Putt-Putt wants to join a parade that is to go through his town after hearing about the Cartown Pet Parade on his radio. To do this, he needs to find various objects such as a pet and a balloon and get a carwash. This is the game where Putt-Putt goes into the cave and finds Pep, his little brown dog, who is a recurring character in the series.

The first story with Putt-Putt took place not in a computer, but beside a child's bed. Putt-Putt's creator, Shelley Day, told Putt-Putt's first adventure to her three year old son Travis as a bedtime story in 1990. In the story, Putt-Putt saved a cat who had gotten stuck in a tree.

Soon after, Putt-Putt became the first of the many characters to be created at Humongous Entertainment, then a new company. Since 1992, Putt-Putt has starred in a total of 13 games,
7 of which are adventure games. He also starred in 2 arcade games and 4 activity games.

If you have an Old Panasonic 3DO Console & the Panasonic 3DO Version of Putt-Putt Joins the Parade, then the Controls are Simple to understand. In the Japanese Import Version of the game, you can play the game with either the English Audio or Japanese Audio Tracks.

Selecting the Putt-Putt with the US Flag on the Right Side of the Screen with launch the game with the English Audio Track while Putt-Putt with the Japanese Flag on the Left Side of the Screen will launch the game with the Japanese Audio Track.

Panasonic 3DO Controls
Play/Pause Button:
Pauses the Game

A, B & C Buttons:
Action Button

Direction Pad:
Move Cursor

Languge Select (Japanese Import Version Only):
Left = Japanese
Right = English


3DO Interactive Sampler YT Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnszJyvePtc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AYTEHh3oeo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOjbJe5L2xY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc1__xvg39I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjCeFAp5F3I

YT Link to liquidpolicenaut:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL81BIR_eiGdCvOz__sHAbg

The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer (often called simply the 3DO) is a video game console platform developed by The 3DO Company. Conceived by entrepreneur and Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins, the 3DO was not a console manufactured by the company itself, but a series of specifications, originally designed by Dave Needle and R. J. Mical of New Technology Group, that could be licensed by third-parties. Panasonic produced the first models in 1993, and further renditions of the hardware were released in 1994 by Sanyo and GoldStar (now LG Corp).

Despite a highly promoted launch (including being named Time magazine's "1994 Product of the Year") and a host of cutting-edge technologies, the 3DO's high price (US $699 at launch) and an over-saturated console market prevented the system from achieving success comparable to veteran competitors Sega and Nintendo.

Since its discontinuation in late 1996, the 3DO has been frequently derided by video game historians.

Putt-Putt's dashboard has maintained a similar look throughout the course of the series. The original style, seen in Putt-Putt Joins the Parade and Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon, features a Gas Gauge, Speedometer, Steering Wheel with Horn, Radio and a Glove Compartment.

In Putt-Putt Joins the Parade, Putt-Putt's gas gauge would drain as time progressed. He had the option of refilling it at the Cartown Gas Station. The Speedometer is labeled in increments of 5mph from five to 35mph, 35mph being Putt-Putt's Top Speed. The Steering Wheel is red and seemingly floats in front of the Dashboard. In its center rests a Yellow Smiley Face which acts as Putt-Putt's Horn. When used, the horn makes a Goofy Face while the Horn blares. The Radio features a Older Style Tuner and is always tuned to the Same Station. The Glove Compartment is where Putt-Putt keeps the items he finds on his adventures. It is divided into Two Sections by a single shelf that rests in the middle. During times when Putt-Putt is asked a YES or NO Question, the shelf rotates forward to reveal the YES or NO options.

Color Changing:
Color Changing is a feature in the Putt-Putt series in which you can change Putt-Putt's Color. Almost all games contain a Color Changing feature, except for Pep's Birthday Surprise and Pep's Dog on a Stick. See Section 5-7 for Color Changing on Putt-Putt Joins the Parade.

Pinball Maker:
You can make your own Pinball Table, place Flippers on a 10x6 Grid & Launch Pinballs to your own liking.

Puzzle Blocks:
Match all 9 Blocks on a 3x3 Grid to make a Picture.

Riddles & Jokes:
You can play up to 48 jokes found in the game and each joke have a dialogue for all four animals depending on the jokes. These animals are Doggie, Duckie, Kitty Cat and Bunny Rabbit and each have 12 jokes, which these automatically random. See Section 2-1 on How to Play the Riddles & Jokes Minigame.

NOTE: When you're done with either the Puzzle Blocks or the Pinball Maker, you can post either your Puzzle Block Picture or Custom Pinball Table Picture on Steam using the F12 Key in the Steam Version or use PrintScreen in the Standalone Windows or MS-DOS Versions using ScummVM.

