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Neopets is a free-to-play virtual pet website. First launched in 1999, the website allows users to own virtual pets ("Neopets") and explore a virtual world called "Neopia." Players can earn one of two virtual currencies. One currency, called Neopoints, can be obtained for free through on-site features like games, events, and contests.
Subgenres. History. v. t. e. A virtual pet (also known as a digital pet, artificial pet, [ 1] or pet-raising simulation) is a type of artificial human companion. They are usually kept for companionship or enjoyment, or as an alternative to a real pet . Digital pets have no concrete physical form other than the hardware they run on.
A pet-raising simulation (sometimes called virtual pets or digital pets [1]) is a video game that focuses on the care, raising, breeding or exhibition of simulated animals. These games are software implementations of digital pets. Such games are described as a sub-class of life simulation game.
e. Life simulation games form a subgenre of simulation video games in which the player lives or controls one or more virtual characters (human or otherwise). Such a game can revolve around "individuals and relationships, or it could be a simulation of an ecosystem". [ 1] Other terms include artificial life game[ 1] and simulated life game ( SLG ).
Japan. Availability. 1997–present. Official website. The Digital Monster JPN is a digital pet created by WiZ and Bandai that spawned the Digimon franchise. It was released by Bandai on June 26, 1997, in Japan and on December 5, 1997 [ 1] in North America. This pet was a masculine counterpart to the Tamagotchi, which was deemed more ...
Category: Virtual pet video games. ... The following video games involve raising digital pets. ... Digimon World; The Dog: Happy Life;
Petz (Dogz and Catz) is a series of single-player video games dating back to 1995, in which the player can adopt, raise, care for and breed their own virtual pets.The original Petz has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide [3] and the brand has grown to over 22 million copies since coming under Ubisoft.
Pou (video game) Pou. (video game) Pou ( / puː / or / poʊ /) is a 2012 virtual pet mobile game for BlackBerry 10, iOS and Android developed by Lebanese designer Paul Salameh and published under the name Zakeh Limited to the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. The game plays similarly to Tamagotchi, a fad game that requires caring for a ...