Putt-Putt® Joins the Parade

One of the very first PC games I ever played and now my kids absolutely love it too. Glad to see it available on steam. This is a game for children. If you're buying this to relive nostalgia, just watch a long play on youtube instead.

Regardless of the nostalgia trip this game was, I would not recommend this game for a $7 price tag. To finish the full game it took 30 minutes. This game to me is worth $1 to $2 at most. It was nice to play something that I used to play as a kid, just to see how much games have changed in 33 years. Makes me appreciate how far gaming has come and how long I've been playing games.

I got this game because my wife remembered playing it as a child and I wanted to get in on any bit of nostalgia she has for video games. So when I first booted it up I was like, "So is this the same game you played as a kid, there's like a dozen of these games?" And she said, "I don't remember it being that pixely, all I remember was you mow some lawns and can paint the car." And sure enough, you can mow some lawns, and paint the car, so this must be the game she had as a child. I guess you can't go wrong with that. That said. That's pretty much all you do in the game. I got less than an hour of playtime and I played through it twice.

It's a 30 minute adventure game that won't try your patience. It's hard to even begin to talk about the thing, what do I even say about this game? Just look at it and you'll probably get it. It's a point and click adventure game aimed at children. It is, however, pretty well made. You control 'Putt-Putt' with a single button, the left mouse button, and that's it. There's nothing really challenging in the game, but that also means nothing that'll frustrate you. The story is pretty basic, and along with it the adventure too. Putt-Putt wants to be in the parade. However, to do so he needs money. This is a surprisingly practical concern for a children's video game, but there it is. So, you go out and you do some basic chores, and then you earn a few coins and then you actually have two choices. The goal is to spend 2 coins to get a car wash. However, once you reach town, if you explore, you can find a place that lets you change Putt-Putt's color. It costs 3 coins. So I had thought, well why would I want to do that, if I go make Putt-Putt red or whatever, then I'll have to go grind coins, right? Well, actually, if you change Putt-Putt's color, it 'counts as' a car wash for the ending. You can earn 3 coins simply by picking up the 1st at Putt-Putt's house, then delivering 1 set of groceries and mowing 1 lawn, so there's no grinding involved, you can just earn 3 coins in a single trip out of town. There's also a robot in this game in the background, that, if you click on it, it TELLS YOU THE TIME BASED ON YOUR SYSTEM CLOCK, TO THE VERY MINUTE! Which, I thought was kind of cool, completely unnecessary, but very cool. Also, I didn't expect it at all, so for the game to suddenly spit out 'it is 6 o'clock' and then I check the time and it is indeed that time uh yeah, that was interesting. Because this game also has Putt-Putt doing chores for neighbors and getting paid for it, this game kinda feels very... dated? I don't know if you gave a child this game today whether or not they'd really get it, those sorts of things conceptually to me always seemed very like, 60s. I don't know. It also has you deliver groceries, like in a brown paper bag which felt very dated in the way it is presented. I don't really mean 'dated' in a bad way either, more as an observation. This is an old game after all, probably made by people who were approaching middle-aged at the time, so it kinda just comes with that I suppose. Anyway, it is at its core a children's game, there's nothing really here for an adult except a cute, short, light-hearted story that might warm your bitter, cynical, grown-up heart a little. So I guess that's not so bad.

Первая большая игра про Пат-Пата: надо подготовиться к параду, собрать нужные вещи и объехать маленький городок. Сейчас она совсем простая и древняя, но в ней уже есть главное: добрый тон, кликабельный мир и ощущение детского приключения.

I feel like I've learned some real life lessons from this game, like if you go into dark caves you'll find a new puppy! I just gotta keep looking!

My kid loves it and it's really a blast from the past.