Software:Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem

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Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem
PAL region Xbox cover art
PAL region Xbox cover art
Developer(s)Artificial Mind and Movement
Publisher(s)THQ
Producer(s)Alexandre Parizeau
Designer(s)Elie Charest
Programmer(s)Stéphane Cravel
Composer(s)Jean-Frédéric Vachon
EngineRenderWare
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
ReleaseGame Boy Advance
  • NA: September 10, 2003
  • PAL: November 7, 2003
PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube & Xbox
  • NA: March 2, 2004
  • PAL: March 26, 2004
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem is a third-person action-adventure video game based on the Scooby-Doo franchise. The game was developed by Artificial Mind and Movement and published by THQ in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance. It was later released for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox in 2004.

Plot

When Scooby and the gang discover that someone has released thousands of real ghosts and monsters from a magic book called The Tome of Doom, they race to solve mysteries and put the monsters back into it. The gang explore five locations, including: Hambridge Library, the Milton Brothers Movie Studio, the Gold Mountain western theme park, a bayou, and Sherman-Tech Headquarters.

Gameplay

The player controls two characters, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy Rogers, as they progress through five levels, solving mysteries for Mystery Inc. The player can switch between Scooby and Shaggy to utilize their unique abilities, such as Scooby being able to crawl under narrow spaces. Some levels only allow for one playable character. Players find clues within the levels, take the clues to Velma Dinkley, and are then able to defeat monsters by using the Tome of Doom. The book has no effect on human enemies or alligators, which the characters can only avoid. The Tome of Doom can be charged up using magical wisps, which the player can collect along their way when the tome is low on magic. Floating green skulls also provide an endless supply of wisps. The tome also requires the right page in order to capture certain monsters. In some areas, monsters must be defeated in order to remove the force fields blocking the way out. The player characters have a 'cool meter', which when empty, causes the player to lose control of the character. The player can refill this meter by consuming Scooby Snacks or other foods found in the level. Certain food items are counted as collectibles and unlock bonuses if the player finds all of them within a particular level.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings(Xbox) 59.82%[1]
(PS2) 59.52%[2]
(GC) 55.75%[3]
(GBA) 53.20%[4]
Metacritic(Xbox) 56/100[5]
(PS2) 55/100[6]
(GC) 54/100[7]
(GBA) 53/100[8]
Review scores
PublicationScore
CVG6.8/10[9]
Game Informer(GBA) 6/10[10]
4/10[11]
GameSpot5.6/10[12]
GameZone6.5/10[13][14][15]
(Xbox) 6/10[16]
IGN5.5/10[17]
(GBA) 5/10[18]
Nintendo Power(GBA) 3/5[19]
(GC) 2.2/5[20]
OPM (US)3/5 stars[21]
PALGN6/10[22]
TeamXbox7.4/10[23]
X-Play2/5 stars[24]
The Times4/5 stars[25]

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem received "mixed or average" reviews.[7][4][5][6] GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 53.20% and 53 out of 100 for the Game Boy Advance version;[4][8] 59.82% and 56 out of 100 for the Xbox version;[1][5] 59.52% and 55 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version;[2][6] and 55.75% and 54 out of 100 for the GameCube version.[3][7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem for Xbox". GameRankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/918738-scooby-doo-mystery-mayhem/index.html. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/918659-scooby-doo-mystery-mayhem/index.html. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem for GameCube". GameRankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/919748-scooby-doo-mystery-mayhem/index.html. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem for Game Boy Advance". GameRankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/915362-scooby-doo-mystery-mayhem/index.html. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem for Xbox Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/scooby-doo-mystery-mayhem/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem for PlayStation 2 Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/scooby-doo-mystery-mayhem/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem for GameCube Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/scooby-doo-mystery-mayhem/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Scooby-Doo: Mystery Mayhem for Game Boy Advance Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/scooby-doo-mystery-mayhem/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance. 
  9. ↑ CVG staff (May 2004). "Review: Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem". Computer and Video Games. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=103830. Retrieved June 11, 2014. 
  10. ↑ Helgeson, Matt (January 2004). "Scooby-Doo: Mystery Mayhem (GBA)". Game Informer (129): 160. http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/EBA2966C-48E7-496A-913C-23A363C85A93.htm. Retrieved June 11, 2014. 
  11. ↑ Helgeson, Matt (May 2004). "Scooby-Doo: Mystery Mayhem". Game Informer (133): 94. http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/90F45B5D-1740-4C41-BCAD-0666F7E461D5.htm. Retrieved June 11, 2014. 
  12. ↑ Davis, Ryan (April 6, 2004). "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem Review". http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/scooby-doo-mystery-mayhem-review/1900-6093056/. 
  13. ↑ Lafferty, Michael (October 12, 2003). "Scooby-Doo: Mystery Mayhem - GBA - Review". GameZone. http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/2003/10/12/scooby_doo_mystery_mayhem_gba_review. 
  14. ↑ Hopper, Steven (March 29, 2004). "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem - PS2 - Review". GameZone. http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/2004/03/29/scooby_doo_mystery_mayhem_ps2_review. 
  15. ↑ Hollingshead, Anise (March 24, 2004). "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem - GC - Review". GameZone. http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/2004/03/24/scooby_doo_mystery_mayhem_gc_review. 
  16. ↑ The Bearer (March 23, 2004). "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem - XB - Review". GameZone. http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/2004/03/23/scooby_doo_mystery_mayhem_xb_review. 
  17. ↑ Irwin, Mary Jane (March 29, 2004). "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem". http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/03/29/scooby-doo-mystery-mayhem-2. 
  18. ↑ Harris, Craig (October 6, 2003). "Scooby-Doo: Mystery Mayhem (GBA)". http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/06/scooby-doo-mystery-mayhem. 
  19. ↑ "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem (GBA)". Nintendo Power 174: 154. November 2003. 
  20. ↑ "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem (GC)". Nintendo Power 180: 121. May 2004. 
  21. ↑ "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 88. June 2004. 
  22. ↑ Keller, Matt (April 2, 2004). "Scooby-Doo: Mystery Mayhem Review - PlayStation 2 Review". http://www.palgn.com.au/article.php?id=1080. 
  23. ↑ Nardozzi, Dale (March 31, 2004). "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem Review (Xbox)". TeamXbox. http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/730/ScoobyDoo-Mystery-Mayhem/p1. 
  24. ↑ Miller, Skyler (April 27, 2004). "'Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem' (GCN) Review". X-Play. http://www.techtv.com/xplay/reviews/story/0,24330,3670035,00.html. 
  25. ↑ "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem". The Times. April 17, 2004. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/technology/article1862228.ece. 

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