Pajama Sam
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Pajama Sam | |
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First release | Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside October 18, 1996 |
Latest release | Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff! October 14, 2003 |
The Pajama Sam series is a collection of point and click children's adventure and puzzle games originally created by Humongous Entertainment.
Games
Adventure games
All games consist of multiple parts: an introductory phase in which Sam begins in one room of his house, entering an imaginary world through some dark space in his house, the actual journey he undertakes in that world, and a concluding cinematic that ends the story. While Sam is in the imaginary world, he can move from one screen to another and interact with the environment with
In the first game, the player had no control over what scenarios would be encountered in one playthrough. In the sequel, the player can choose from several combinations of scenarios to play with, and in the third game, the player is given complete control on what kind of scenarios are encountered for each step towards resolving the main conflict.
- Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside (1996)
- Pajama Sam: Don't Fear The Dark (2008 Wii port)
- Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide (2014 mobile port)
- Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening (1998)
- Pajama Sam: Thunder and Lightning (2014 mobile port)
- Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet (2000)
- Pajama Sam 3 (2015 mobile port)
- Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff! (2003)
The third title was ported to the original PlayStation. More than a decade since the series' inception, the first game in the series was also ported to the Wii, which suffered from limited availability due to a legal conflict concerning its development. In the 2010s, the first three games of the series were ported to iOS and Android as paid games.
Other games
"Junior Arcades" | ||
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Game | Releases | Developer/Publisher |
Pajama Sam's Sock Works |
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Humongous Entertainment |
Pajama Sam's Lost & Found |
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Humongous Entertainment |
"Activity Packs" | ||
Game | Releases | Developer/Publisher |
Pajama Sam's One Stop Fun Shop |
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Humongous Entertainment |
Pajama Sam: Games to Play on Any Day |
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Humongous Entertainment |
Availability
For Steam the games were released as single games,[1] or bundled with the other Pajama Sam games in "Pajama Sam Complete Pack"[2] or was packaged with all Humongous Entertainment games in "Humongous Entertainment Complete Pack".[3]
- The games are available OS X and Linux.
- Infogrames released a CD titled "Freddi Fish / Pajama Sam Value 2-Pack" containing Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds and Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside.[4]
- Humongous Entertainment released a CD titled "Humongous Entertainment Triple Treat", which included Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds, Pajama Sam's Sock Works and Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo.[5]
- Putt Putt Travels Through Time.[6]
- Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside was included in the "Kids' BackPack IV" CD along with Math Blaster Episode I: In Search of Spot, Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds, Just Me and My Mom and Muppet Treasure Island.[7]
- Big Island Publishing released in 2009, a twin pack titled "Pajama Sam: 2 Pack" and containing both Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet and Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff!.[8]
- Humongous Entertainment released a bundle of 3 discs titled "Pajama Sam 3-pack", which included Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside, Pajama Sam's Lost & Found and Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet.
- Pajama Sam's Sock Works was released for Windows and Macintosh on a compilation CD titled "Super Duper Arcade 1", along with Spy Fox in: Cheese Chase, Freddi Fish and Luther's Water Worries and Putt-Putt and Pep's Balloon-O-Rama.[9]
- Pajama Sam's Lost & Found was released for Windows and Macintosh on a compilation CD titled "Super Duper Arcade 2", along with Spy Fox in: Hold the Mustard, Freddi Fish and Luther's Maze Madness and Putt-Putt and Pep's Dog on a Stick[10]
Books
Various children's books about Pajama Sam have been published by Lyrick Publishing.
Title | Date | Writer | Publisher | Illustrator |
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Pajama Sam: Color and Activity Book[11] | August 2000 | Lyrick Studios | ||
Pajama Sam: Mission to the Moon[12] | August 28, 2000 | Dave Grossman | Lyrick Studios | |
Pajama Sam: The Magic Hat Tree[13] | August 2000 | Lyrick Studios | N. S. Greenfield | |
Pajama Sam: Amazing TV Adventure[14] | January 2001 | Biz Magoo | Lyrick Studios | Dirk Wunderlich |
Pajama Sam What's Different?[15] | January 2001 | Nancy Parent | Lyrick Studios | Darren McKee |
Pajama Sam: Out to Lunch![16] | January 2001 | Biz Magoo | Lyrick Studios | |
Pajama Sam: Food Fight[17] | August 2001 | Lyrick Studios |
References
- ^ "Pajama Sam on Steam". Steam. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ "Pajama Sam Complete Pack on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
- ^ "Humongous Entertainment Complete Pack on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
- ^ "UPC 825247060903 - Freddi Fish / Pajama Sam Value 2-Pack | upcitemdb.com".
- ^ "Humongous Entertainment Triple Treat (Win95/Win98/Win3.1/Mac) - from CD-ROM Access". www.cdaccess.com. Archived from the original on 2000-05-10.
- OCLC 42255135.
- PC Magazine. No. 16. September 3, 1997. p. 37.
- ^ "Pajama Sam: 2 Pack (2009)".
- ^ "Super Duper Arcade 1". Retrieved December 19, 2016.
- ^ "Super Duper Arcade 2". Retrieved December 19, 2016.
- ^ "ISBN 1570649499". Barcode Lookup. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- ^ "ISBN 1570649502". Barcode Lookup. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
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