Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo

Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo

Windows / Macintosh Cover art
Developer(s) Humongous Entertainment
Nimbus Games (iOS/Google Play)
Publisher(s) Humongous Entertainment
Producer(s) Ron Gilbert
Designer(s) Ron Gilbert, Bret Barrett, Brad Charlton
Artist(s) Todd Lubsen[1]
Writer(s) Laurie Rose Bauman, Annie Fox
Composer(s) George Alistair Sanger
Engine SCUMM
Platform(s) Android, Macintosh, Windows, Linux
Release date(s)

Released:

  • March 3, 1995 (Win)
  • 1996 (Mac)
  • November 15, 2011, August 13, 2015 (iOS)
  • 2012 (Android)
  • 2014 (Linux)
  • July 3, 2014 (Steam)[2]

Re-released:

  • November 9, 1999
  • October 2005
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo is a 1995 video game and the third of seven adventure games in the Putt-Putt series of games developed and published by Humongous Entertainment. The animation style also changed with this game and becomes much more refined, in contrast to the computer-like style of the past two games. The game was reissued in 1999. On November 15, 2011, the game became the first Humongous Entertainment game to be rereleased for iOS and Google Play. [3] Developed by Nimbus Games Inc. in April 2013, the iOS version of this game released by Atari was discontinued.

Plot

Putt-Putt goes to the new Cartown Zoo only to find that it is not ready for the grand opening, because six baby animals are lost somewhere around the zoo grounds including Baby Jambo the elephant, Masai the giraffe, Kenya the lion cub, Zanzibar the hippopotamus, Sammy Seal, and Little Skeeter the snake. It is up to Putt-Putt and his trusty pet dog Pep to return the baby animals to their rightful exhibits.

Gameplay

The game mechanics are pretty much the same as its prequels including the glove box inventory, horn, radio and accelerator. Putt-Putt can acquire a camera so the player can take pictures of the animals and print them out.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings80% (PC - 1 review)[4]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame[5]
IGN8.5/10 (PC)[6]

References

  1. Lubsen, Todd. "Todd Lubsen" (PDF): 3. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. "Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo on Steam". Steam. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  3. "Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo (Games)". App Shopper. 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  4. "Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo for PC - GameRankings". GameRankings. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  5. Brad Cook. "Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo - Review - Allgame". Allgame. Archived from the original on December 12, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  6. "Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo Review". IGN. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
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