| Putt-Putt Joins the Parade | |
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| Developer(s) | Humongous Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Humongous Entertainment Marubeni (3DO)[1] |
| Release Date(s) | October 30, 1992 |
| Genre(s) | Point-and-Click, Adventure |
| Platform(s) | 3DO DOS Windows 3.1 - Windows XP System 7 - Mac OS 9.2.2 iOS |
| Engine | SCUMM |
| Input device(s) | Controller (3DO) Keyboard and Mouse (computer systems) |
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade is a "point & click" adventure game developed by Humongous Entertainment for DOS in 1992, on five floppy disks and on CD-ROM. In 1994, a 3DO version was released in both the United States and Japan. A Windows and Macintosh version was released in 1995. It is the first game developed by Humongous Entertainment.
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade is the first game in the Putt-Putt series and introduces Putt-Putt as the main character. Cartown is having its annual Pet Parade and Putt-Putt wants to join. Before he can enter the parade, he must first get a pet, find a balloon, and get cleaned at the car wash.
Plot
When Putt-Putt hears on his radio that there a pet parade is coming to Cartown, he really wants to be in it. Before he can enter the parade, he must find a pet and a balloon, and get cleaned at the car wash. After that, Putt-Putt goes to talk to Smokey the Fire Engine to borrow his lawn mower, so he could make some money to use the car wash. He goes to Green Street, Red Street, and Blue Street to help people by mowing lawns and delivering groceries for Mr. Baldini to earn money for the car wash. Putt-Putt then helps a car, Mrs. Airbag that lost her baby in the movies, and goes in a cave and finds a puppy that he names Pep. After that, he is the leader of the parade and everyone has a happy day!
Gameplay
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade, like other later Humongous Entertainment games, is a point-and-click adventure game. The player takes control of Putt-Putt with the goal of finding a pet and a balloon, getting cleaned at the car wash, and having fun along the way. The game is played by using the mouse to interact with the environment. By clicking on various areas called Click Points, the player can collect items, talk with other characters, and watch entertaining animations. Items are collected to help the player solve puzzles. The game contains five different areas to explore: the three streets, the cave, and the movie theater. These areas are joined in the middle by Cartown.
Of course, Putt-Putt can join the parade with or without getting a car wash if he has a new paint job assigned.
Characters
Cartown
Red Street
Green Street
Blue Street
Others
Items
Revisional Differences
In the floppy disk version, one of the toys in the Toy Store is a "Box O' Blocks" that cycles through a few animations when clicked. In most CD-based releases, it's replaced with a joke-telling minigame to take advantage of the extra space (though the Japanese 3DO release omits this, probably to avoid localization headaches). Versions with the joke tellers still contain the Box's graphics and scripting, but disable them by swapping out the clickpoint that triggers them.
The Box seems to have been a fairly late addition—its animations are stored separately from everything else at the very end of the game's data.
Trivia
- This is the first game in which Putt-Putt can go back inside his own house.
- When the frog is clicked on to eat a fly, Putt-Putt only says, "Hmm. Flying breakfast," the first time this is done.
- This is the first Putt-Putt game to have an ending with three different outcomes. Because of this, here is what includes the closing if Putt-Putt has gone to the Cartown Color and changed his color:
"Smokey: Well, who do we have here? I think I know you from somewhere.
Putt-Putt: (giggles) It's me, Putt-Putt.
Smokey: Why, Putt-Putt, you look as handsome as a new hubcab. (If Putt-Putt has had a paint job, but has not had a car wash) Looks like you don't need that car wash after all.
Putt-Putt: (after the compliment whether Smokey points out he doesn't need that car wash after all or not) Gosh, Smokey. Thanks."—Smokey and Putt-Putt talking about the latter's new look
References
- ↑ Putt-Putt Joins the Parade Release Information for 3DO. GameFAQs. 2011-02-03.
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