Ludography
67/100
Players7 ratings
More scores
GameFAQsSimple-Easy
3.81/5
Player reviews
94% positive138 reviews
Steam Deck
Playable
Runs on
Windows, Mac, Linux
Price
US$6.99

Where to get it

Fatty Bear cover

1993 · Humongous Entertainment · Adventure · Point-and-click adventure

Fatty Bear

Help Fatty Bear and His Friends Cook Up A Birthday You'll Never Forget!

Released
26 March 1993
Platforms
3DO3DO Interactive MultiplayerLinuxWindowsmacOS
Genres
AdventurePoint-and-click adventurePuzzle
Developers
Humongous Entertainment
Publishers
Humongous Entertainment
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
ComedyEducationalKids
Engine
SCUMM
Country
United States
Languages
English
Time to beat
0.5hmain story1hcompletionist

About

Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise is an adventure video game developed by Humongous Entertainment and published in 1993 for 3DO, MS-DOS, and Classic Mac OS. A Windows version followed in 1995. Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise is the second game by Humongous Entertainment, following Putt-Putt Joins the Parade. It is the only Fatty Bear adventure, although the character was also used in the minigame compilations Fatty Bear's Fun Pack and the crossover spin-off Putt-Putt & Fatty Bear's Activity Pack. In July 2013, Tommo bought the Fatty Bear license for the Atari bankruptcy proceedings.

Players say

Media

Fatty Bear screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The gameplay is much like that of the Putt-Putt games. The player is able to control Fatty Bear by clicking on a specific spot in each location for Fatty Bear to move to. Fatty Bear has the ability to keep items in his pockets to solve puzzles. There are also different minigames that can be played throughout the game.

Story

A girl named Kayla falls asleep the night before her birthday, looking forward to a big surprise present that her parents announced. While she sleeps, Kayla's plushies come to life to prepare for her party. Kayla's teddy bear, Fatty Bear, decides to make a chocolate chip birthday cake for the party and accepts the help of Kayla's stuffed bunny, Matilda Rabbit, in baking it, while Kayla's doll, Gretchen, volunteers to decorate Kayla's room for the party, including making a sign on Kayla's bulletin board saying, "Happy Birthday". Fatty Bear and Matilda Rabbit then head to the kitchen in order to start making the cake.

In the kitchen, Fatty Bear discovers a present box and becomes curious as to what could be in it. Much to his surprise, a female puppy bursts out of the box and starts causing havoc around the house. When Fatty Bear returns to Kayla's room, Gretchen tells him that the puppy stole three of the letters to the Happy Birthday sign and tasks the bear with finding them, as well as blowing five balloons for her, which he does.

Reception

Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the 3DO version a 7.2 out of 10, saying that it is similar to the Putt-Putt games, but that, given the choice between the two games, gamers should get one of the Putt-Putt games instead. Computer Gaming World approved of the "delightful" PC version's interactivity and lack of need to complete the game, describing it as "a wonderful introduction to the computer for beginning users and a delightful game for more experienced youngsters".

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows26 March 1993Worldwide
3DO Interactive Multiplayer31 December 1993Worldwide

Games like this

Collections1 collection

Platform libraries

Description adapted from its source, CC BY-SA 4.0.