I first saw this film on video when I was 14 and I quite enjoyed it. When I went to a recent dog show in Battersea Park, there was a jumble sale where I browsed the DVDs and I picked up this one for only £1. What a bargain, especially if I got more out of it on my second viewing.

While the character designs were modernised, the animation was decent with bright and bold colours but the lip-sync was sometimes off within the first 20 minutes and the pace during this time was slow but Scooby imitating the officer as well as him sharing copious amounts of food with Shaggy much to the annoyance of other students and Fred and Daphne calling the virus a "creepy thingie" were hilarious and made that part a little more tolerable. The first three game levels ran at an even pace but after that, the next few levels from the underwater world to the North Pole were rushed, although I liked the effects applied to them such as the underwater 'wobble' and the Northern Lights. Despite the final level taking up about a third of the film's running time, I liked it when the modern Scooby- Doo cast met up with cyber versions of themselves that looked exactly as they did from 'Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!' (one of my favourite childhood cartoons that I slightly prefer to this film) and I liked the robotic vocal effects on the cyber characters, but Shaggy's voice sounds a bit different from that in the original series and I prefer the original version of the SDWAY theme tune to the version used in this film. The cyber versions of the main characters brought back a vast amount of memories and gave the film its nostalgic touch. If I had other pros, these would be the musical score having some whimsical charm with traditional and futuristic hints, the glowing effect around the virus, a space-buggy and bumper cars resembling the Mystery Machine and I liked the main game having a few links to baseball. If I could pick out another con, that would be the dialogue being overly simplistic in parts, especially during the final level scene but I thought the "bone to pick with you" line aimed at the skeleton baddies at the Colliseum was intelligently witty. The 'Favourite Parts' segment after the end credits was a pleasant surprise and a long-forgotten part of the film.

All in all I enjoyed this more on my second viewing and although it has a few flaws, it is of sentimental nostalgic value. 8/10.