Pet Pals: Animal Doctor

by Legacy Interactive

Product Features

• Beautifully rendered and animated 3D animals in 40 true to life medical cases where players can even team up with a friend to help the animals in cooperative mode
• Quirky co-workers are always on hand to help you out
• Minigames for each medical tool make the player feel as though the tool is really in their hands
• Enjoy jigsaw and matching games between cases

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000QYLGEY
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: March 15, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,796 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #36 in Video Games > Mac Games > Simulation
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Diagnose and treat 35 exciting new cases in Legacy Interactive's latest and greatest vet game. Featuring all your favorite animals including dogs cats birds horses rodents fish and reptiles this realistic simulation includes over 40 different medical instruments and helpful hints at every step of the way. Pet Pals: Animal Doctor will tug on your heartstrings make you laugh and challenge your mind as you take care of all the sick animals at your neighborhood veterinarian's office.Features:35 unique lovable pets familiar and exotic beautifully rendered and 3D animatedUrgent emergency cases written by real-life working vets3 levels of difficulty for animal lovers 8 years and upCases are replayable so you are able to visit your favorite cases as many times as you likeFun trivia and puzzle challenges Marketing:Game microsite www.petpalsgame.comFlash and downloadable versions broadly distributedonlineAmazon direct marketingLegacy customer newsletters and blogsPurchase applicable search termsGoogle and Yahoo search terms purchasedExtensive PR CampaignSystem Requirements:ME2000XPVISTA WIN 98 / MAC OS 10.2/10.3Format: WIN 98ME2000XPVISTA/MAC OS 10.2 OR LATER Genre: ENTERTAINMENT UPC: 734113006191 Manufacturer No: AD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice game for the animal lover, June 20, 2008

By 

poltroon "poltroon" (Mendocino County, CA USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pet Pals: Animal Doctor (CD-ROM)

I bought this game at Target, in desperation: I needed a Mac game to entertain my 7 year old while on vacation, with no time to do any research or to wait for an order. I looked at it skeptically; my daughter begged. I hoped the award seal on the box was a good sign.

I quite like it. We played it together for many hours, following the guidance to help a variety of animals: dogs, cats, a turtle, a fish, an iguana, a rabbit, and even a tarantula. It's a good learning experience, and it engaged my daughter in thoughtful problem solving rather than leaving her frustrated and grumpy. Even though I'm fairly experienced with animal care, I found it interesting to play as well. There's a fair amount of reading to do, using real veterinary words, so it's a little over her head on her own. I had to read some of the case notes to her, but I enjoyed it and I expect with just a little more time, she'll be more familiar with the vocabulary and confident enough to read it herself. She needs more reading practice, and she's highly interested in following along.

The game does a good job of being matter-of-fact and professional, asking you to select the three most pertinent, professional questions to ask, handling injections, rectal temperatures, and stool samples with a minimum of fuss. It will present the cases with info on the normal pulse and temperature for that species, then ask the doctor if a particular reading is high, low, or normal. The cases seem well chosen to help educate about the care of the various species and to help compare and contrast appropriate care for different animals. We had a rabbit with a hairball, and we learned that rabbits cannot vomit, that hairballs are life-threatening, and that rabbits are poor surgical candidates. We removed an abcess from an iguana in minor surgery, which was just the right amount of 'icky' to help get the feel of the real thing.

We played the game a mac running Mac OS X 10.5.2, without any system glitches. We did encounter some program bugs when shaving a surgical candidate - on one dog we were told to "shave the abdomen" and no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't get it to actually shave the abdomen. We went ahead and scrubbed and injected anyway. We lost some points, but we were able to continue. So far we've put about 6 hours of game play time and there's still a lot to explore.

The program takes about 15 minutes to install, but once installed, you don't need to insert the CDs to play - something I really appreciate rather than expecting a child to handle the CDs (or having to take them on trips).

I've been looking for good games in this age range, and I've been disappointed more often than not. This one is a winner.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pet Pals Animal Doctor, December 28, 2007

By 

J. Vincent - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pet Pals: Animal Doctor (CD-ROM)

My daughter loves animals so this was a perfect game for her. It is very realistic except for the grooming which I am sure would be difficult to simulate. She enjoys trying to analyze what is wrong with the pet and treating it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game!, July 5, 2008

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pet Pals: Animal Doctor (CD-ROM)

I love this game, it's fun and educational! Well, actually the name of this game used to be "Petz Vet" but I guessed it just changed! Anyway, you can do so much cool stuff and all the stories are fun!