To play the riddles jokes, click on any of the four animals to start. The animal you click give you a random of the 12 jokes for that animal. Click on other animal to tell the answer. Only one of other of them have a correct answer, but click on one of two of them tell him or her a wrong answer. To tell another random of the 48 jokes, then repeat the process.

The Game Starts when Putt-Putt hears on his radio that there 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 carwash. But First, you need to help Putt-Putt get ready. You can start by Feeding the Frog in the Window of your Shed, Eating your Tire-Os Cereal, Brushing your Teeth & picking up your First Coin.

After you ate your Tire-Os Cereal, brushed your Teeth & picked up your Coin. Exit Putt-Putt's Garage then take these simple directions to Reach Cartown until you reach a Cow, honk your Car Horn & the Cow will move aside, then you can reach Cartown.

Pathway Key:
Up
Down
Left
Right

Cartown Directions:
1. Left
2. Right Twice
3. Honk Horn

Now that you've reached Cartown, you can talk to Smokey the Fire Engine & he'll tell you that you need to do a few things before you can join the Cartown Pet Parade. You can talk to Smokey the Fire Engine back at the Fire Station in case you need to be reminded of what you need to do in order to join the Cartown Pet Parade. First, you'll need to earn Money before getting a Carwash. To do so, you'll need to Mow Lawns or Deliver Groceries for Mr. Baldini. If you're going to Mow Lawns, you need to use Smokey's Lawn Mower which he'll lend you in order to do so & the Initial Street in which you have to Mow Lawns are randomized for each Walkthrough. Next, you'll need to find Baby Beep who is lost in the Cartown Drive-In Theater & finally, you'll need to rescuse Pep who is lost in a Cave. Then you can join in the Cartown Pet Parade & Complete the game.

Cartown Pet Parade Requirements:
1. Get a Carwash
2. Get a New Paint Job (Optional, bypasses Carwash Requirement)
3. Find Pep
4. Get a Balloon

Earning Coins:
1. Mow Lawns
2. Deliver Groceries

Possible Initial Streets to Mow Lawns (Randomized per Playthrough, the other 2 are Optional):
1. Red Street
2. Blue Street
3. Green Street

WALKTHROUGHS NOTE: I want to make note of the fact that in some Future Putt-Putt or other Humongous Entertainment Titles that there are different Game Paths which contain different puzzles that the player has to solve in order to continue the game & the game paths are randomly set when the player starts a new game. This will be important at some point in these Walkthroughs later.

The Coins you earn in either Putt Putt Joins the Parade & Putt Putt Enters the Race acts as the Currency. In-Game Money can also earned in 4 other Putt-Putt Titles. Putt Putt Goes to the Moon uses Green Moon Rocks as the Currency, Putt Putt Travels Through Time uses 1 Present & Past Nickels at the Currency. You can earn up to as many Coins/Green Moon Rocks as you like in either Putt Putt Joins the Parade, Putt Putt Goes to the Moon & Putt Putt Enters the Race. But in Putt Putt Travels Through Time, you can only carry one Nickel at a time.

After you talked to Smokey about what you need to do in order to join Cartown Pet Parade, you'll return to the Cartown Central Square. There are some In-Game Locations that my catch your fancy.

Cartown Locations:
1. Cartown Color
2. Cartown Gas & Tires
3. Cartown Intersection
4. Green Street
5. Blue Street
6. Red Street
7. Cartown Carwash
8. Putt-Putt's Garage
9. Baldini's Grocery Store
10. Cartown Fire Station
11. Cartown Toy Store
12. Cartown Movie Theater

Anytime you have an accident or Run Out of Gas, just Honk your horn & Chuck the Tow Truck will tow you to Cartown Gas & Tires. You can refill your Gas Gauge, Change your Tires or Clean your Windshield here.

NOTE: If you're running Low on Fuel, you should head over to Cartown Gas & Tires to refuel before continuing the game.

You can earn Coins by Delivering Groceries for Mr. Baldini here. The Correct Location of where you deliver the Groceries is Randomized in all Walkthroughs. The Free Birdseed can also be obtained here.

The Cartown Intersection serves as a hub to the residential section of Cartown as well as the movie theater. A dirt road heading East leads toward the bridge and eventually, the cave, where Pep can be found. Putt-Putt needs to wait at the intersection until the light is green, after which he can cross. This can be done by clicking on the Traffic Light.

