Putt-Putt Joins the Circus

Putt-Putt Joins the Circus is a video game and the sixth of adventure game of the Putt-Putt series of games. It was developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Infogrames in 2000. This is the last of two games to feature Nancy Cartwright as the voice of Putt-Putt.

Putt-Putt Joins the Circus
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Developer(s)Humongous Entertainment
Publisher(s)Infogrames
Programmer(s)Brian Pulliam
Artist(s)Edward Pun
Composer(s)Scott Lloyd Shelly
SeriesPutt-Putt 
EngineSCUMM
Platform(s)Macintosh, Windows, iOS, Linux, Steam
Release
  • June 19, 2000 (Mac, Win)
  • October 4, 2013 (iOS)
  • May 29, 2014 (Linux)
  • May 29, 2014 (Steam)[1]
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot

Putt-Putt (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) and Pep go to see B.J. Sweeney's Big Top Circus in Apple Valley. They hop on board Roll-Along Cassidy the circus train after a goat eats their ticket. When they reach Apple Valley, they meet B.J. Sweeney, crying because the circus' five main acts aren't put together. The five main acts are Honko the Clown, the Flying Porkowskis, Philippe the Flea, Reginald the Lion and his tiger assistants, Teri and Marie, and Katie Cannonball. Putt-Putt offers to help out and he must search the circus grounds for the performers so they will practice and finally perform for opening night. During his quest, he meets the elephants, Baby Jambo and Mama Mombasa, Sebestian the Juggling Seal, Francine the High-Diving Hippo, Eunice the Unicycle, Bette Bandwagon, Hank the Security Car, Ivan the Strong Van, and all the other circus performers and animals to help them get ready for opening night as well. After Putt-Putt fixes the acts, Mr. Sweeney lets him be part of the show.

Gameplay

The game uses the same mechanics as its predecessors including Putt-Putt's dashboard interface and some minigames included. Throughout the game the player must solve characters' problems and unite all five circus actors.

Development

All backgrounds, characters and animations were hand drawn.[2]

Reception

Critical reception
Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
PC Magazine[3]
Awards
PublicationAward
Dr. Toy, Institute for Childhood Resources10 Best Software/CD-ROM/High-Tech Products for 2000[4]
Dr. Toy, Institute for Childhood Resources100 Best Children’s Products for 2000[4]
National Parenting Publications AwardsGold Award[4]
Parent's GuideChildren’s Media Award[4]
Children’s Software RevueAll Star Software Award[4]
Choosing Children’s SoftwareBest Picks Award[4]

The game was well received and earned a number of awards around its year of release.

Commercial performance

Between May 11 and 13, the game had debuted at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2000 in Los Angeles.[2]

During the year 2001 alone, Putt-Putt Joins the Circus sold 82,400 retail units in North America, according to PC Data.[5]

References
  1. "Putt-Putt Joins the Circus on Steam". Steam. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  2. "Latest Adventure Starring Everyone's Favorite Purple Car Available in June". Humongous Entertainment - News. 2000. Archived from the original on November 20, 2000. Retrieved November 8, 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  3. Angela Graven (October 3, 2000). "Angela Graven reviews Putt-Putt Joins the Circus". PC Magazine. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  4. "Putt-Putt Joins the Circus - Awards". Humongous Entertainment. Archived from the original on April 18, 2001. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  5. Sluganski, Randy (March 2002). "State of Adventure Gaming - March 2002 - 2001 Sales Table". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on June 19, 2002. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
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