Fatty Bear must help the other toys prepare a surprise party for Kayla. He must find the ingredients for a cake and then make it, find the missing letters for the happy birthday sign and blow up some balloons among other things. The game also includes bowling and piano minigames.

NOTE: Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise is the one and only Jr. Adventure to star Fatty Bear & He was reduced to a cameo character for the later games.

If you have an Old Panasonic 3DO Console & the Panasonic 3DO Version of Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise, then the Controls are Simple to understand. In the Japanese Import Version of the game, you can play the game with either the English Audio or Japanese Audio Tracks.

Selecting the Fatty Bear with the US Flag on the Right Side of the Screen with launch the game with the English Audio Track while Fatty Bear with the Japanese Flag on the Left Side of the Screen will launch the game with the Japanese Audio Track.

Panasonic 3DO Controls
Play/Pause Button:
Pauses the Game

A, B & C Buttons:
Action Button

Direction Pad:
Move Cursor

Languge Select (Japanese Import Version Only):
Left = Japanese
Right = English

3DO Interactive Sampler YT Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnszJyvePtc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOjbJe5L2xY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc1__xvg39I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjCeFAp5F3I

The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer (often called simply the 3DO) is a video game console platform developed by The 3DO Company. Conceived by entrepreneur and Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins, the 3DO was not a console manufactured by the company itself, but a series of specifications, originally designed by Dave Needle and R. J. Mical of New Technology Group, that could be licensed by third-parties. Panasonic produced the first models in 1993, and further renditions of the hardware were released in 1994 by Sanyo and GoldStar (now LG Corp).

Despite a highly promoted launch (including being named Time magazine's "1994 Product of the Year") and a host of cutting-edge technologies, the 3DO's high price (US $699 at launch) and an over-saturated console market prevented the system from achieving success comparable to veteran competitors Sega and Nintendo.

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Cabbage Head: in Kayla's room, there is a head of cabbage on the bottom shelf. You can place a variety of different eyes, noses and mouths on the cabbage in this fun little mini-game.

Piano Playing: There is a piano on the left side of the living room where you can play a variety of different nursery rhymes or even make up your own music. It also allows you to change the sound from a piano to a dog bark, a spring, a hammer, a bell, and a thump.

Aquarium: More fun than a mini-game. The aquarium allows you to look at the different fish and sea life inside and click on the variety of fish.

Bowling: Located in the backyard. You get ten sets and two balls per set. Not much different to normal bowling.

Cake Making & Decorating: After you get the ingredients for the Cake, you'll need to make it. Click on the all the ingredients in any order then the Egg beater. After you mix all the ingredients, you can bake it & decorate it in any way you like.

There are 3 things to do in order to thow a Birthday Surprise Party for Kayla:
1. Collect Ingredients for Kayla's Birthday Cake
2. Track down the Letters for the Bulletin Board
3. Find the Puppy, clean her (if she digs a hole in the garden) & put her back in the box.

There are some In-Game Locations that my catch your fancy.

2nd Floor:
1. Kayla's Bedroom
2. Parent's Bedroom
3. Office
4. Bathroom
5. Attic
6. Stairs to 1st Floor

1st Floor:
1. Kitchen
2. Living Room

Front Yard:
1. Garage
2. Front Door
3. Backyard Door

Backyard:
1. Garden
2. Front Yard Door
3. Kitchen
4. Treehouse

After the introduction, Matilda rabbit says she will meet you in the kitchen. Before heading into the Kitchen on the first floor, make a quick stop at the Parents' Bedroom, enter the closest (Fatty will turn on the light upon entering, if you turn the lights off, he'll turn it back on), click the boxes then the trampoline. Click the box that says bows & ribbons to get a Green Ribbon for later, then exit the Parent's bedroom go downstairs in the hallway until you reach the living room, then go in the kitchen.

Optionally, you can play the Cabbage Head game. It's located on the bottom of the toy shelf in Kayla's bedroom.

NOTE: If the Puppy is present in the Parents' bedroom, she will be sitting on the carpet. Click anywhere to have her leave the room.

Once inside the Kitchen, go to the fridge, get the milk, eggs, butter, cheese and the bone. Then, open the middle bottom cabinet for the measuring spoons, measuring cup, mixing bowl & egg beater. One item is randomly missing each game. The measuring spoons will be in the tree house, the measuring cup in the bathroom cabinet, and the mixing bowl in the garden. Next, open the top middle cabinet to get the vanilla, baking powder, and chocolate chips.