Red Street is one of the First residential street found North & Northwest of Cartown. On the road leading to the houses, a pile of nails lay in your Path. If you try to drive over the nails which are on the road, your tires will pop & you'll need to honk your Car Horn for Chuck The Tow Truck to tow you to Cartown Gas & Tires. You can clear the road of the nails by using the Magnet which can be found at the Toy Store. On the residential street, you can mow the residents' lawns and bring them groceries. If this is one of the Initial Streets to Mow Lawns, this is where you want to start before mowing the either Blue Street or Green Street's Lawns.

Residents:
1. Ms. Rearview Mirror
2. Mr. Fenderbender
3. Jacques
4. Mr. Parts and Service

NOTE: After mowing lawns, only Mr. Fenderbender's name is mentioned when Putt-Putt thanks him for a Coin and none of the residents of this street join the parade.

Green Street is one of the Second residential street found north of Cartown. On the way to the houses, 3 small birds sit in the middle of the road. You can either use your Car Horn or Birdseed to move the them off the road. On the residential street, you can mow the residents' lawns and bring them groceries. If this is one of the Initial Streets to Mow Lawns, this is where you want to start before mowing the either Red Street or Blue Street's Lawns.

Residents:
1. Buster T. Buggy
2. Clarence
3. Tami Torpedo
4. Phineas Fender

NOTE: All 4 residents of this street join the parade at the end.

Blue Street is one of the Third residential street found north of Cartown. On the road to the houses, 4 small mice in marching band uniforms are sulking in the middle of the road. To get the mice to move, you need to use Putt-Putt's Radio to make them march off. On the residential street, you mow the residents' lawns and bring them groceries. If this is one of the Initial Streets to Mow Lawns, this is where you want to start before mowing the either Red Street or Green Street's Lawns.

Blue Street Residents:
1. Trixie
2. Bronco
3. Mrs. Bumper
4. Gert

NOTE: Only one resident, Gert, joins the parade.

The Cartown Color can be found in both Putt-Putt Joins the Parade & Putt-Putt Enters the Race. In both games it serves as Color Change Location for Putt-Putt. When you bring along at least 3 Coins & place 3 Coins in the Coin Slot, you can go in and change Putt-Putt's Color.
Inside the Cartown Color, there are a total of 6 Colors to choose from.

Coin Cost:
3 Coins

Paint Colors:
1. Red
2. Blue
3. Yellow
4. Orange
5. Green
6. Purple

NOTE: If you decide to show Putt-Putt's New Paint Job to Smokey the Fire Engine,
you'll automaticly Bypass the Carwash Requirement.

Putt-Putt's House is a Garage in Cartown where Putt-Putt and Pep live. In Putt-Putt Joins the Parade, Putt-Putt Travels Through Time and Pep's Birthday Surprise, you can see the inside of the house.

Items Found:
1 Coin (Putt-Putt Joins the Parade)
Pep (Putt-Putt Joins the Parade/Putt-Putt Travels Through Time/Pep's Birthday Surprise)
Nickel [Present] (Putt-Putt Travels Through Time)
Smokey the Fire Engine Lunchbox (Putt-Putt Travels Through Time)
Calculator (Putt-Putt Travels Through Time)
History Report (Putt-Putt Travels Through Time)

The Cartown Movie Theater can be found North & West of Cartown. This is where you can find Baby Beep who is lost inside.

Movies Shown:
1. King Karr (A parody of "King Kong")
2. The Three Little Cars (A parody of "The Three Little Pigs")
3. Wally the Flying Car (Possibly a parody of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang")
4. Frankencar (A parody of "Frankenstein")
5. Beauty and the Wreck (A parody of "Beauty and the Beast")
6. Carzilla (A parody of "Godzilla")

This is where you can Play 3 Different Minigames, see Section 2 for Minigames. The Magnet can also be found here.

The Cartown Carwash can be found in both Putt-Putt Joins the Parade & Putt-Putt Enters the Race. When you bring along at least 2 Coins & place 2 Coins in the Coin Slot, you can go in and give Putt-Putt a Carwash. Inside the Cartown Carwash, there are 4 Different Options to choose from.

Coin Cost:
2 Coins

Carwash Options:
1. Rinse
2. Soap & Bubbles
3. Brush
4. Vaccum

Recomended Options:
Vaccum, Soap and Bubbles, Brush & Rinse

Home to Smoke the Fire Engine. His Lawn Mower can be found here.

