Software:Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon
| Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon | |
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 Rereleased Windows / Macintosh cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Humongous Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Humongous Entertainment[lower-alpha 1] |
| Director(s) | Ron Gilbert |
| Designer(s) |
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| Writer(s) | Laurie Rose Bauman Annie Fox |
| Composer(s) | George Sanger |
| Engine | SCUMM |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, 3DO, Macintosh, Windows, Linux,\ |
| Release | 1993: MS-DOS 1994: 3DO 1995: Mac, Windows May 5, 2014: Linux[1] |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Putt-Putt Goes To The Moon is a 1993 video game and the second of seven adventure games in the Putt-Putt series developed and published by Humongous Entertainment. It is also the last game in the series to use pixel art graphics.
Plot
Putt-Putt and Pep are invited by Mr. Firebird, a scientist friend of theirs, to visit his Fireworks Factory. While there, Putt-Putt enjoys making fireworks when a butterfly enters the factory through an open window. Pep chases the butterfly, but inadvertently pulls a lever that causes a firecracker to emerge and carry Putt-Putt into outer space. After floating in space for a little bit, Putt-Putt lands on the Moon and begins to search for a way to return to Earth.
As Putt-Putt explores the Moon, he falls off an unstable bridge but is rescued by a lunar rover called Rover, who was left stranded on the Moon by astronauts. Rover then takes Putt-Putt to a nearby city called Moon City, where a rocket is on sale. The owners of the rocket give Putt-Putt a blueprint that shows all of the parts that are needed to fix it. Putt-Putt then sets out to collect these parts with Rover's help.
After buying the rocket and collecting all the necessary parts, Putt-Putt and Rover launch the rocket and return to Earth, where the citizens of Cartown welcome Putt-Putt back and are introduced to Rover. As everyone celebrates Putt-Putt's return, nighttime comes, and the Moon appears.
Gameplay
The game uses the same mechanics as its predecessor including Putt-Putt's glove box inventory window, Car Horn, Radio and Accelerator. Glowing moon crystals replace coins from the first game as the use of currency in the game, in which you can earn up to 5 glowing moon crystals by playing a minigame called "Alien Tag", with a group of aliens called the crater creatures; 10 crystals must be earned in order to purchase the rocket ship to return to Earth.
Release
The 3DO version of the game was shown at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas around early January 1994.[2] Copies of the game came packaged with an activity book containing Math and English exercises plus a Putt-Putt pen.[3]
Reception
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In April 1994, Computer Gaming World said that the game "offers a classic adventure experience for children (and adults)".[5]
The combined sales of Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon, Putt-Putt Joins the Parade and Putt Putt Saves the Zoo surpassed one million units by June 1997.[6]
References
- ↑ "Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon on Steam". Steam. http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Humongous%20Entertainment.
- ↑ "Global Launch multiple brands more than 200 titles in Development". Game Guru - Volume 1, Issue 1. March 1994. http://www.textfiles.com/games/guru1-1.txt.
- ↑ "Edutainment - Two of the Best". PC Zone (Future plc) (15): 91. June 1994. https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_15_June_1994/page/n91.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Humongous Entertainment® Hall of Fame 1993-2000. p. 10.
- ↑ "Invasion Of The Data Stashers". Computer Gaming World: 20–42. April 1994. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=117.
- ↑ People Staff (June 2, 1997). "The Little Car that Could". People. http://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-main-bytes-vol-47-no-21/.
- ↑ The Steam release was co-published by Tommo and Night Dive Studios.
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