P.A.W.S.: Personal Automated Wagging System is a CD-ROM-based children's edutainment title that had been announced for the Pippin platform,[1] based on the illustrated children's book How Dogs Really Work! by Alan Snow.[2]
Release status[]
P.A.W.S.: Personal Automated Wagging System was developed by Domestic Funk Products and was released for Macintosh and Windows 3.1 in 1995 in the United States and United Kingdom by Organa and Digital Garden, a publishing label of Virgin Music Group. Gallimard Jeunesse distributed a French version, titled K-BO: le premier simulateur de chien, in 1998.[3] A German version, titled P.A.W.S.: Der Hundesimulator was released by Hamburger Medien Haus in 1999.[4] Philips Interactive Media International distributed a CD-i port in the United Kingdom in 1998.[3]
A Pippin port for Katz Media's KMP 2000 console had been announced in September 1996,[1] but was never released.[5]
Awards[]
P.A.W.S. Personal Automated Wagging System - Gameplay Footage
P.A.W.S.: Personal Automated Wagging System was awarded the Milia d'Or prize at MILIA in Cannes,[6] and the British Interactive Media Association Award in 1995.[7]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Katz Media Announces Partnerships with Multimedia Developers and Publishers for Pippin Platform, Katz Media SARL. 1996-09-18. Archived 1997-07-13.
- ↑ P.A.W.S. by Alan Snow, Domestic Funk Products, Worldcat. 1995.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 P.A.W.S.: Personal Automated Wagging System Releases, MobyGames. Accessed 2019-09-07.
- ↑ PAWS - der Hundesimulator by Db Media Venture, Worldcat. 1999.
- ↑ PIPPIN@MARK software release list (Japanese), Retrogeme. Accessed 2017-05-03.
- ↑ Dust Or Magic, Creative Work in the Digital Age] by Bob Hughes, p.132,182. Bosko Books. 2007.
- ↑ Snow, Alan 1959– by Thomson Gale, Encyclopedia.com. 2006. Accessed 2019-09-08.
External links[]
- P.A.W.S.: Personal Automated Wagging System at Organa (archived 1999-08-19)
- P.A.W.S.: Personal Automated Wagging System at Digital Garden / Virgin Records (archived 1997-04-13)
- P.A.W.S.: Personal Automated Wagging System at LaunchBox Games Batabase
- P.A.W.S.: Personal Automated Wagging System at MobyGames
- PAWS at The world of CD-i
- A Virtual Dog's Life For Kids at Bloomberg (1996-03-17)
