Developer Studio Mythos lets the "dogz" out in this continuation of the popular virtual pet series that began in 1995. Owners can unleash the frisky pups to scamper across desktops, romp in locales such as the kitchen, nursery, or backyard, and travel to a variety of pre-designed Adventure "Playscenes" or create their own. Playscenes include sledding in the Canadian Snow, performing tricks in a European Circus, chasing prairie dogs in a spooky Wild West ghost town, catching Scarab Beetles in a palace, or searching for booty on a South Sea Island.
Players must train, raise, feed, and play with their adopted pets, using spray bottles to enforce discipline as night and day cycle, weather changes, and interaction with Catz affect the process. In Dogz 5, canines can mature and have litters of up to four puppies, perform tricks, get sick, and play with a collection of "toyz" which increases as they visit the various play scenes. Playing the five mini-games provides additional toyz, as well, as Dogz learn agility from Monkey at the Dojo in the Asian Temple, play tic-tac-toe with a prairie dog in the Wild West, compose music with Mr. Bonez, capture beetles in an Arabian oasis, and play rock-paper-scissors against the Suit of Armor in a fantasy castle.
Dogz 5 is backwards-compatible with earlier versions of the program, allowing importation of favorite pets. Other features include a Petz Publisher Wizard that assists players in creating personal web pages, a Petz Web Fun Pack full of clip art, animations, backgrounds, and more, and the Petz Player for taking your dogz online. Additional content and features are available for download at the official Petz website at www.petz.ubi.com.