Oddballz

Oddballz is PF Magic's first follow-up to Catz, released in 1996.

Rather than adopting normal dogs and cats, the player cares for outlandish fictional creatures.

Gameplay
Like Dogz, Catz, and Petz II, Oddballz is limited to a single Playscene: the Playpen. The player can choose from a selection of 24 different wallpapers to decorate the room. Desktop mode is also a feature.

Instead of an Adoption Center, all 13 eggs containing each Oddballz species attach to the Toy Shelf, Oddballz's version of the Supply Case.

Only one Oddballz can be out at a time.

Toy Shelf
The case has a Flavorizer, a color dropper that can be changed on the case and then applied to Liqui-Food, Grubz, and Oddballz.

Oddballz
Oddballz features 13 various breeds for the player to interact with

The original version of the game came with: Additional breeds were made available as Oddballz.com Downloadz:
 * Dynaroo, a purple, green-spotted kangaroo-like creature.
 * Honker, a purple mole-like creature with a large nose.
 * Lips, a black and white quadruped with large red lips.
 * Modvark, an orange aardvark-like creature in black and leopard-spotted clothing.
 * Quadrapus, a long-legged black creature with a large nose.
 * Walret, a two-legged brown creature with eye stalks and tusks.
 * Zott, a red and spotted creature with a long, angular tail.


 * 102, a Dalmatian dog.
 * Grinnz, an impish green quadruped.
 * Jester, a long-legged red and white creature with a jester hat.
 * Norvil, An orange and black creature with large eyes.
 * Skorch, brown lizard-like creatures.
 * Snowbo, a snowman.

On its release, only the Honker, Quadrapus, Zott, Walret, Dynaroo, Modvark and Lips breeds were available. Breeds previously only available as Downloadz were included in an updated rerelease in 1999.

Toyz
Main article: Oddballz Toyz.

Each Oddballz reacts to Toyz differently.

Online Integration
Oddballz.com, also called the Oddballz Zoo, was PF Magic's official Oddballz website.

Six Oddballz breeds were released as Downloadz on Oddballz.com: 102, Grinnz, Jester, Norvil, Skorch, Snowbo and Zott.

The original breeds were offered as individual "Collectible" Downloadz in collaboration with several family-friendly websites; users would find a hidden Oddball on partner sites and be able to download the individual  file or a standalone Adoption Kit. Notably, users wishing to download new breeds such as Grinnz and Norvils were at one point directed to Anso's Oddballz, a fan site.

Community
Oddballz never reached the heights of popularity or longevity that Petz did, but it had its own hexing scene, and some Petz sites had subsections for Oddballz.

Some still-standing Oddballz-heavy sites include:
 * AmberOddballz (archived)
 * Monsoon's Adoption Centre
 * Oddballz Mania

Legacy
While PF Magic never followed the game with any sequels or official additions besides some breeds, many of the animations used by Oddballz went on to be used in the Petz series, particularly for Catz.

Similar Clothes to Modvark's leopard-spotted pants, Grinnz's pink mohawk, and the glasses frames used by Jester and Modvark are available in Petz 3 and beyond.

Compatibility
A version of the game that uses DOSBox to run on modern computers with no setup can be downloaded from The Internet Archive.