The Pink Panther's Passport to Peril

The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther's Passport to Peril	1996
The Pink Panther in Hokus Pokus Pink	1997
Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit	2002

The Pink Panther's Passport to Peril is a singleplayer flip screen adventure and educational game in the The Pink Panther series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	The game does not contain any microtransactions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wanderlust\The Pink Panther's Passport to Peril\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\*.ptp^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location can be changed during saving.

Save game cloud syncing

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Display configuration window at launch

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Only 640x480 supported.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Select "No" in display configuration window at launch.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

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

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Foreground Sound, Background Sound
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Hebrew
Italian
Norwegian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				A Pantera Cor-de-Rosa: Passaporte para o Perigo.^[4]
Russian				Розовая пантера. Право на риск.
Spanish
Swedish

Issues fixed

Installer does not work

Setup executable is 16-bit and won't work on 64-bit OS.

Copy the game files from the CD^[5]

Go to the INSTALL folder on the installation CD.
Copy the following files: ALLSONGS.PTP, BATCHMAN.EXE, BCKGND.GIF, LOGO1.GIF, LUST.HTM, MSS32.DLL, PINK.HTM, PNKSTD1.GIF, PPTP.BRO, PPTP.CNT, PPTP.EXE, PPTP.HLP, PPTP.ICO, QA.HTM, README.WRI, SUPPORT.HTM and WINNER.HTM.
Paste them on your hard drive.
Use the PPTP.exe file to launch the game.

Files on the CD may be hidden.

Game does not launch (Spanish version)

For some reason the Spanish version does not run on Windows XP or higher.

Use Windows XP patch^{[citation needed]}

Sound does not play

Enable the following compatibility settings for the `PPTP.exe` file: `Compatibility mode (Windows XP (Service Pack 2))` and `Reduced color mode (8-bit (256) color)`^[6]

Crackling sound

Disable Windows Audio Enhancements^[6]
Open Control Panel and go to `Hardware and Sound` settings. Under the `Sound` section, click on `Manage Audio Devices`. Right-click on the desired output device and click on `Properties`. Go to the `Advanced` tab. Under the `Signal Enhancements` section, uncheck the `Enable audio enhancements` box. Click `Apply` and then `OK`.

Stuck at 640x480 when closing game

Enable the following compatibility settings for the `PPTP.exe` file: `Run in 640x480 screen resolution`^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	6

Executable	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows				Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using ScummVM

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System

System requirements

Windows 3.x
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	3.1
Processor (CPU)	486 66 MHz	486 DX2 66 MHz Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM)	8 MB	16 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	10 MB
Video card (GPU)	256 color, 640x480 capable
Sound (audio device)	8-bit, 22 kHz, Windows compatible

Windows NT is not officially supported, though the game should run without problems on NT 4.0 or later.

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	486 66 MHz	486 DX2 66 MHz Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM)	8 MB	16 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	10 MB
Video card (GPU)	256 color, 640x480 capable
Sound (audio device)	8-bit, 22 kHz, Windows compatible

Windows NT is not officially supported, though the game should run without problems on NT 4.0 or later.

Notes

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Розовая Пантера. Право на риск – Noviy Disk (in Russian) - last accessed on 2024-09-09
↑ Pink – ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2024-09-09
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Annual report of Wanderlust Interactive for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549 (archived) - last accessed on 2024-09-09
"The Company completed a CD-ROM entitled "Passport to Peril," which it released in October 1996 …"
↑ Jogos em Português (YouTube) - last accessed on 2023-06-09
↑ Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2018-04-21
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Game audio for an older game not working : r/techsupport – Reddit - last accessed on 2024-09-09

[gamedir-4] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] Розовая Пантера. Право на риск – Noviy Disk (in Russian) - last accessed on 2024-09-09

[2] Pink – ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2024-09-09

[Annual_report-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Annual report of Wanderlust Interactive for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549 (archived) - last accessed on 2024-09-09
"The Company completed a CD-ROM entitled "Passport to Peril," which it released in October 1996 …"

[5] Jogos em Português (YouTube) - last accessed on 2023-06-09

[6] Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2018-04-21

[Reddit-7] 6.0 ^6.1 Game audio for an older game not working : r/techsupport – Reddit - last accessed on 2024-09-09

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Developers

	Wanderlust Interactive
Publishers
United States (1st edition), France	BMG Interactive
United States	Simon & Schuster Interactive
United Kingdom	Anglia Multimedia
Denmark	Funsoft
Netherlands	The Learning Company
Russia	Noviy Disk^[1]
Engines
	OxCart Runtime^[2]
Release dates
Windows 3.x	October 1996^[3]
Windows	October 1996^[3]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Flip screen
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure, Educational
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Comedy, Detective/mystery
Series	The Pink Panther