Petz II is the second release in a series of virtual pet simulation games developed by PF Magic. It contained two separate games, Catz II and Dogz II, both running on the same engine.
Debug Registry Keys#
Upon launch, Petz II checks the values of several registry keys which serve the purpose of toggling debug functions. They do not exist by default, and must be created by the user. They can be toggled on by setting their values to 01 00 00 00.
Note that the specific location of these keys may change when running Petz II with a compatibility shim on newer versions of Windows.
Key Name |
Type |
Functionality |
|---|---|---|
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Debug To Mono |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Keypress Debug Stuff |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Fast Render |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Very Fast Render |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Special Focus Test Ver |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Profile Info |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Debug Screen Saver |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Test Exceptions |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Hyper Mode |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Show Slider Brain |
REG_BINARY |
Opens two additional windows, "Biorhythm Sliders" and "Mouse Sliders", which presumably give you control over the simulated aspects of a virtual pet. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Show Goals |
REG_BINARY |
Opens a "Monitor" window that displays virtual pet events. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Show Emotions |
REG_BINARY |
Opens a "Monitor" window that displays virtual pet emotions. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Longevity |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Show Palette Ramp |
REG_BINARY |
Displays a color palette in the upper left-hand corner of the window. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\No Pets in SSV |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\No XCursor |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Search Files Only |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Search Resources Only |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PF.Magic\Petz II\1.00.01\Search Default |
REG_BINARY |
Unknown. |
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The Petz series | |
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Windows |
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Game Boy Advance |
Dogz • Dogz 2 • Catz • Hamsterz Life 2 |
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Nintendo DS |
Dogz • Catz • Hamsterz Life 2 |
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Wii |
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