NOTE: Whenever you return to the kitchen with items for the cake, Fatty will automatically put them on the counter. Optionally, click the big birthday present to release the puppy. Fatty will do it automatically the second time you enter the kitchen if you don't. If you did not get the Green Ribbon, Fatty will take the old ribbon. If you take the chocolate chips while the puppy is out of the box, she will come out of nowhere and snatch them and Fatty will chase her upstairs. He eventually runs to the attic door and the puppy will leave the chocolate chips in the attic and of course, the attic is locked.

If Kayla's puppy takes the Chocolate Chips backtrack to the Hallway on the 2nd Floor, Click on the mousehole and a mouse will run out with a key. He'll throw it on the floor, then use the Cheese on the mouse & you'll get the key (or you can use the Cheese on the Mousehole). Use the Key to unlock the Door to the Attic (or again to Lock it) & Get the chocolate chips on the floor.

NOTE: Clicking on the cabinet will change Fatty's clothes. Click the mirror to hear his response.

Matilda Rabbit will notify you that the puppy has ran off with the letters for the Happy Birthday sign in Kayla's bedroom. Go outside to the backyard & into garden patch when the puppy is loose will make you find the puppy digging in the dirt & then get the Mixing bowl if present. Exiting the garden patch will take you back to the backyard. You go up into the treehouse & take the measuring spoons if Present. then backtrack through the backyard and enter the kitchen to place either Mixing Bowl or Measuring Spoons on the counter. Then Head to the bathroom on the 2nd Floor.

NOTE: If the Puppy is present in the kitchen, use the bone on the present box & wrap it with the Green Ribbon. In the backyard, you can bowl if you want while Clicking the tire swing will swing Fatty Bear around. The Mixing bowl may or may not appear in the garden patch during each randomized playthrough. The Measuring Spoons may or may not appear during each randomized playthrough.

Open the cabinet and take the measuring cup if it's present. If the Puppy is present in the Bathroom after digging in the garden, you'll need to give him a bath. Use the bone on the bathtub to get the puppy to jump in it, soap him up, rinse him off, then dry him off. then backtrack to the kitchen, use the bone on the present box so that Fatty Bear will wrap Kayla's puppy in the box. Then head back to the bathroom & slide down laundry shoot down into the basement. Once in the basement, you'll obtain the garage-door opener automaticlly. then exit the basement and into the backyard.

Go to the Front Yard and use the Garage door Opener on the Garage. Once inside the Garage, use the ladder to get the sugar, and return to the kitchen so you can place the Sugar on the counter.

Now that you have all the items for the cake, click on the counter, then on all the ingredients in any order & finally the egg beater. After that Matilda Rabbit will put the cake in the oven. After it cooks, you can Decorate the cake however you please. When you're finished, exit and Matilda will comment on your excellent cake baking & She'll take the cake upstairs.

Next, head back Kayla's bedroom & Gretchen will complain that the puppy has run off with 3 of the letters from the sign. They are large, brightly-colored letters, scattered around the house and their locations are random in each wallkthrough. Gretchen will also ask you to blow up 5 balloons. They are on the shelf beside her. After you find the letters, return them to the bulletin board then Click the bag to blow up 5 balloons.

Letter Locations (Randomized per Playthrough):
1. Parents' Bedroom
2. Attic
3. Bathroom
4. Kitchen (HINT: Check the Fridge)
5. Treehouse
6. Garden
7. Basement
8. Garage
9. Living Room (HINT: Check under the couch)
10. Office
11. 2nd Floor Hallway
12. 1st Floor Living Room
13. Fish Tank
14. Front Yard

NOTE: You can make as many cakes as you want if you like in the kitchen. If the Puppy is loose, she'll sometimes come in and pop the balloons.

Once you've done everything that's needed to be done. Kayla will wake up the next day and be amazed at her Birthday Surprise.

From the End Credits Screen, you can Click for some Really Fun Surprises. You can also choose to Play Again by Clicking on the Green PLAY Button or Exit to Windows by Clicking on the Red STOP Button.

Fatty Bear has 9 Different Pockets in which he can store the items you find in the game.

