Tamagotchi CD-ROM

Unique jewelcase reveal of the box for Pippin.

Developers

7th Level Productions

Series

Tamagotchi

Genres

Game, virtual pet

Producers

Susan D. Bernstein

Designers

Jeff English

Programmers

Mark Zartler, Michael Thenhaus, Larry Spence

Writers

Susan D. Bernstein, Jeffrey Bernstein, Heidi Ellis, Sharon Hustwit, Dan Kuenster, David Lewman

Composers

Ron Wasserman

Releases

Product IDs

BDE-10033 (Pippin/Mac JP)
BDE-50006 (Win JP)
BDE-50014 (Win JP/US)

6 15121 31543 0 (Win US)

Distributors

Bandai Digital Entertainment

Platforms

Pippin Atmark
Macintosh
Windows 95

Release dates

1997-08-08 (Pippin/Mac, Win JP)
1997-09 (Win US)

MSRP

JP¥ 2,800 (Pippin/Mac, Win)
JP¥ 3,300 (Win US import)
JP¥ 2,480 (Win re-release)
US$ 19.95 (Win)

Tamagotchi CD-ROM (たまごっち) is a CD-ROM-based simulation game for the Pippin Atmark console.

Marketing

Based on the breakout hit virtual pets,^[1]^[2] Tamagotchi CD-ROM was developed by 7th Level Productions.^[3] It was promoted by Bandai Digital Entertainment at Macworld Expo Tokyo '97 and the 1997 Tokyo Toy Show.^[4]^[5]

Releases

Tamagotchi CD-ROM was released in Japan for Pippin and Macintosh by Bandai Digital Entertainment on August 8, 1997.^[6] A floppy disk was included with the original Japanese version CD-ROM.^[7] The Windows 95 version was released separately in Japan and the United States in August and September 1997, respectively.^[3]^[8]

Software update

On December 9, 1997, Bandai Digital Entertainment released a free software update which was referred to as "oral medicine" (「内服薬」) to reduce the mortality rate of the digital pets, especially during sickness.^[9]