ClueFinders: 3rd Grade Adventures

The UK version of the game is still abandonware as the store listed only sells the American version. Nowhere sells "Cluefinders Year 3 Adventures", only "Cluefinders Grade 3 Adventures", which is a different game with different voice actors.

Surely it makes sense to still host a verified download of the UK version here?

I very like this game

I can't find the link to download it :(

All it took was to extract the file and it worked. There's one problem though. First, the game isn't fullscreen. Second, the accent of the characters isn't the same one as my old game. Is there a way to change it?

Okay so this is very easy to do. Download the larger file, mount the cue file using dameon tools or similar program. Run setup and boom your 7 years old again.

It works! It actually works! Thank you so much Limnut! My childhood is back!

Hey I now have an iso of the american version of this game!
So how can I upload it here?
I even added a little read me that tells how to install the best way!

I don't remember that game for long time ago when I was young in 2000, but I'm deaf. I'd need to know about this game download having some English Sub?

OK so after reading the comments I determined that the larger second file was the American version I remember from back in the day. I downloaded it and see two files labeled TLC-Cluefinders3rdGradeAdventures-Win95Mac.bin and TLC-Cluefinders3rdGradeAdventures-Win95Mac.cue, but no way to run it. I figured it must be a two part install where the first download is still necessary, and so I did. It has the full ability to launch from what I can tell, however I assume from previous comments that not only will there be British accents (which I don't really mind to be honest) but also the puzzles have some differences. I assume The second file which I originally downloaded needs to go somewhere in here to overwrite some files... however there are no instructions and I'm not entirely sure where to put it.

Anyone know how to make this work? I would like to get my nephew into this great series haha :)

I've been in a huge nostalgia thing lately, but can only half-remember anything from my childhood, none of which are names of things unfortunately. It took me forever to find this and I'm glad I did! Hopefully I can get it to work, I'd love to replay it!

There are two downloads here. The smaller one is for ClueFinders Year 3 and 4 adventures, which is the British localization of the game. The larger one is a re-released version of the American one which uses the Learning Launcher package. They are essentially the same, but in the British version, the characters' names have changed (Joni, Santiago and Leslie become Josie, Sebastian and Lucy) and all the dialogue has been dubbed over. Also notably, one of the puzzles is different. In the American one, six birds all want to go to the United States for a vacation, but each bird visits a different region. In the British one, each bird goes on holiday to a country on a different continent.

ClueFinders 3rd Grade is the first game in the series, and it shows; the animation and character design look slightly more primitive and unpolished compared to later games in the series. Also, while all the ClueFinders games are intended for older players in general, this adventure with its bright colors, cartoonish talking animals and songs is definitely aimed at the younger set. But don't get me wrong; it's still a big kid's game with big kid challenges, along with lots of little snippets of humor, too. Watch out for the characters' animations, and feel free to click on them during their travels, before and after puzzles get solved. Lots of hidden gems and jokes to find.

Limnut's instructions helped, but the game's videos would stutter until I set the compatibility mode to "Windows 95", then it ran without hiccups!
I don't know of a way to view the game in a 4:3 aspect ratio though.

Hi from 2020 Dec,
I spent 5 hours trying to install the game and hopes this works for you.
1. Install Virtual CloneDrive
2. Run Setup.exe
If not working:
- right click; send to desktop (create shortcut)
- right click on icon; Properties; Compatibility tab; "Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 2), Reduced color mode, Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution
3. If setup 32 not working:
Solution: go to Task Manager, on the details tab, right click on setup.exe and 'analyze wait chain', this may show you the program that is blocking the installation from continuing. In my case it was Evernote, I closed it and it worked again.

4. Install DirectX (old version) if you face an error after setting up
Head here: https://windowsreport.com/directx-errors-windows-10/#:~:text=Some%20applications%20require%20older%20versions,DirectX%20errors%20should%20be%20fixed.

5. Restart computer
6. Run Setup.exe again

This is not a DOS game but a windows game hence wont work on DOS.

i loved this game so much when i was little, but math was not my strong suit, so i was really bad at it lol. now i'm downloading it as a senior environmental science major in college, and maybe i can finally beat it. this game rocks.

Hello, can you explain me how does it work to install the game?
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Thanks a lot.

Hi, I have a hp laptop, looking for my son to play while schools out, I’ve downloaded it but it doesn't work, is it possible to download the whole game? Or do I have to try and find it on eBay and buy an external drive thing? Someone please help. Thank you.

No hay en español? :(

very excellent review

@KI-MONO
Please can you explain in detail how u gog it to work please
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