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Petz (other)
''Petz'' is a series of single-player Video game, video games dating back to 1995, in which the player can adopt, raise, care for and breed their own Virtual pet, virtual pets. Developed by PF.Magic, original ''Petz'' (Dogz and Catz, ''Dogz'' and ''Catz'') has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. The series has grown to over 22 million copies as of 2011 since coming under Ubisoft. Development The original ''Petz'' games — ''Dogz: Your Computer Pet'' and ''Catz: Your Computer Pet''—were developed by PF.Magic, released in 1995 and 1996 respectively. They reused the graphics engine used ''Ballz''. Rob Fulop conceived of ''Dogz'', following the controversy surrounding his previous title ''Night Trap'', which resulted in him wanting to make a game that was "so cute and so adorable that no could ever, ever say it was bad for kids". He claims to have consulted a Santa Claus#Parades, department stores, and shopping malls, shopping mall Santa Claus about what children wanted, and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mindscape (company)
Mindscape is a Dutch video game publisher headquartered in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Operating globally, Mindscape develops and publishes its own games, including ''Dog Man: Mission Impawsible, Life in Willowdale: Farm Adventures,'' and ''Windstorm'' and distributes them worldwide through digital platforms (such as Steam, the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store, and Xbox Store) as well as physical retail channels (e.g. Amazon and Walmart). The company was originally founded in 1983 in Northbrook, Illinois, by Roger Buoy, and was a major developer and publisher through the 1980s and 1990s. Mindscape released numerous titles over nearly three decades (notably the MacVenture series, ''Balance of Power'', ''Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight'', ''Legend'', ''Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat'', ''Warhammer: Dark Omen'', and ''Lego Island''). Although the original US and French entities were liquidated in 2011, the Dutch subsidiary Mindscape B.V. continued and re-established the brand. Toda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |