Playthrough: The Berenstain Bears in the Dark - Part 1
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Played by: Hondo20132
See? I told you this was coming. Sorry this took so long. This is, by far, the second rarest Living Books game ever, losing to New Kid on the Block. If you have a copy, consider yourself lucky.
Also, R.I.P. Stan and Jan Berenstain :(
The Berenstain Bears in the Dark is (C) 1996 Living Books/Wanderful Storybooks and (C) 1982 Berenstain, Inc.
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[scene opens in the public library, with several patrons milling about and a female librarian (glasses, green sweater, red scarf, red dress) marking books at the front desk]
NARRATOR: Sister and Brother Bear were at the Bear Country Library. Sister had already chosen her books and was waiting at the check-out desk.
SISTER: Brother Bear, are you going to take all day to pick your books?
BROTHER: Hold your horses, I'm looking for a good mystery.
[he grabs a book from the shelf marked "Mysteries"]
SISTER: Brother, how hard can it be to pick a book?
BROTHER: I'm going as fast as I can!
SISTER: Well, hurry up!
[she drops the books she was holding, and everyone else shushes her]
[the player clicks on the book in Brother Bear's hands, as little pirates reach out from the pages and beging fighting each other]
BROTHER: Cool, pirates!
[he puts the book away and grabs another book]
[the player clicks the book, as a little lion comes out of the pages and roars at Brother Bear]
BROTHER: Whoa, lions!
[he puts the book away and grabs another book]
[the player clicks the book, as little hearts float out of the pages while a man and woman speak in French to each other (causing Brother Bear to slam the book shut in disgust)]
BROTHER: Ew, yuck!
[he puts the book away and grabs another book]
[the player clicks the "Mysteries" label on the shelf, as the owl bookends on top of the shelf come to life]
OWL 1: Mysteries ... whooooo dunnit?
[the player clicks on the owl bookend, as it pushes the books behind its back (nearly causing the other owl bookend to fall over) and chuckles to itself]
OWL 2: Hey! Quit pushing!
[the player clicks on the books between the two owl bookends, causing them to expand and contract like an accordion]
[the player clicks on a sign marked "Cubs Corner" (where a mother and her baby are looking over one of the bookshelves)]
NARRATOR: Cubs Corner!
[the player clicks on the open "B" shelf in the card catalog, causing it to close and the "A" shelf to pop open]
[the player clicks on the closed "C" shelf in the card catalog, causing it to pop open and send cards flying out]
[the player clicks on the open "A" shelf in the card catalog, causing it to close and the "B" shelf to pop open again (as a little mouse sticks its head out of the drawer)]
MOUSE 1: Who's flipping those drawers open?
[the mouse jumps out of the drawer and storms off]
MOUSE 1: That does it! I'm outta here!
[the player clicks on a patron reading a book, as she flips the page (causing lightning to shoot out of the book as the unseen protagonist of the story cackles menacingly)]
FEMALE PATRON 1: Oh my goodness, I just love thrillers!
[the player clicks on the patron again, as someone in the book screams, causing her glasses to jump up in the air before landing back on her nose (somone in the book then reaches out and adjusts her glasses)]
FEMALE PATRON 1: Thank you!
[the player clicks on the lamp next to the patron, as she turns it on (causing a firefly to jump out of the lampshade in pain)]
FIREFLY: Yow!
[the firefly points an accusing finger at the patron]
FIREFLY: Hey, how would you like me pulling on your tail?!
[it flies away]
FEMALE PATRON 1: Oh, excuse me!
[the player clicks on the lamp again, as the patron turns it on]
[the player clicks on the lamp again, as the patron turns it off]
[the player clicks on the doorway, as a squirrel appears and sticks its face up against the glass (making rude noises at the patrons inside) before scurrying off again]
[the player clicks on the doorway again, as a male patron enters carrying a giant stack of books, tossing them into the librarian's arms]
LIBRARIAN: Uh!
MALE PATRON 1: Those were great books!
[she slowly sinks under the desk from the weight of the books]
MALE PATRON 1: I think I'll get some more!
[the librarian pops back up (without the books), as the patron walks off]
[the player clicks on the doorway again, as the patron returns with another giant pile of books (handing them to the librarian)]
LIBRARIAN: Uh!
MALE PATRON 1: I'll take these!
[she sinks under the desk again]
MALE PATRON 1: But I'm gonna look for a few more!
[the librarian pops back up (without the books), as the patron walks off]
[the player clicks on the "In" sign next to the librarian]
NARRATOR: In!
[another male patron enters and hands the librarian a single red book]
MALE PATRON 2: I'm checking this in.
[the librarian takes the book, and the patron walks off camera]
[the player clicks on the "Out" sign next to the librarian]
NARRATOR: Out!
