Petz 4

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History

Sometime back in 1999... So I was in like 7th or 8th grade when I stumbled across Petz 4 in Walmart in the big boxes and started with Dogz. I remember insisting to my dad that it would be JUST LIKE A REAL DOG and therefore I wouldn't ASK for a real dog any more so he got it for me. Dad was a big fan of getting me anything that would reduce our chances of having to aquire more animals. I spent a TON of time on the family computer--it was a big Gateway that was kept in his bedroom. I did so much to that poor old computer. I had a hoot with Dogz and soon got Catz to follow up since you could combine the games and play with them together. I was really enchanted by this idea because since I owned Sonic & Knuckles for the Sega, I'd been convinced that Pokemon Red and Pokemon Blue could do the same and ended up Very Disappointed.

Anyway, I loved the hell out of Petz 4 but what the big draw was, was PETZ SITEZ. The game came with a built-in site builder and the idea of having my very own web page was like a drug. However. I didn't really understand that sites needed to be uploaded to a server and I remember calling my nephew to announce that I HAD A WEBSITE and then proceded to give him the agoniziongly long directory address to my compuer's C:// drive where the file was stored.

Bless.

My failure there didn't stop me from fawning over the petz sites of other kids. I would brows Petz Shows and play with the little flash plug-in petz player on their sites, and then. THEN. I found the Downloadz.

Members of the Ye Olde Petz Community had apparantly been active online since Petz 2 was a thing. They had created so much content. There were music files to go in the music box, custom clothes and toys, and of coures Breedz. Breedz was the first thing I was brave enough to download because somebody had made a King Charles Spaniel and it was just SO CUTE. I wish I could find the original breedz file for it because it was such a nicely made one. I also really really loved making Mutantz. It was easy. Just breed two wildly different-looking breedz together (the Chickenz x literally any other cat made for pure gold) and just watch the abominations frolic and levitate all over the back yard.

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