After getting the Lawn Mower from Smokey the Fire Engine will tell you where to mow lawns first, after you mow all 4 Lawns of the Initial Street, you can Mow the other Lawns in the other 2 Streets which are Optional. See Section 5-4 to 5-6 for Possible Initial Streets to Mow Lawns. To mow the lawns, click on where you want Putt-Putt to Mow the Lawn using your Mouse. Putt-Putt can Mow each Lawn Horizontaly and Verticaly but not Diagonally. After you've finished Mowing the Current Lawn, you can earn 1 Coin for each Lawn Mowed & you can only Mow one Lawn at a time. There's a Total of 12 Different Lawns to Mow in Cartown. While you're mowing the First Lawn, you'll find a Dog Bone in which you'll need to find Pep later on. Once you've earned enough Coins, you give Putt-Putt a Carwash or a New Paint Job. After that, all you need now is a Balloon & a Pet to join the Cartown Pet Parade.

After you've Mowed the 4 Lawns of the Initial Street, but still feel like that you need more Coins, you can Deliver Groceries for Mr. Baldini. Just click on the Enterance to Baldini's Grocery Store to get started, the Groceries you need to deliver are Randomized in all Walkthroughs. Each Grocery has a Color & Number from 1-4. The Color indicates the Street you need to go to & Number indicates the Garage you need to visit. What you need to do is Deliver Groceries to both the Correct Street & Numbered Garage, you can earn 1 Coin for each Grocery Delivered & you can deliver one set of Groceries at a time. There's a Total of 12 Different Groceries to Deliver in Cartown. Once you've earned enough Coins, you give Putt-Putt a Carwash or a New Paint Job. After that, all you need now is a Balloon & a Pet to join the Cartown Pet Parade.

From the Cartown Intersection, go Left until you reach the Cartown Movie Theater. Once you've reached the Cartown Movie Theater, Ms. Airbag will give you a picture of Baby Beep who is lost inside the Theater. Baby Beep's appearance is Randomized for each Walkthrough. You need match the picture of Baby Beep with the Minicar once you're inside the theater. After you found Baby Beep inside the Theater, Ms. Airbag will give you a Balloon for the Cartown Pet Parade. The only thing you need to do now is to find Pep & you'll be all set for the Cartown Pet Parade.

Possible Baby Beeps (Randomized per Playthrough)
1. Pink Mini-Car
2. Yellow Mini-Truck
3. Pink Mini-Truck
4. Red Mini-Car
5.

From the Cartown Intersection, go Right until you reach the Dirt Road until you reach a bridge, cross the Bridge until you reach a Cave. Once inside the cave, you'll notice a scared puppy inside, just give him a Dog Bone & he'll be happy to come with you. The Puppy's Name in the Putt-Putt Series is Pep.

Now that you've gotten a Carwash/New Paint Job, found a Balloon & Pep, you should be all ready for the Cartown Pet Parade. From the Cartown Pet Parade, you can click on the LEFT or RIGHT sides of the Screen to move Forward & Backward One Car. Clicking on Cars during Cartown Pet Parade will reveal some Really Fun Surprises. Clicking on the RIGHT Side of the Screen will take you Forward by 1 Car while clicking on the LEFT Side of the Screen will take you back by 1 Car.

Click on the RIGHT Side of the Screen 5 times & you'll proceed to the End Credits of Putt-Putt Joins the Parade. From the End Credits Screen, you can Pop the Balloons by Clicking on them. If you wait for a few seconds, you'll be asked if you want to Play Again. Click YES to RESTART the game or Click NO to EXIT to Windows.

Below are all of the designers that worked on Putt-Putt Joins the Parade. This list can be found in the game's help file in either the Standalone or Humongous Classics Collection CD-ROM Version.

Director:
Ron Gilbert

Design Team:
Ron Gilbert
Laurie Bauman
Annie Fox
Shelley Day

Programmers:
Tami Borowick
Bret Barrett
D.C. Timoney

Background Art:
Dev Madan

Animation:
Derek MacCaughan
Augie Pagan
Dev Madan
Brad Carlton

Additional Art:
Dennis Clevenger

Lead Tester:
Kristina Sontag
Damon Conklin
Dean Luce
Beau Folsom
Paul Rybicki
Mat Medina
Day Evans
Brett Perkerwicz
Michael C. Barnes
Brian Miller
David Julian
Tom Barber
Thomas Faber
Andrew Feucht III
Colin Riviere
Jeffrey Tomlinson

System Programming:
Ron Gilbert
Brad P. Taylor
Aric Wilmunder

Windows System:
Brad P. Taylor

Windows Conversion:
Peter Crayne

Voice of Putt-Putt:
Jason Ellefson

Music:
Tom McMail

Audio Director:
Laurie Bauman

Audio Engineer:
Tom McGurk

Product Marketing:
Sue Klamert
Susan Miller

Handbook:
Shelly Day
Brad Carlton
Edward Pun
Augie Pagan
Derek McCaughan

Help File:
David E. West

Coins: Used for the Cartown Color & Cartown Carwash Minigames. They can be obtained from Mowing Lawns, Delivering Groceries and 1 from Putt-Putt's House. You carry up to as many Coins as you like in the game.

