hey, that's your favorite color!" instead of "My personal favorite.".
- In the blue version, Mailbox says, "Hey, your favorite color!" instead of "Who do you know that's blue?".
- In the green version, Mailbox says, "Hey, your favorite color!" instead of "I think Steve likes that color.".
- There are a few color differences:
- In the birthday card game, the colors are yellow, red, green, blue, orange, purple, white, and black.
- In the coloring book game, the colors are yellow, red, green, blue, orange, purple, pink, and black.
- In the certificate, the colors are yellow, red, green, blue, orange, purple, silver, and black.
- The second time you click on a clue, get ready to draw after dragging the correct clue or putting it together like a puzzle.
- When Mailbox says, "Okay, so you want me to sing, don't you?", clicking on him will make him do it. Otherwise, moving to a different room will keep him busy instead.
- There are a few differences in easy mode:
- Clicking on Baby Bear first and then the disposable camera will make Steve say, "What a great idea you have! We can use my camera to take Baby Bear's picture, and maybe she'll give us a hint to one of Blue's Clues. You are just so smart!", but clicking on the disposable camera first will make him say, "My camera. You know, I've been looking all over for this. I'm sure this will come in handy later." instead.
- Clicking on Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper first and then the magnets will make Steve say, "You found the magnets! That's so great! Now we can help Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper hang their drawings on the fridge. Good job!", but clicking on the magnets first will make him say the same thing.
- Clicking on the chick first and then the watering can will make Steve say, "A watering can? This is just what that little chick was looking for. Let's bring it to her.", but clicking on the watering can first will make him say, "Look at this watering can. We should hold onto it for later." instead.
- Clicking on the Felt Frame first and then the package will make Steve say, "Do you think this could be the package the Felt Friends were talking about?", but clicking on the package first will make him say the same thing.
- Clicking on Baby Bear first and then a balloon will make Steve say, "Maybe this is the balloon Baby Bear was looking for!", but clicking on one first will make him say, "A balloon! Do you think we might need it? Yeah!" instead.
- Clicking on the blue coat and then the hanger will make Steve say, "Hey, we needed a hanger for something! What was that?", but clicking on the hanger first will make him say the same thing.
- Clicking on the talking presents first and then a key will make Steve say, "Is this key in the right shape to fit the lock on the chest?", but clicking on a key first will make him say the same thing.
- Clicking on Slippery first and then the juice pop stick will make Steve say, "Oooh! Maybe Slippery can use this juice pop stick to paddle his boat. Let's give it to him.", but clicking on the juice pop stick first will make him say, "A juice pop stick? Huh! Who knows, we may need this later for something." instead.
- There are a few differences in hard mode:
- Clicking on Baby Bear first and then the disposable camera will make Steve say, "Hey, you know something? Didn't someone say they needed a picture of themselves? We could use the camera!", but clicking on the disposable camera first will make him say, "My camera! I've been looking all over for this. We can use it to take pictures of the party." instead.
- Clicking on Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper first and then the magnets will make Steve say, "You know, we've been looking for magnets for something. Do you remember what for?", but clicking on the magnets first will make him say, "Hey, do you know what these are? Oh, yeah. Magnets! You know, these might come in handy. Let's hold onto them." instead.
- Clicking on the chick first and then the watering can will make Steve get an extra line of dialogue, which is "We've been looking for something like this, right?", but only after the chick is clicked on two or more times. That's because he says, "Is that the silliest watering can you ever saw? I think it wants to come with us. Great!".
- Clicking on the Felt Frame first and then Mailbox will make Steve say, "Hey, Mailbox, will hold onto this package and deliver it for you.", but clicking on Mailbox first will make him say, "Okay, Mailbox. We'll deliver this package as soon as we figure out who it's for." instead. This happens after Steve says, "Can you tell? Who is that package for?".
- Clicking on Baby Bear first and then a balloon will make Steve say, "Somebody was looking for a balloon! Does that look like the right pattern?", but clicking on one first will make him say, "I love balloons. Let's take this one with us. You never know when we'll need an extra birthday balloon." instead.
- Clicking on the blue coat and then the hanger will make Steve say, "Do you see Blue's coat hanger? We could make a mobile with it, but I think we need it for something else.", but clicking on the hanger first will make him say, "Hey! We could use that coat hanger to make another mobile. Oh, wait! That's Blue's coat hanger. We better hang onto it." instead.
- Clicking on the talking presents first and then the circle key will make Steve say, "Do you think this circle key will fit the lock in the chest?". The presents and triangle key will make him say, "Maybe this triangle key will fit the lock. Let's try it.". Or maybe the presents and square key in order will make him say, "You think this square key will fit the lock? We can try it.", but clicking on one first will make him say, "I wonder what this key is for? Let's keep it. You never know." instead.
- Clicking on Slippery first and then the juice pop stick will make Steve say, "You know, a juice pop stick is good for a lot of things. Who needed something like this?", but clicking on the juice pop stick first will make him say, "A juice pop stick. This looks interesting. We might want to use this later." instead.
- At the end of the demo, after Steve says, "Bye-bye. See you later!", he gets an extra line of dialogue, which is "And hopefully I'll find two more clues somewhere before the party. Bye. See ya.", but only after the first clue is found.
- In the Present Store, Blue will wish to play with the stuffed Magenta and Blue puppies, wish to play baseball, wish to paint pictures, wish to go out in the snow, wish to get ready for bed, or wish to march in the parade.
- In the Find Turquoise game, you get two chances to figure out which box she is in.
- When you get two strikes in the Find Turquoise game, Steve will say, "Turquoise, you hide again. This time, I'm sure we'll find you." when Turquoise pops out, or "Oh, no! Not again. Can you help me find that little turtle again?" while the boxes shake.
- When you find Turquoise on the first or last try, she will throw confetti out of her hands or give the thumbs up and dance with her eyes closed.
- When finding Turquoise for the first time, but only on the first or last try, the Cash Register will open and close his drawer to reveal confetti coming out, but pressing the escape key during that will make him try it again. This only happens once.
- Clicking on Mailbox with an extendo arm for the first time in "What Does Blue Want to Give to Her Guests at Her Party?" will make him sing the Mailtime song, just like his ribbon and balloon form that says, "Okay, so you want me to sing, don't you?".
- In the Pizza Making game, Mrs. Pepper knows what Magenta wants and Mr. Salt knows what Blue wants.
Goofs[]
- When the player's favorite color is white, Steve does not say, "Hey, that's your favorite color!" after saying it, but he only says it after saying, "Pink!" instead.
- When the Cash Register says, "It has stripes on it!", the box on the top shelf's left side does not shake.
Help Contents[]
Blue's Birthday Adventure Help Contents
Gallery[]
Soundtrack[]
Blue's Birthday Adventure - A Learning Adventure (Full Soundtrack)