Most petz do enjoy getting stroked, but not all petz enjoy being picked up. Petz will respond accordingly to their personality and genes. Players may also interact with their new companion by clicking and holding down their left mouse button to stroke and praise their pet, or click and hold down their right mouse button to pick up their pet. The game becomes less restricive of the player's actions and allows the player to navigate throughout the game and take pictures of their pet either by clicking the Camera button on the Carrying Case or by using the spacebar on their keyboard. After the player agrees by clicking 'Adopt', they will be escorted into the Living Room playscene. The pledge goes through a quick rundown of the responsibilities of owning a pet, the type of care the player must provide to their pet, and the consquences if they fails to meet the pet's needs.
After typing the desired name, the player will click 'Okay' and face the Adoption Pledge. Canceling will close the window and take you back to the Adoption Center, whereas clicking 'Proceed' will open a new window in which the player will be able to choose the name of their new companion.
The player will have the choice to click 'Proceed' or 'Cancel'. When clicked, the player will be be prompted with a message explaining the responsibility that comes with owning a pet. In order for the player to unlock more interactions with the pet, they may click the 'Adopt Now' button on the house. The player may now play with the pet with limited actions (as you may not take pictures or take your pet anywhere in the game until it is adopted), adopt the pet, or place the pet back into the Adoption Center by right-clicking on the pet and dragging it to the door of the Adoption After selecting the desired breed by clicking its name, said breed will come walking out of the Adoption Center doors as a puppy (age 12 on the PetzA brainsliders). By clicking 'Pick a Pet' on the house, players are faced with a list of Breedz to choose from. At the Adoption Center, like everywhere else in the game, the player uses their mouse to navigate around the screen. The Adoption Center is a yellow house in a garden-type setting. They will also be brought back here when the game is launched with no adopted petz in it. To close out of DosBox versions of Catz 1, Dogz 1, and Oddballz:ġ.) Click on Program Manager at the bottom of the DosBox DesktopĢ.Petz 3, 4, or 5 is launched, players begin the game at the Adoption Center.
If you do, just follow the same steps as seen above and your game will install normally. **You should not encounter any of the errors regarding the IsUninst.exe file like seen above.
Hit "Start the Game"ī.) Change your screen resolution to 800 x 600įor Windows 95, 98, ME, and XP users: use the Native Disc versionĢ.) FOR ODDBALLZ: Follow the instructions in the patch folder to get your game working "Run this program in compatibility mode for:ġ.) Choose the appropriate installer for your operating system.įor Windows 7, 8, and 10 users: use the Dosbox versionĪ.) No install required. PLEASE Be sure to read all instructions while installing, as most of these games are troublesome with Windows 10.ġ.) Open the folder and locate the Setup.exe fileĢ.) Right click the Setup.exe file and hit Propertiesģ.) In the window that pops up, go to the Compatibility tabĤ.) In the compatibility tab, make sure the box is checked for The other set is a native disc set of files, if you wish to install these games on to an older operating system capable of handling them. One set of installers are a Dosbox contained version of each game, fit to run moderately well on Windows 10. There really isn't much I can do about that.Ĭatz 1, Dogz 1, and Oddballz come with 2 separate methods of installation. Some games may not perform well on Windows 10, so please be aware of this. Or maybe you are a newcomer and weren't around to experience the earlier games? How about an easy way to FINALLY convince that friend of yours to play these games? No cost to them! What better way is there to share the love?Įach game comes bundled with all their official downloadz from the PF Magic site. This bundle has it all! Finally you can try that elusive game that you never were able to play as a kid.