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SpongeBob SquarePants Licht Uit Camera Aan for PlayStation 2
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! for PlayStation 2 turns Bikini Bottom into one big audition. The producers of a new episode about Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are looking for actors, and every resident wants a part. You choose SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, Mr. Krabs or Plankton and try to impress them through short challenges. The contests connect familiar cartoon locations with tasks in which timing, memory and teamwork mean something different each time.
You cook and serve Krabby Patties, catch jellyfish, drive boatmobiles and play music by pressing buttons at the right moment. Some trials pit everyone against each other; others divide the contestants into teams. During restaurant work, for example, one character takes orders while another prepares the food. In the story, performances earn popularity points. Enough points give a character a role in the production, so the auditions also decide who appears in the later scenes.
You can play alone against computer-controlled contestants or take part locally with up to four people. Two players need two controllers; three or four need a PS2 Multitap and additional controllers. Besides the story, you can choose a single unlocked audition or assemble a tournament of up to five trials. This lets you repeat a favourite task without going through the whole search for a television career each time.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
SpongeBob SquarePants Licht Uit Camera Aan for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of SpongeBob SquarePants Licht Uit Camera Aan
THQ released Lights, Camera, Pants! in 2005. THQ Studio Australia developed the console version for PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox. The publisher presented it as the first SpongeBob release with multiplayer contests. The series' emphasis therefore shifted towards playing together, short rules and competing scores. The characters did not leave their own world behind: the auditions remained connected to Bikini Bottom's residents and locations.
The television production gave the developers a reason to put many different activities in sequence. Restaurant work, a musical trial or a jellyfish contest could all belong to the same search for actors. Popularity points connected the results to casting. The original PS2 manual also describes individual auditions and a tournament. The same set of challenges therefore gained both a storyline and a shorter contest format in which you could choose a sequence of trials yourself.
The game also belonged to THQ's Nickelodeon Cross Save plan on PlayStation 2, which used saved data from other Nickelodeon games to provide extra content. This was a memory-card connection, not an internet service. In 2006 THQ announced that the console versions had achieved sales distinctions, including Greatest Hits for PS2 in North America. That later recognition followed a design in which the familiar cartoon characters mainly took part in cooperative and competitive trials.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Rayman Raving Rabbids shares the short challenges, cartoon humour and mixture of rhythm, reactions and aiming on PS2. Rayman tries to escape a rabbit arena; Lights, Camera, Pants! uses auditions for a television episode. Both connect separate trials through a story. SpongeBob lets up to four players take part locally at the same time with a PS2 Multitap and additional controllers; Rayman instead uses turn-taking for three or four participants and has different rules for each trial.
Rayman M likewise lets familiar cartoon characters face each other in local contests on PS2. Its recurring events are foot races and arena battles, where routes and position remain important. Lights, Camera, Pants! changes the activity more often: you serve food, catch jellyfish or play music. Both ask you to practise and read your opponents, but Rayman M develops recurring contest rules while SpongeBob uses variety and casting for a television production.
Shrek 2 and Lights, Camera, Pants! give a group of familiar animated characters different jobs and room for local multiplayer on PS2. Both require a PS2 Multitap and additional controllers for three or four players. Shrek 2 takes the group through a shared adventure with combat and character puzzles. SpongeBob divides progress into short auditions, where contestants can also be rivals and their performances determine who earns a part.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa offers separate activities with familiar animated characters on PS2, just like Lights, Camera, Pants!, including rhythmic play and sporting tasks. However, Madagascar's story remains a solo adventure with different animals; its contests are separate in Africa Arcade. SpongeBob instead makes minigames the heart of its story and connects scores to auditions. The choice is therefore between extra contests alongside a journey and contests that themselves determine progress.
Up and Lights, Camera, Pants! both use cooperation between familiar animated characters on PS2. Carl and Russell help each other with ropes, heavy objects and dangerous crossings during a continuous jungle journey for up to two local players. In SpongeBob, cooperation is limited to certain short trials and alternates with competition. Both call for coordination, but Up builds obstacles around two travellers while SpongeBob constantly gives contestants a new contest and sometimes a different teammate.
