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Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening is a children's point-and-click adventure game originally released for Windows and Macintosh in July 1998.[4] On April 3, 2014, this game was ported to Android under the title Pajama Sam: Thunder and Lightning. A Nintendo Switch version was released on February 10, 2022.[3] On November 3, 2022, a PlayStation 4 version was released on the PlayStation Store[5]. The second game of the Pajama Sam franchise, it features the title character entering the World Wide Weather through his attic to stop the scary thunder and lightning.

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Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening
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Developer(s)	Humongous Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Humongous Entertainment[lower-alpha 1]
Designer(s)	Matt Mahon Rhonda Conley
Writer(s)	Dave Grossman
Engine	SCUMM
Platform(s)	Android, iOS, Linux, Mac OS, OS X, Windows, Nintendo Switch
Release	Windows, Macintosh NA: July 1, 1998 iOS WW: April 5, 2012 Android WW: April 3, 2014[1] Linux, OS X WW: May 1, 2014[2] Nintendo Switch WW: February 10, 2022[3]
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

Plot

During a scary thunderstorm, Pajama Sam journeys through his attic and up into the clouds to a massive weather-manufacturing facility called World Wide Weather. However, he is denied entry by a rude and grumpy crossing gate named Bill for not being an employee, and is forced to sneak inside by hiding in a crate. Sam enters the facility's control room, where he meets a surprisingly kind Thunder and Lightning, who explain to Sam how thunderstorms benefit the environment. Unfortunately, Sam trips on his cape and accidentally lands on a red button that causes the machines to malfunction and so is tasked with retrieving several missing important parts. When Mother Nature, the President of W.W.W., reads Thunder and Lightning's incident report, she is suspicious that the workers are hiding something and makes an inspection of the facility. Once Sam fixes all the machines, Mother Nature is surprised to see that everything is fine, but tells Thunder and Lightning to keep up the good work. As a reward for saving their jobs, Thunder and Lightning let Sam control the weather for a while.

The side objective of this game is to find all of the missing puzzle pieces, which will form an amusing picture when they are all collected.

This game employs multiple scenarios to play. Each of the four weather machine parts can be found in one of two locations which are completely random, although the player can now choose from several combination of scenarios to play with at the options screen.

Easter eggs

The game has multiple Easter eggs. At any time, players can enter the menu and select the "fun" button to bring up a board game similar to that of Sorry! or Parcheesi, but players play with tokens modeled after umbrellas, fans, ice cubes, and suntan lotion. Also, there are various objects in almost every room that can be clicked on that will trigger small animations such as a 10-second dance party. Throughout the game, there are puzzle pieces that can be picked up to assemble a Pajama Man puzzle and the pieces change location every time players replay the game. Players can also use the phone in the lobby and dial various single digits to have Sam contact different departments of World Wide Weather. There is also a game on the third floor/roof of the warehouse building, straight ahead from the elevator where Sam can look through binoculars (the kind found at tourist viewpoints, such as The Grand Canyon, which you usually have to put coins in to use) and spot items (10 Pajama Man comic books) hidden in The Land of Darkness (the location Sam explores in the first game).

As with all Humongous Entertainment Junior Adventure titles, this game also contains hidden crossover cameos from the main protagonists of any of the three other Junior Adventure series.

Reception

Pajama Sam 2 received generally positive reviews upon release; however, critics noted the game wasn't as good as the first. Pajama Sam 2 got 8.1/10 from IGN,[6] 5 out 5 stars from Review Corner,[7] 7/10 from Unikgamer,[8] 4 out of 5 stars from Adventure Gamers[9] and 4 out of 5 stars from MacHome.[10] Review Corner gave this game the Award of Excellence.[7] GameRankings gave the game an aggregated review score of 90% based on only a single review from a defunct website called Quandary.[11]

References

External links

• Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening at MobyGames
• Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening at Humongous Entertainment

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