[the patron returns with another red book, handing it (and his library card) to the librarian]
MALE PATRON 2: I'm checking this out.
[she stamps the book, as the patron takes it and exits the library]
[the player clicks the bear bookends on the desk in front of the librarian, causing the books between them to move up and down like the keys on a piano (the bears then giggle in a high-pitched tone)]
[the player clicks on the books in the shelf behind the librarian, as they move up and down and cheer like they're sports fans doing "the wave"]
[the player clicks on a pile of books in front of the librarian, as they fall to the ground (causing everyone else to shush her)]
[the librarian slides under the desk in embarrassment, then pops back up with the book and returns them to their former state]
[the player clicks on the librarian, as she suddenly takes off her glasses and throws them to the ground]
LIBRARIAN: I feel a song coming on!
[everyone else gives no reaction, as music starts to play and the librarian begins to sing]
LIBRARIAN: Oh, I love books! I read them every day!
[she grabs the pile of books in front of her and starts juggling them]
LIBRARIAN: I check them in, I check them out! I wanna know what they're all about! So give me a book to read, 'cause books to read are what I need!
[she turns and wiggles her behind towards the camera]
LIBRARIAN: I love boooooks!
[the music stops (as the patrons still give no reaction to her performance)]
LIBRARIAN: Thank you!
[she grabs her glasses and goes back to marking books (as if nothing out of the ordinary just happened)]
[the player clicks on a bookshelf near the mother and her baby, as the books jump out and start dancing to banjo music]
[the player clicks on the mother, as she turns and speaks to the librarian (causing the baby on her shoulders to reach out and grab one of the books off the shelf behind her back)]
FEMALE PATRON 2: Excuse me, do you have any baby bear books?
LIBRARIAN: There should be one there.
[the mother turns back towards the shelf and continues browsing (as the baby reads the book and giggles), then turns back towards the librarian]
FEMALE PATRON 2: Hmm, I can't seem to find them.
[while her back is turned again, the baby places the book back on the shelf, then the mother returns to her browsing (none the wiser)]
[the player clicks on the baby, who starts to fidget before the mother pats it on the back (causing the baby to burp loudly)]
FEMALE PATRON 2: That's a good baby!
[the player clicks on the bookshelf in front of the mother, as she takes a book out and opens it (causing musical notes to jump out of the pages as a flute can be heard)]
FEMALE PATRON 2: It's a book about music!
[the baby shakes its head]
BABY: Uh uh!
[the mother puts the book back on the shelf]
[the player clicks the bookshelf again, as a book flies around the room (while an airplane propellor can be heard) before returning to its place on the shelf]
FEMALE PATRON 2: It's a book about flying!
[the baby folds its arms and again shakes its head]
BABY: Uh uh!
[the player clicks the bookshelf again, as the mother takes out a book and reads the cover title]
FEMALE PATRON 2: It's a book called ... "How to Fool Your Parents."
[the baby smiles and nods]
BABY: Mm hmm!
FEMALE PATRON 2: Mm ... I don't think so.
[she puts the book back on the shelf]
[the player clicks on the little arrow in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen]
SISTER: Haven't you found anything yet?
BROTHER: I'm going to look over here.
[he walks off camera, as his sister sighs before following him]
SISTER: Brother Bear ...
[cut to another part of the library, as brother and sister (now alone) look around a bookshelf labelled "Music"]
NARRATOR: Sister Bear usually took out storybooks and books about nature, and sometimes books of poems. Brother liked those too, but lately he'd become interested in mysteries ... especially spooky ones.
[he holds up a book entitled "The Case of the Crying Cave"]
BROTHER: Hey, this one looks good!
NARRATOR: He said finally.
SISTER: Hmm ...
NARRATOR: Said Sister. It was called "The Case of the Crying Cave."
SISTER: It looks scary to me!
[the player clicks on Sister Bear, as she picks up a book and opens it (as birds and butterflies come flying out)]
SISTER: Did you know that butterflies start life as caterpillars?
[he yawns]
BROTHER: Boring!
[the player clicks on Brother Bear]
BROTHER: I like mysteries, because they're scary ... "The Case of the Crying Cave," I can't wait to read it!
SISTER: I like my books better!
[the player clicks on the book in Brother Bear's hand, causing it to shake as a wailing woman can be heard]
BROTHER: Wow!
[the player clicks on a pile of books on the floor, as the cover opens to reveal a pair of eyes looking around]
[the player clicks on a book on the floor next to Sister Bear, as more butterflies fly out while jungle sounds can be heard]
[the player clicks on the pile of books that Sister Bear is sitting on, causing them to fall over]
SISTER: Whoa!
