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Barnyard

Based on Paramount Pictures' and Nickelodeon Movies' theatrical release, this adventure game offers a humorous look at how farm animals really live when humans are not around. Players start as the new cow on…

63 1 August 2006

Barnyard is an adventure developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment, released 1 August 2006 on Wii, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 6 hrs to finish.

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What Barnyard is

Barnyard is an adventure game developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment and released in 2006. It was published by THQ. It is available on Wii, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on TOSHI.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Barnyard is a party-oriented adventure game developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment and published by THQ; it is based on the movie of the same name. It was released on August 1, 2006 for GameCube, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, and Microsoft Windows. A Wii version was released on November 30, 2006.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Barnyard series

Barnyard is the first of 4 entries we hold in the Barnyard series. The next entry was Barnyard in 2006.

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How it was received

Barnyard holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 2 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 6 hrs.

What it launched against

Barnyard launched on 1 August 2006, within three weeks of Persona 3, Dead Rising, Prey and Civilization IV: Warlords. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Persona 3, Dead Rising, Prey, Civilization IV: Warlords.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Barnyard — frequently asked questions

When did Barnyard come out?
Barnyard was released on 1 August 2006 for Wii, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
How long does it take to beat Barnyard?
The main story of Barnyard takes around 6 hrs.

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