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#PETZ 5 COMPUTER GAME INSTALL#
#PETZ 5 COMPUTER GAME SERIES#

ĭogz and Catz also had a stuffed animal toy line in 1997, during the release of Dogz 2 and Catz 2. Many of the games are considered abandonware and can be easily obtained online with no charge. However, whether or not game collectors would actually buy an expensive copy is yet to be seen. Now, if one were to look up Dogz 3 with intent to buy, the prices fluctuate from as cheap as $5 USD to as expensive as $139 USD. The games were released relatively cheaply at the time a player from 1998 noted that Dogz 3 was $20 ($31.56 adjusted for 2019 inflation).

#PETZ 5 COMPUTER GAME SERIES#

The community do not consider them to be part of the main series and often refer to them as "New Petz" or "UbiPetz". These games are considered to be in-name-only instalments by the community as they do not use the same engine or gameplay as previous versions. However, they were not backwards compatible with previous games and reception was mixed.įollowing Petz 5, Ubisoft went on to release further games under the Petz name, including Hamsterz and Horsez. They added in ten new breedfiles (five cats and five dogs) and the ability for pets to give birth to litters rather than one baby at a time. and graphics was Dogz 5 and Catz 5 - also called Petz 5 (2002).

Ubisoft bought the rights to the series in 2001, so the very last game to feature the original P.F.

They introduced non-breedable pig and bunny breedfiles, as well as extra playscenes and clothing items. Magic, although their features were originally advertised as DLC in the Petz 3 manuals.

Dogz 4 and Catz 4 (1999) were the last titles developed by P.F.

The next game versions were Dogz 3 and Catz 3 (1998) which introduced breeding mechanics as well as allowing the player to dress up their pets and take them to different playscenes.

When both games were installed the player could adopt both dogs and cats, a pattern which continued across the series' history. These were the first games to allow the player to adopt multiple pets, which could interact with one another. Magic went on to then release Dogz 2 and Catz 2 (1997). This naming convention is followed in all variants of the game: Dogz 2 and Catz 2 combined are called "Petz 2", and so on.

#PETZ 5 COMPUTER GAME INSTALL#

The two games allowed for the adoption of one pet per install and could not be combined, but are often lumped together as "Petz 1" in community terminology. Magic in 1995, with Catz released a year later.

Dogz was the very first Petz game to be released by P.F.

Several iterations of the games were released throughout the series' history. From there, they decided to make the "cutest, least offensive game possible," and the series was born. Magic had received complaints about the violence of their previous game. Popular activities within the fandom include hexing (modding petz), breeding and showing, with fans also creating videos and artwork of petz.

Not all members of the Petz Community would describe their community as a fandom, however, and instead just prefer to refer to it as the Petz Community. The fandom is collectively known as the "Petz Community" or PC.

The community sometimes calls these Unbisoft games "Ubipetz." Ubisoft produced a line of "petz" games only similar in title, however they are a completely different line of games. The community does not consider games released by Ubisoft after Petz 5 as a part of the fandom.

Ubisoft acquired the Petz series in the 2000s. There are two spin-off games (Oddballz and Babyz) that are sometimes included within the Petz fandom depending on who is asked, as they are based on the same A.I. The title "Petz" refers to the combination of two games, Dogz and Catz, which revolve around adopting puppies and kittens, feeding and playing with them, and other activities like training and breeding them. Petz is a fandom that covers the Petz computer games released by P.F.