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adventure video game
Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse
By Humongous Entertainment, released 1 Jan 1996
- Microsoft Windows
- Linux
- macOS
- Classic Mac OS
What it is
Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse is an adventure game from Humongous Entertainment, released in 1996. Freddi Fish and Luther investigate a schoolhouse haunting and try to build a trap to reveal who is behind it. Players help them find items, and the required list changes between playthroughs. The mystery takes the pair through locations including a submarine, a ship and Atlantis. The game lets players save and return later, and offers breaks from the investigation with mini-games, puzzles, drawing and songs. It is a single-player game with Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud and Family Sharing. Steam lists Windows, macOS and Linux; the platform list also includes Classic Mac OS. The Steam release uses ScummVM across Windows, Mac and Linux, which is released under GNU GPL v2. Humongous Entertainment and Nightdive Studios are listed as publishers.
What players like, and what they don't
- Item lists change between playthroughs
- Can save and return later
- Includes puzzles, drawing and songs
- Steam Cloud is listed
- No multiplayer feature is listed
- No console platform is listed
Who it suits
It suits children and families looking for a single-player mystery with item-finding, puzzles, drawing and songs. It also fits players who want to save and resume later.
The changing item hunt gives the schoolhouse mystery variation between playthroughs, while mini-games offer a change of pace. It is listed for Windows, macOS and Linux on Steam.
