Putt-Putt Joins the Parade (1992, PC) - Longplay
38Putt-Putt wants to join the Cartown Parade. But, first, he must earn money for a carwash, find a balloon, and get a pet (Pep, the puppy). This is the first game in the Putt-Putt series. Putt-Putt will be delivering groceries, mowing lawns and learning to wait for the green light before crossing the road.
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Humongous Entertainment for DOS in 1992, on five floppy disks and on CD-ROM. In 1994, a 3DO version was released in both the United States and Japan. A Windows and Macintosh version was released in 1995. It is the first game developed by Humongous Entertainment.
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade is the first game in the Putt-Putt series and introduces Putt-Putt as the main character. Cartown is having its annual Pet Parade and Putt-Putt wants to join. Before he can enter the parade, he must first get a pet, find a balloon, and get cleaned at the car wash.
Probably most notable for being produced by Ron Gilbert, creator of the Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island series, allowing this and most subsequent Humongous releases to run on the powerful SPUTM engine (popularly known as SCUMM) used in those games.
Plot
When Putt-Putt hears on his radio that a pet parade is coming to Cartown, he really wants to be in it. Before he can enter the parade, he must find a pet and a balloon, and get cleaned at the car wash. After that, Putt-Putt goes to talk to Smokey the Fire Engine to borrow his lawn mower, so he could make some money to use the car wash. He goes to Green Street, Red Street, and Blue Street to help people by mowing lawns and delivering groceries for Mr. Baldini to earn money for the car wash. Putt-Putt then helps a car, Mrs. Airbag, who lost her baby in the movies. After finding Baby Beep, Mrs. Airbag allows Putt-Putt to take her last balloon as a reward for helping her. Finally, he goes in a cave and finds a puppy that he names Pep. After that, he is the leader of the parade, and everyone has a happy day!
Gameplay
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade, like other later Humongous Entertainment games, is a point-and-click adventure game. The player takes control of Putt-Putt with the goal of finding a pet and a balloon, getting cleaned at the car wash, getting a new paint job, or doing both of those things, and having fun along the way. The game is played by using the mouse to interact with the environment. By clicking on various areas called Click Points, the player can collect items, talk with other characters, and watch entertaining animations. Items are collected to help the player solve puzzles. The game contains five different areas to explore: the three streets, the cave, and the movie theater. These areas are joined in the middle by Cartown.
Of course, Putt-Putt can join the parade either with or without getting a car wash if he has a new paint job assigned.
-- Sources: Fandom, Mobygames --
-- Game credits --
Full credits available at: https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/putt-putt-joins-the-parade/credits
-- Video creator notes --
The Steam version of the game was played on Windows 10 using ScummVM.
This game on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/283920/PuttPutt_Joins_the_Parade/
-- Timestamps --
0:00 Highlight
0:10 Intros
1:15 Going to cartown
5:44 Smokey the Fire Engine
7:15 Toy Store
15:42 Baldini's Grocery Store, Birdseed
22:00 Found Puppy
22:53 Cartown Movies, Balloon
25:00 Carwash
27:10 Delivering more groceries
30:00 Mowing lawns, Found bone
36:09 Cartown Color
37:54 Smokey
38:45 Pep joins
39:20 Parade starts
41:24 Credits
-- Game info --
Published and developed by: Humongous Entertainment, Inc.
Released: 1992
-- Settings and application information --
Game played using ScummVM
Recorded using OBS
Edited using VEGAS Pro 18.0
To retain the pixel art look of the game, the game was scaled to 1920x1200 which is 3 times the original resolution. The video was then uploaded in 2560x1440 resolution.
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