Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Adrenium Games |
| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Release date(s) | November 10, 2004 |
| Genre(s) | Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) PEGI: 3+ |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, PC |
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is a 2004 game based on the Lemony Snicket book series and film. Players take the roles of Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire, solving puzzles, fighting villains and finding objects. The game is centered around the plots of the first three books of the series (The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room and The Wide Window). Players encounter characters such as Mr. Poe, Uncle Monty and Aunt Josephine, along with villains such as Count Olaf, The Hook-Handed Man, The White-Faced Women and The Bald Headed Man.
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[edit] Voices
(Note: only on PS2, GameCube and Xbox)
Jim Carrey as Count Olaf/Stephano/Captain Sham
Liam Aiken as Klaus Baudelaire
Emily Browning as Violet Baudelaire
[edit] PS2, Gamecube and Xbox
The three console versions have the same basic layout - players can switch between playing as Klaus, Violet and, at certain moments, Sunny. The game begins at Count Olaf's house, then progresses to Justice Strauss's home, back to Olaf's, then to Uncle Monty's house, then Damocles Dock, then Aunt Josephine's house, Curdled Cave and, finally, Olaf's again. Along the way, Violet invents things - Klaus's weapon (the Brilliant Bopper), her own weapon (the Fruit Flinger), the Baby Booster (which helps Sunny jump), the Steady Stilts (so that Violet can reach high places) and the Levitating Loafers (which can make Klaus fly).
[edit] Game Boy Advance
The GBA version is different in that players can switch between all three Baudelaires at all times. The game also features more places, such as Briny Beach. It is said to be harder than console versions. In The Reptile Room level, some reptiles are mentioned that never appear in the books.
[edit] PC
The PC version has several differences from the console games. For one, players can't switch between characters. The game keeps the player as one character, switching to another when necessary, and even separates the older Baudelaire siblings at times. Secondly, there are two new environments, Briny Beach and a horseradish factory (presumably the one that is discussed in The Reptile Room, The Grim Grotto, and Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography). Finally, players have different inventions to make; the Smasher, the Lobber, the Lockpick, the Sprayer, the Lever Yanker, the Reptile Retriever, some stilts, and a Grappling Hook. As a bonus, players can collect eyes, every ten eyes collected gives the player a poster for an Olaf theater production, and letters from the alphabet which start a word that gets defined. Some of the words, such as Quagmire and Xenophobe, are featured in the later books.
(a.k.a. Daniel Handler)
Illustrated by Brett Helquist
