Petz 4

Catz 4 and Dogz 4, collectively Petz 4, are the fourth games in the Petz series, originally released on September 28th, 1999. They were published and distributed by Mindscape and were the last Petz games to be developed by PF Magic.

As with Petz II and Petz 3, installing both Catz 4 and Dogz 4 will combine the games and allow the player full access to all features and breeds.

They were followed by Petz 5 in 2002.

New Breeds
Catz 4 came with Bunnyz, and Dogz 4 came with Pigz.

New Playscenes

 * Gypsy Circus
 * Arabian Palace
 * Wild West
 * Snow Scene
 * South Seas Island

Downloadable Content
Like Petz 3, Petz 4 offered players official PF Magic Downloadz on Petz.com.

Compatibility

 * Windows ‘95, Windows '98
 * Pentium 166 MHz or higher (Via Voice needs 150MHz, Petz needs 133 MHz)
 * 256 color video card and monitor
 * 32 mb RAM, 300 MB free hard disk space
 * SoundBlaster or compatible 16-bit sound card with DirectX
 * Direct X drivers, specifically Direct X 6.0. The game can only be successfully installed on computers with sound cards that are compatible with Direct X drivers.

Legacy
Petz 4 is arguably the most widely-used version of the game in the Petz Community for its ease of installation.

In 2002, Ubisoft offered an official patch for Petz 4 that unlocked the full version of the game from the downloadable demo.

Trivia

 * Petz 4 is missing the following Petz 3 features:
 * The ability for Dogz to dance to the Music Box
 * Toyz:
 * Menorah
 * Sunflower Seeds
 * Clothes:
 * Bunny Sweater
 * Desert Camouflage Sweater
 * Jungle Camouflage sweater
 * Reindeer Sweater
 * Santa Sweater
 * Witch Pants
 * Witch Sweater