Lawn Mower: Used to Mow Lawns at Green, Blue or Red Streets.

Magnet: Used to remove the Nails before entering Red Street.

Dog Bone: Used to Find Pep who is lost in a Cave.

Birdseed: Used to clear the Birds before entering Green Street.

Pep: Putt-Putt's Pet Dog & one of 2 Key Items you'll need to join the Cartown Pet Parade. You can give him a Bone once you find him lost in the Cave. Once you have him, he'll be in your Inventory for most of the Putt-Putt series & if you click on him, he'll bark.

Balloon: The 2nd Key Item that's used to join join the Cartown Pet Parade.
You can get this after you find Baby Beep in the Cartown Movie Theater.

Baby Beep's Picture: Used to identify Baby Beep once inside the Cartown Movie Theater. See Section 6-3 for more Details.

Saving your Game:
To Save your Game, Press the "S" Key on your Keyboard. A total of 9 Files can be saved at a time. Place the game's screenshot onto the file you want to save & name your Save File to save your progress. You can overwrite a save by placing its screenshot on the game you saved earlier & name it. This can be done anywhere in the game at anytime.

Loading your Game:
To Load your Game, Press the "L" on your Keyboard. You can load your Saved Game
by selecting the screenshot you saved your progress in by clicking on it.

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Want to play Putt-Putt Joins the Parade without the Standalone or Humongous Classics Collection CD? Then I'll show you how to do so.

First, download the ScummVM Emulator here:
http://scummvm.org/

Then, follow these steps:
1. Insert your Putt-Putt Joins the Parade Standalone or Humongous Classics Collection CD into your Disc Drive.
2. Click on QUIT at the autorun.
3. Open the CD
4. Create a new Folder on your C Drive and Name it: "HEGames".

5. Create 2 New Folders in your HEGames Folder, then Name them "PuttPutt Win" (If you want to Play the Windows Version) and "PuttPutt DOS" (If you want to Play the MS-DOS Version).

6. Copy the Putt-Putt Joins the Parade Standalone or the Humongous Classics Collection's
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade CD Files to both PuttPutt Win & PuttPutt MS-DOS Folders on your Hard Drive.

7. Run the ScummVM Installer & follow the instructions shown.

8. DON'T Open Putt-Putt Joins the Parade just yet. If you're using a newer computer,
you'll need to use the ScummVM Emulator.

9. Open ScummVM
10. Select "ADD GAME"

11. Find the folder where Putt-Putt Joins the Parade is Installed on your Hard Drive, select CHOOSE & then select OK. After that, the game should be added to the ScummVM Library
(Do this for both Windows & MS-DOS Versions of the game).

12. Highlight Putt-Putt Joins the Parade (Windows or MS-DOS Version),
then Double-Click on it to start or select START.

13. Enjoy

NOTE: This Full Install also works with the 3DO Version as well but the Folder for that would be called PuttPutt 3DO.

Here are the Basic Commands for the ScummVM UI:
F5 = Options Menu (Volume Contol, Show Text/Speech/Both, Subtitle Speed)
. = Skip Line of Text
Esc = Skip Cutscene
Spacebar = Pause Game
F8 = Restart Game
Ctrl 0-9 = Load Game Save State 0-9
Alt 0-9 = Save Game State 0-9
Alt X/Ctrl Z = Quit
Alt + Enter = Fullscreen/Windowed Mode

There's no telling what will pop up when you click on random objects.
With so much to see, you won't want to miss a thing.

Challenge & Inspire Young Players to think for themselves in creative & flexable ways. Young Players play with faithful, lovable friends as they discover captivating worlds where they direct the journey & overcome challenges at their own pace. Junior Adventure Games will help Young Players develop:

1. Critical-Thinking Skills
2. Problem-Solving Skills
3. Memory Skills
4. Mental Mapping
5. Spatial-Relations Skills

Humongous Entertainment's heartwarming characters & engaging Adventures come to life through Feature Film Quality Animation, Original Music & the power of a Young Player's Imangination.

Please let me know If you have any questions or If I missed anything.