[she gets up off the floor and stacks the books back up again, then sits down]
[the player clicks the "Music" label on the shelf, as more banjo music can be heard]
NARRATOR: Music!
[the player clicks the music shelf again, as a pink book pops out holding a violin]
BOOK 1: Classical!
[it plays some music before returning to its place on the shelf]
[the player clicks the music shelf again, as a brown book pops out holding a pair of bongo drums]
BOOK 2: World music!
[it plays some music before returning to its place on the shelf]
[the player clicks the music shelf again, as a blue book pops out holding a trumpet]
BOOK 3: Jazz!
[it plays some music before returning to its place on the shelf]
[the player clicks the music shelf again, as another pink book pops out holding a harmonica]
BOOK 4: Folk!
[it plays some music before returning to its place on the shelf]
[the player clicks the music shelf again, as a yellow book pops out holding an electric guitar]
BOOK 5: Rock and roll!
[it plays some music before returning to its place on the shelf]
[the player clicks a poster on the wall, featuring a muscular bear holding a book in his hands]
BODYBUILDER: Build you brain ... read!
[the player clicks on the nearby magazine shelf, as a bear playing a banjo jumps off one of the covers and begins playing]
[the player clicks the magazine shelf again, as a bear in clown makeup jumps off one of the covers and begins laughing]
[the player clicks the magazine shelf again, as a white horse jumps off one of the covers and begins galloping around]
[the player clicks the magazine shelf again, as the firefly from before jumps off one of the covers and speaks directly to the camera]
FIREFLY: I find the library very enlightening!
[he winks and flies away, then the other insects on the cover (a nature magazine?) start wriggling around and laughing]
[the player clicks on some books on top of another bookshelf]
BOOK 6: Hey, check me out!
BOOK 7: No, check me!
[the player clicks on the books again]
BOOK 6: Check me out!
BOOK 7: Me, me!
[the player clicks on the books again, as a hole appears in one of the books and a little yellow bookworm (wearing glasses) sticks its head out]
BOOKWORM: Mm, I love a good book!
[it smacks its lips and rubs its belly]
BOOKWORM: Ah!
[it "closes" the hole that it made (like a doorway), and the book looks good as new]
[the player clicks on the bookshelf, as two mice enter]
MOUSE 2: Come on, there's some great books about cheese over here!
MOUSE 3: Mm, yum!
[they run underneath the bookshelf, as the sounds of chewing can be heard]
[the player clicks on the little arrow in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen]
BROTHER: Let's check out.
[he runs off camera]
SISTER: Okay, it's about time!
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From wikia.com:
The Berenstain Bears in the Dark is the tenth Living Books CD-Rom from 1999. Which was based on the book by Stan & Jan Berenstain in 1982. And this CD-Rom was released on October 18, 1999.
Plot
The story opens in the library, where Sister Bear impatiently waits for Brother to check out a book. He finds one titled The Case of the Crying Cave, and Sister remarks that it sounds scary, and by contrast, borrows a much more cutesy book. Once they get home, both start to read their books, but Sister gets a little bored with hers, and begins reading with Brother. Brother begins to dramatize the book, and makes a howling noise that freaks out Sister. When they go to bed that night, Sister begins to picture dark things as spooky, and has trouble sleeping. Brother then makes a wailing noise, which causes her to cry for help. Mama and Papa rush into the kids' room, tripping over each other, and Sister falls on top of them. Mama and Papa try to convince her that there's nothing to be afraid of, but it doesn't do any good, and both siblings fight whether to sleep with the lights on or off. The next morning, the family is too tired to do anything. This finally leads to Papa explaining that her imagination has been taking control of her and making the dark look spooky. He takes her to the attic, and she tries not to let her imagination take her over. She soons begins to learn that she was only fooling herself and there was really nothing to be afraid of. Papa proceeds to show her his old night light, telling her that even he was afraid of the dark once, which puts Sister in disbelief. She goes back down and decides to finish reading The Case of the Crying Cave. She gets disappointed when the wailing noise heard in the book turned out to just be wind, and remarks about this to Brother that night. The story ends with Brother feeling a little uneasy about the dark, and deciding that he has had enough of mysteries for a while.
Mini-games
* Sister and Papa's Animal-Cave Match
* Brother's Picture Jumble
Trivia
* This is the first game to use a 640x480 resolution in comparison to the previous 512x384 titles.
* A prototype of Stellaluna and the Green Eggs and Ham demo appears on this disc, due to it not being released at the time. It even includes a click point that didn't make it into the final.
* A fair amount of the animations are reused from The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight, including the "The End" screen, the options screen, and the quit screen.
* Not counting Arthur's Birthday V2, this is the last game to use the wizard animation in the credits.
* Like the other Berenstain Bears game, this one has been out of print for very long, and is really hard to find.
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