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A pet-raising simulation (sometimes called virtual pets or digital pets [1]) is a video game that focuses on the care, raising, breeding or exhibition of simulated animals. These games are software implementations of digital pets. Such games are described as a sub-class of life simulation game.
Dogz: Your Computer Pet and Catz: Your Computer Petz are a pair of virtual pet simulation software developed by PF.Magic, and released in 1995 and 1996 respectively. Developed for Windows and Mac OS , they were the first games in the Petz series, and were followed by Oddballz .
Petz is a series of single-player video games dating back to 1995, in which the player can adopt, raise, care for and breed their own virtual pets. Developed by PF.Magic, original Petz (Dogz and Catz) has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. [3] The series has grown to over 22 million copies as of 2011 since coming under Ubisoft. [4]
Petz: Dogz 2 and Petz: Catz 2 on DS is a virtual pet game in some ways, but unlike the other platform versions, these versions are quite different. They are released in the US under those titles, whereas they're called Dogz 2 and Catz 2 in the UK. In the dog version, the player can choose one of 11 breeds per game, but cannot give the pet an ...
The first-known virtual pet was a screen-cursor chasing cat called Neko. It was rather called a "desktop pet" since at that time the term "virtual pet" did not exist. PF.Magic released the first widely popular virtual pets in 1995 with Dogz, [5] followed by Catz in the spring of 1996, eventually becoming a franchise known as Petz.
Petz Sports is a sim game designed for 1 to 4 players and revolves around caring for a puppy. The puppy grows throughout the game. Key features include: 18 dog breeds, including Bernese Mountain Dog, Chihuahua, Golden Retriever, Rottweiler, Poodle, and Pug.
Crazy Monkeyz is a sim game designed for 1 player and revolving around caring for a monkey.. To start the players can choose from two species of monkey (others can be unlocked later), each has three coat types to choose from but the players will be unable to see the other two.
The original site had among its features a few games in the arcade section, the “W-Shop” where users could use their in-game points for virtual items, and the ability to customize the pets’ rooms, but many more interactive features have been added to Webkinz World since, including a school (called the “Kinzville Academy”) where users ...