Putt-Putt Joins the Circus is a 2000 point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Humongous Entertainment under its Junior Adventures label. In the game, Putt-Putt must help the five performers of B.J. Sweeney's Big Top Circus prepare for a show.
The game is the sixth installment in the Putt-Putt series, being preceded by Putt-Putt Enters the Race in 1999 and followed by Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise in 2003.
The game was released on July 11, 2000 for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh OS. It has since been re-released on Steam and ported to Linux, iOS, and Android.
Plot Putt-Putt and Pep are traveling to Apple Valley to see B.J. Sweeney's Big Top Circus. On the way, they find a hungry goat blocking the road to Apple Valley, as well as the train tracks where a train named Roll-Along Cassidy is trying to deliver sawdust to the circus. Putt-Putt coaxes the goat off of the tracks with a flower bush, but the goat eats his circus ticket afterwards. Realizing their predicament, Cassidy decides to give Putt-Putt and Pep a ride to the circus, saying that B.J. Sweeney might be able to help them.
Upon arriving at the circus, Putt-Putt learns from B.J. that all of the circus' acts are having problems. He shows Putt-Putt a piece of paper, showing the performers of the five main performers: Honko the Clown, The Flying Porkowskis, Phillipe the Flea, Reginald the Lion and Katie Cannonball. Putt-Putt volunteers to help around the circus, which Sweeny agrees to.
After Putt-Putt helps all the acts, B.J. Sweeney rewards Putt-Putt by letting him perform in the circus. At the end, Putt-Putt presses a button that opens a curtain, and all the five main circus stars perform their tricks, ending the game.
Gameplay Putt-Putt Joins the Circus uses the same mechanics as its predecessors including Putt-Putt's dashboard interface and some minigames included. Throughout the game the player must solve characters' problems and unite all five circus actors.
Development All backgrounds, characters and animations were hand drawn. Between May 11 and 13, 2000, the game had debuted at E3 in Los Angeles.
Reception Critical reception
Putt-Putt Joins the Circus was well received and earned a number of awards around its year of release.
Commercial performance During the year 2001 alone, Putt-Putt Joins the Circus sold 82,400 retail units in North America, according to PC Data.
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External links
Putt-Putt Joins the Circus at Humongous Entertainment