ĭuring the year 2001 alone, Putt-Putt Joins the Circus sold 82,400 retail units in North America, according to PC Data. Commercial performanceīetween May 11 and 13, the game had debuted at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2000 in Los Angeles. The game was well received and earned a number of awards around its year of release.
Toy, Institute for Childhood Resourcesġ0 Best Software/CD-ROM/High-Tech Products for 2000 ġ00 Best Children’s Products for 2000 Reception Critical reception Receptionĭr. DevelopmentĪll backgrounds, characters and animations were hand drawn. Throughout the game the player must solve characters' problems and unite all five circus actors. The combined sales of Putt-Putt Joins the Parade, Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon and Putt Putt Saves the Zoo surpassed one million units by June 1997. Upon release, the game sold over 300,000 copies.
PUTT PUTT JOINS THE PARADE FLOPPY SERIES
The game uses the same mechanics as its predecessors including Putt-Putt's dashboard interface and some minigames included. Putt-Putt Joins the Parade is a 1992 video game and the first of seven adventure games in the Putt-Putt series of games developed and published by Humongous Entertainment. During his quest, he meets the elephants, Baby Jambo and Mama Mombasa, Sebestian the Juggling Seal, Francine the High-Diving Hippo, Eunice the Unicycle, Bette Bandwagon, Hank the Security Car, Ivan the Strong Van, and all the other circus performers and animals to help them get ready for opening night as well. Putt-Putt offers to help out and he must search the circus grounds for the performers so they will practice and finally perform for opening night. The five main acts are Honko the Clown, the Flying Porkowskis, Philippe the Flea, Reginald the Lion and his tiger assistants, Teri and Marie, and Katie Cannonball. Sweeney, crying because the circus' five main acts aren't put together. When they reach Apple Valley, they meet B.J. They hop on board Roll-Along Cassidy the circus train after a goat eats their ticket. Sweeney's Big Top Circus in Apple Valley. Pep eventually joins Putt-Putt in the Cartown Pet Parade, where he is seen juggling three balls. He becomes Putt-Putts pet after Putt-Putt gives him a bone (which Putt-Putt finds while mowing whichever lawn he mows first) and asks him to be his pet in the parade. Putt-Putt (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) and Pep go to see B.J. In Putt-Putt Joins the Parade, Pep is found by Putt-Putt in a dark cave as a scared little puppy. This is the last of two games to feature Nancy Cartwright as the voice of Putt-Putt. It was developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Infogrames in 2000. Putt-Putt Joins the Circus is a video game and the sixth of adventure game of the Putt-Putt series of games.