Green Ribbons: Used to Wrap Kayla's Birthday Present.

Torn Purple Ribbon: Needs to be replaced by a new Ribbon

Bone: Used to lure Kayla's Puppy to her Present Box or the bathtub.

Cheese: Used to get the Key from the Mouse.

Milk, Eggs & Butter: Used to make the Cake & are found in the fridge.

Vanilla, Baking Powder, and Chocolate Chips: Used to make the Cake & are found in the Top Middle Cabinet. (NOTE: The Chocolate Chips can be recovered in the Attic if the Puppy has taken them)

Measuring Spoons, Measuring Cup, Mixing Bowl & Egg Beater: Used to make the Cake & are found in the Bottom Middle Cabinet. (NOTE: The Measuring Spoons is also found in the Treehouse, the Mixing Bowl is also found in the Garden & The Measuring Cup is also found in the Bathroom Cabinet)

Key: Used to Unlock or Lock the Attic Door.

Letters: Used to bulletin board. There's 3 Random Letters in each Walkthrough.

Garage Door Opener: Used to enter the Garage.

Sugar: Used to make the Cake.

Cake Plate: Used to make the Cake in the Demo Version. But it was scrapped from the Retail Version.

Saving your Game:
To Save your Game, Press the "S" Key on your Keyboard. A total of 9 Files can be saved at a time. Place the game's screenshot onto the file you want to save & name your Save File to save your progress. You can overwrite a save by placing its screenshot on the game you saved earlier & name it. This can be done anywhere in the game at anytime.

Loading your Game:
To Load your Game, Press the "L" on your Keyboard. You can load your Saved Game
by selecting the screenshot you saved your progress in by clicking on it.

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Want to play Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise without the Standalone or Humongous Classics Collection CD? Then I'll show you how to do so.

First, download the ScummVM Emulator here:
http://scummvm.org/

Then, follow these steps:
1. Insert your Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise Standalone or the
Humongous Classics Collection CD into your Disc Drive.

2. Click on QUIT at the autorun.
3. Open the CD
4. Create a new Folder on your C Drive and Name it: "HEGames".

5. Create 3 New Folders in your HEGames Folder, then Name them "FBear Win" (If you want to Play the Windows Version), "FBear DOS" (If you want to Play the MS-DOS Version) & FBear3DO (If you want to Play the Panasonic 3DO Version).

6. Copy the Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise Standalone or the Humongous Classics Collection's
Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise CD Files to FBear Win, FBear 3DO & FBear MS-DOS Folders on your Hard Drive.

7. Run the ScummVM Installer & follow the instructions shown.

8. DON'T Open Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise just yet. If you're using a newer computer,
you'll need to use the ScummVM Emulator.

9. Open ScummVM
10. Select "ADD GAME"

11. Find the folder where Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise is Installed on your Hard Drive, select CHOOSE & then select OK. After that, the game should be added to the ScummVM Library
(Do this for the Panasonic 3DO, Windows & MS-DOS Versions of the game).

12. Highlight Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise (Panasonic 3DO, Windows or MS-DOS Version),
then Double-Click on it to start or select START.

13. Enjoy

Download both MS-DOS & Panasonic 3DO Versions here:
http://www.emuparadise.me/ScummVM_Games/Fatty_Bear%27s_Birthday_Surprise_%283DO%29/95814-download

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Here are the Basic Commands for the ScummVM UI:
F5 = Options Menu (Volume Contol, Show Text/Speech/Both, Subtitle Speed)
. = Skip Line of Text
Esc = Skip Cutscene
Spacebar = Pause Game
F8 = Restart Game
Ctrl 0-9 = Load Game Save State 0-9
Alt 0-9 = Save Game State 0-9
Alt X/Ctrl Z = Quit
Alt + Enter = Fullscreen/Windowed Mode

There's no telling what will pop up when you click on random objects.
With so much to see, you won't want to miss a thing.

Challenge & Inspire Young Players to think for themselves in creative & flexable ways. Young Players play with faithful, lovable friends as they discover captivating worlds where they direct the journey & overcome challenges at their own pace. Junior Adventure Games will help Young Players develop:

1. Critical-Thinking Skills
2. Problem-Solving Skills
3. Memory Skills
4. Mental Mapping
5. Spatial-Relations Skills

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Please let me know If you have any questions or If I missed anything.