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Latest revision as of 23:55, 18 August 2023

Oddballz: Your Wacky Computer Petz
Oddballz: Your Wacky Computer Petz cover
Developers
PF Magic
Publishers
PF Magic
Release dates
Windows 1996
Mac OS (Classic) 1996
Taxonomy
Genres Life sim
Series Petz
Oddballz: Your Wacky Computer Petz on MobyGames
Oddballz: Your Wacky Computer Petz on Wikipedia
Dogz: Your Computer Pet 1995
Oddballz: Your Wacky Computer Petz 1996
Catz: Your Computer Petz 1996
Dogz II: Your Virtual Petz 1997
Catz II: Your Virtual Petz 1997
Dogz 3 1998
Catz 3 1998
Dogz 4 1999
Catz 4 1999
Dogz 5 2002
Catz 5 2002
Dogz 2006
Catz 2006
Horsez 2006
Petz Dogz 2 2007
Petz Catz 2 2007
Petz Horsez 2 (2007) 2007
Petz Horsez 2 (2008) 2008
Petz Horse Club 2008
Petz Sports 2008

General information

Official website (archived)
Eli's Software Encyclopedia entry

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
Mac OS
This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows C:\ODDBALLZ\ODDBALLZ.INI
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows C:\ODDBALLZ\EGGZ\name of your pet\Name of your pet.INI
Mac OS (Classic)

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Only tool hints
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Only text, non-human sounds

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) Intel 80486DX2 66 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 33 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 colors
Sound (audio device) A sound card is recommended but not required
Other
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7.0
Processor (CPU) Motorola 68040 33 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 33 MB


References