This article has a talk page!In his third outing, Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo (spoiler alert!). He also gets caught up in some bizarre developer in-jokes, has his driver's license set to expire in late 1999, and hurls from eating too much cotton candy. And as if that wasn't enough, there's a demo version with even weirder stuff.
Ahh, the glory days of the multimedia era...
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Debug Mode#
Like most Humongous games, this one has a debug mode, activated by adding the line SuperCool=71595 to the hegames.ini configuration file. This adds two buttons to the front of Baldini's Grocery Store: "CLICK HERE TO PICK UP EVERYTHING!", which puts all plot-necessary items in the inventory, and "CLICK FOR ENDGAME", which triggers the ending sequence.
(Source: ScummVM Wiki)
Ice Hockey Debug Keys#
Adding the line I♥Porkdude=71595 (note that the second character has to be 0x03 in order for it to work) to hegames.ini enables the following debug keys in the Ice Hockey game:
Key |
Function |
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4 |
Gives goal score of 4 to both players |
9 |
Gives game score of 9 to both players |
C |
Hide the cursor |
⇧ Shift+C |
Show the cursor |
K |
Hide the polar bear |
⇧ Shift+K |
Show the polar bear |
F |
Faster puck |
⇧ Shift+F |
Slower puck |
G |
Changes the size of the goals |
I |
Disable unknown |
⇧ Shift+I |
Enable unknown |
T |
Changes the direction of the puck |
Hidden Scenes#
A guide for aspiring managers to why you should keep a tight leash on your devteam.
HolyMoley#
Watch on YouTubeAdd HolyMoley=71595 to hegames.ini and click on the gopher hole in the Grasslands (it's the tuft of grass in front of the lions). Presumably excised for religious content, as mild as it is.
IAmTheMoose#
Watch on YouTubeAdd IAmTheMoose=71595 to hegames.ini, click on either of the joke-telling toucans in Jungle Land, and prepare for the most thrilling two minutes of your life.
MoveInHerds#
Watch on YouTubeAdd MoveInHerds=71595 to hegames.ini and click on the observation point in the grasslands. This is a reference to a line from Jurassic Park; the second half of the line is present, but unused.
UpChuck#
Watch on YouTubeAdd UpChuck=71595 to hegames.ini and get cotton candy from Chuck Wagon ten times to see the logical - and quite disgusting - outcome.
(Source: ScummVM Wiki)
Unused Music#
Background Music#
Track |
Notes |
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A generic Jungle Land drumbeat. This track is called "Those Incessant Drums - Polynesian (Jungle Land)". |
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A generic track without obvious use. |
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Instrumental version of the Rhymin' Gibbons' backing track. Also features an unused uptempo version. |
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Extended, melody-less version of one of the Arcticland themes. This track is called "Those Incessant Drums - Arctic Atmosphere". |
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Located alongside the penguin bop beats, but it never plays. This track is called "Penguin Jam 4 (Boombox)". |
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The save/load music from Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds, stored with the save/load screen sound effects in this game. Likely just a leftover. |
Most of these tracks were released on Bandcamp. Volume 1 was released on September 26, 2020, followed by Volume 2 and Volume 3 on October 9, 2020.
The Rhymin' Gibbons#
The gibbons in Jungle Land normally pick from a selection of 27 rhymes, but five more (somehow even sillier than the rest) can be enabled by adding Gibbon=71595 to hegames.ini.
Track |
Lyrics |
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"How 'bout Fatty?" |
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"Okay ... hair! Beautiful hair!" |
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"Hey, what about Mickey?" |
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"What about cobra?" |
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"Hey, how 'bout ... yeah, moose!" |
(Source: ScummVM Wiki)
Dialogue#
Demo Leftovers#
Some self-explanatory dialogue from the demo.
File |
Subtitles |
|---|---|
Hi, I'm Putt-Putt! |
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I'm back again in a brand new adventure. |
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Some of the baby animals are missing from the new Cartown Zoo... |
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...and we need to help find them. |
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I can't show you the whole zoo yet because this is only the demo... |
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So let's go see if we can rescue Kenya the Lion Cub. |
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Come on! |
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I'm ready to go! |
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In the real game we'd learn all about hippos here. |
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I can't shoot the rapids in the demo. |
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Since this is just a demo, I'd better not go in. |
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In the real game you can help me rescue all the baby animals. |
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I can't wait. |
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Bye bye, for now. |
Jokes#
File |
Subtitles |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
Welcome, sports fans, to the Arctic Land Fatty Bear Memorial Stadium. |
As if the game didn't already take enough swipes at Fatty Bear, here's one more. The used lines refer to the stadium as the "Arctic Land Ice Arena" and "Arctic Land Icy Square Gardens". |
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They do move in herds... |
The second half of the Jurassic Park quote from MoveInHerds. This part isn't used, for whatever reason. |
Other#
File |
Subtitles |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
Great! Now we can find out all about penguins! |
Would have been used for the penguin info kiosk. |
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I already took a picture of Mr. Baldini. |
It's impossible to take Mr. Baldini's picture in the original release of the game because he was normally inside his grocery store when not being spoken to. The 1999 re-release fixed this by having him come out of it after some time passes. |
Demo Version#
Watch on YouTubeThe demo version of the game is present almost in its entirety in the initial CD release, and can be played by force-running script 54 (scr 54 run in ScummVM's debugger). Aside from constant "No Room" errors due to the difference in room numbering between the demo and final versions, everything is fully functional.
The 1999 re-release lacks the demo title graphics, so the game crashes at the point when they should appear.
Regional Differences#
A rather sloppy re-conversion of the Dutch dub, which upgraded the game to a newer revision of the SPUTM/SCUMM engine.
References#
- Putt-Putt® Saves the Zoo Shatters Interactive Animation Standard for CD-ROM; Humongous Entertainment Redefines Interactive Story Telling - News Releases - Humongous Entertainment website (archived)↩︎
- Five New Humongous Entertainment Macintosh CD-ROMs Available for Children Before the Holidays - News Relases - Humongous Entertainment website (archived)↩︎
- Global Demand for Humongous Entertainment's Award-Winning CD-ROMs Fuels New International Localization and Distribution Deals - News Releases - Humongous Interactive website (archived)↩︎
- Pouce-Pouce sauve le zoo - SVM multimédia, Number 15, January 1997↩︎
- Game It! ad - PC Player, April 1997↩︎
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The Putt-Putt series | |
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DOS, 3DO |
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Windows, Mac OS Classic |
Joins the Parade • Goes to the Moon • Saves the Zoo (Prototype) • Travels Through Time • Enters the Race • Joins the Circus • Pep's Birthday Surprise |
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Arcade | |
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DOS |
Putt-Putt's Fun Pack • Putt-Putt & Fatty Bear's Activity Pack |
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3DO |
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Windows, Mac OS Classic |
Putt-Putt & Fatty Bear's Activity Pack • Putt-Putt & Pep's Balloon-o-Rama • Putt-Putt & Pep's Dog on a Stick |
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See also | |