When a demo of the game was completed, it was uploaded to CompuServe. Of the thirteen programs selected, Putt-Putt Joins the Parade ranked as the most frequently played game. In 1997, a study conducted by the University of Texas at Austin compared children's reception of educational games with their professionally assigned developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) ratings. Reception Critical reception ġ999 Best Picks for the Holidays Award ġ994 Innovations Showcase Award Winner Putt-Putt places collected items in his glove box, which serves as a simple heads-up display.Īfter the game's creation, Humongous Entertainment had intended to get Electronic Arts to distribute the product, invoking a lawsuit from Lucasarts over the ownership of the SCUMM game engine and disruption from press release.
(In the 3DO version, the on-screen pointing cursor is moved with the D-pad and a button is used to click on what the cursor is pointing at.) Fully voiced characters can be talked to and every scene is filled with colorful and animated interactions. The game plays like a typical point-and-click adventure game with the player moving Putt-Putt from one location to the next, picking up items and using them with mouse clicks. He returns to Smokey just in time for the beginning of the parade and happily leads the line of cars and their pets through the streets. Along the way, Putt-Putt clears obstacles, helps find a missing child, and begins a close friendship with a puppy named Pep. Putt-Putt sets off through Cartown, mowing lawns and delivering groceries for his friends and neighbors to pay for a quick car wash. Before he can enter the parade, he must find a pet, a balloon, and make himself presentable. When Putt-Putt (voiced by Jason Ellefson) hears on his radio that today is the day of the Cartown pet parade, he decides to visit Fire Chief Smokey and join the festivities.
0 kommentar(er)
