Software:Putt-Putt Joins the Circus

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Putt-Putt Joins the Circus
Putt-Putt Joins the Circus Cover art.png
2002 Cover art
Developer(s)Humongous Entertainment
Publisher(s)Humongous Entertainment[lower-alpha 1]
Programmer(s)Brian Pulliam
Artist(s)Edward Pun
Composer(s)Scott Lloyd Shelly
EngineSCUMM
Platform(s)Macintosh, Windows, iOS, Linux
Release
  • July 11, 2000[1] (Mac, Win)
  • October 4, 2013 (iOS)
  • May 29, 2014 (Linux)[2]
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Putt-Putt Joins the Circus is a video game and the sixth of adventure game of the Putt-Putt series of games. It was developed and published by Humongous Entertainment in 2000. This is the last of three games to feature Nancy Cartwright as the voice of Putt-Putt.

Plot

Putt-Putt and Pep are traveling to Apple Valley to see B.J. Sweeney's Big Top Circus. On the way, they find a hungry goat blocking the road to Apple Valley, as well as the train tracks where a train named Roll-Along Cassidy is trying to deliver sawdust to the circus. Putt-Putt coaxes the goat off of the tracks with a flower bush, but the goat eats his circus ticket afterwards. Realizing their predicament, Cassidy decides to give Putt-Putt and Pep a ride to the circus, saying that B.J. Sweeney might be able to help them.

Upon arriving at the circus, Putt-Putt learns from B.J. that all of the circus' acts are having problems. He shows Putt-Putt a piece of paper, showing the performers of the five main performers: Honko the Clown, The Flying Porkowskis, Phillipe the Flea, Reginald the Lion and Katie Cannonball. Putt-Putt volunteers to help around the circus, which Sweeny agrees to.

After Putt-Putt helps all the acts, B.J. Sweeney rewards Putt-Putt by letting him perform in the circus. At the end, Putt-Putt presses a button that opens a curtain, and all the five main circus stars perform their tricks, ending the game.

Gameplay

The game uses the same mechanics as its predecessors including Putt-Putt's dashboard interface and some minigames included. Throughout the game the player must solve characters' problems and unite all five circus actors.

Development

All backgrounds, characters and animations were hand drawn.[3]

Reception

Critical reception

Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
PC Magazine4/5 stars[4]
Awards
PublicationAward
Dr. Toy, Institute for Childhood Resources10 Best Software/CD-ROM/High-Tech Products for 2000[5]
Dr. Toy, Institute for Childhood Resources100 Best Children’s Products for 2000[5]
National Parenting Publications AwardsGold Award[5]
Parent's GuideChildren’s Media Award[5]
Children’s Software RevueAll Star Software Award[5]
Choosing Children’s SoftwareBest Picks Award[5]

The game was well received and earned a number of awards around its year of release.

Commercial performance

Between May 11 and 13, the game had debuted at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2000 in Los Angeles.[3]

During the year 2001 alone, Putt-Putt Joins the Circus sold 82,400 retail units in North America, according to PC Data.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Putt-Putt® Joins the Circus™ from Humongous Entertainment® Offers Big Top Fun for Children of All Ages" (Press release). Humongous Entertainment. July 11, 2000. Archived from the original on November 20, 2000.
  2. ↑ "Putt-Putt Joins the Circus on Steam". Steam. http://store.steampowered.com/app/294690/PuttPutt_Joins_the_Circus/. Retrieved November 8, 2017. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Latest Adventure Starring Everyone's Favorite Purple Car Available in June". Humongous Entertainment - News. 2000. Archived from the original on November 20, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20001120142200/http://humongous.com/parents/Pr/More/News/putt_putt_circus.html. Retrieved November 8, 2017. 
  4. ↑ Angela Graven (October 3, 2000). "Angela Graven reviews Putt-Putt Joins the Circus". PC Magazine. https://books.google.com/books?id=Jbft8HXJZwQC&q=%22Putt-Putt+Joins+the+Circus%22&pg=PA230. Retrieved November 8, 2017. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "Putt-Putt Joins the Circus - Awards". Humongous Entertainment. Archived from the original on April 18, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010418050809/http://www.humongous.com/asp/character.asp?pageWord=Putt&content=GameAwards&productID=04-19983. Retrieved November 8, 2017. 
  6. ↑ Sluganski, Randy (March 2002). "State of Adventure Gaming - March 2002 - 2001 Sales Table". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on June 19, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20020619111456/http://www.justadventure.com/articles/State_of_Adventure_Gaming/Mar-02/sales2001.shtm. 
  1. ↑ The IOS release was published by Tommo.
    The Steam release was co-published by Tommo and Night Dive Studios.

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