Catz II

Reviewed by Ashley Collins
Published by PF Magic

Age Group: Age 4 to 8, Age 8 and Up
Type: More Fun
Price: $20.00 US

Description:

Catz II is a wonderful and entertaining program. It comes with five breeds and 19 toys, along with a variety of wallpapers for the background. In the Adoption Center, you try out the different breeds. After you find one you like, you can "adopt" it and give it a name. You make a promise to take care of and play with your new kitty, and in return it will love you and grow from a little kitten to an adult. You can only have 12 toys on the Supply Shelf at one time, but you need only to open the Toybox to change which ones are on the shelf. There are two cute little mice that live in the shelves and come out to annoy your cat. You can pet and pick up your cat, along with brushing, playing fetch, and feeding. One of the new things different from Catz 1 is that you can have two animals out at the same time. They play with each other and fight (just like real cats). If you have both Catz II and Dogz II installed, you can have a dog and cat out together (just imagine the fights!). PF Magic also has a photo gallery on their website of petz pictures, and you can upload those you take and they will post them.

Features:

  • Allows you to take pictures of you Catz
  • Has a built in screen saver which uses the pictures you take or lets your adopted catz run around the screen
  • The Supply Shelf holds 12 items, which can be easily changed
  • Play with your catz in the Playpen or out on your computer's desktop
  • New stuff to download each month at PF Magic's website
  • With the paint can toy, you can change the color of your cat (the cat has about 8 body sections that can be colored seperately-tail, feet, legs, chest and back, hind end, face, ears, muzzle)

Technical Aspects:

There were no problems installing or running this program. It can be set up to play in the background while you are using other programs, but uses so much memory that this slows down any other program quite a bit.

Report and Conclusions:

This is a well-done program that is worth the money. It is not a game, but a virtual pet (that is so much cuter than those Giga-pets all the kids are carrying around these days). It will definitely keep children and adults entertained for some time. PF Magic comes out with new breeds, toys, and wallpapers each month for you to download and install. Overall, this program is great!




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