Putt Putt Travels Through Time

Putt-Putt Travels Through Time
Developer(s) Humongous Entertainment
Publisher(s) Humongous Entertainment, Night Dive Studios
Producer(s) Ron Gilbert
Designer(s) Brad Carlton, Bret Barrett, Matthew Mahon, Nick Mirkovich
Writer(s) Laurie Rose Bauman
Composer(s) Jeremy Soule
Engine SCUMM
Platform(s) Android, Macintosh, Windows, iOS, Linux
Release date(s)

Released:

  • June 1, 1997 (Win, Mac)[1]
  • August 14, 2012 (iOS)
  • October 04, 2013 (Android)

Re-released:

  • May 15, 2014 (Linux)
  • May 15, 2014 (Steam)[2]
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Putt-Putt Travels Through Time is a 1997 video game and the fourth of seven adventure games in the Putt-Putt series of games developed and published by Humongous Entertainment. In 2014 Night Dive Studios re-released the iOS, Linux and Steam versions.

Plot

While Mr. Firebird is showing Putt-Putt his new time machine, it malfunctions and Pep the dog gets lost in the time portal along with Mr. Firebird's computer and Putt-Putt's history school report and lunchbox. Putt-Putt travels to Prehistory, the Middle Ages, the Old West, and the distant future to solve the inhabitants problems while recovering Pep, the computer, the report and the lunchbox.

Gameplay

The game mechanics are the same as the prequels including the glove box inventory, horn, radio and accelerator. There are also a number of optional minigames throughout the four eras.

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame[3]
IGN8.4/10 (PC)[4]
Metzomagic[5]
Greenman Gaming52%[6]
The Electric Playground8/10[7]

References

  1. http://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.3/issue2.3pages/news2.3.html
  2. "Putt-Putt Travels Through Time on Steam". Steam. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  3. Brad Cook. "Putt-Putt Travels Through Time - Review - Allgame". Allgame. Archived from the original on December 12, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  4. "Putt-Putt Travels Through Time Review". IGN. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  5. Rosemary Young (July 1998). "Putt Putt Travels Through Time Review by metzomagic.com". metzomagic.com. Retrieved September 6, 2016. It's a worthy challenge for pre-schoolers and a particularly good game choice for a young first time adventure game player.
  6. NeoJ (March 24, 2015). "Putt-Putt Travels Through Time". Retrieved September 6, 2016. Some puzzle parts in a classic point and click procedure with cute graphics and lots of charismatic characters.
  7. Bonnie James (May 15, 1997). "Putt-Putt Travels Through Time - Electric Playground". Greedy Productions. Archived from the original on August 4, 1997. Retrieved September 6, 2016. If your kids liked any of the other Junior Adventures, they will like this one too.
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