Did you know there is a Pink Panther game for the PS1? A late release from Wandadoo and it's as swish as the fab feline? This is a very late release (2002) for PS1 and is one of our favourite obscurities. A platforming puzzle game with some lovely cartooney graphics and solid gameplay. - ThreadSky

sharkabytes.bsky.social • 149 days ago

Did you know there is a Pink Panther game for the PS1? A late release from Wandadoo and it's as swish as the fab feline?

This is a very late release (2002) for PS1 and is one of our favourite obscurities. A platforming puzzle game with some lovely cartooney graphics and solid gameplay.

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poordanrichard.com•149 days ago

I never played this one, but it reminded me that I did play Pink Panther Goes To Hollywood on SNES as a kid and really enjoyed it!

st1ka.bsky.social•149 days ago

Damn I had no idea

lanceboyle94.bsky.social•149 days ago

Fun fact about it is that it had a Japanese release as part of the Simple series, being one of its very last releases on PS1 (in early 2003), and to my knowledge the only Western-developed game in the entirety of the PS1 Simple lineup.

It officially being called THE Pink Panther is amusing to me.

sharkabytes.bsky.social•149 days ago

Huh! I see, thank you for the heads up on that. Yeah, I've not heard of any other Western games in the Simple series either.

dynamicgamingtwinz.bsky.social•149 days ago

Wow that is late, we were well into the Ps2 by the time Pink Panther released. But it looks pretty nice, we've actually known of it's existence for some time & have been wondering what it played like?

princewatercress.bsky.social•149 days ago

I've actually done a Let's Play of this one. Fun little platformer. I still find the last level before the final boss a bit difficult to find your way around in, though.

emufreak.bsky.social•148 days ago

I have played the game it was ok felt a little to generic for my taste, for pink panther I prefer the snes game

s6x.bsky.social•149 days ago

That's some really clean design

sharkabytes.bsky.social•149 days ago

You'd expect this to be a shovelware release at this point, but nope, Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit is a little gem that mixes several gameplay styles and nails the look and sound of the old cartoon series and is worth giving a play to. Think there's also a Windows and a GBA version too?

ditheremotion.bsky.social•149 days ago

there very much is a GBA version and its one of the worst excuses for a platformer I've ever played

dashdavi.bsky.social•149 days ago

Seems like i was wrong, people do love this game(myself included)

sharkabytes.bsky.social•149 days ago

Aww, nice. That's three of us now that I know of, including myself, who know of it and are fond of it.

dashdavi.bsky.social•149 days ago

One of my favorites aspects about it, is the normal levels having this mini objectives, making you think about the level layout.

Egypt is my favorite level, having to backtrack to a point, and thinking about the best path possible is super fun.
(Especially because the key is so far in the level)

holywingdiver.bsky.social•149 days ago

I only just found out about this game last week but I had to try and track down a copy immediately! Sadly the US version is a lot harder to find than any other region's version 😞

streetsajed.bsky.social•149 days ago

I love those weird licensed games that turn out to be way better than you'd think, like Cool Spot and Yo Noid.

Speaking of, that's the topic of the latest episode of my podcast, @firstgengamerspod.bsky.social ! Sadly, Pink Panther did not come up -- I didn't even know about it until now.

goldfishgroup.bsky.social•149 days ago

Why were late-era PS1 cartoon tie-ins so good?

yunanoire.bsky.social•149 days ago

Vivid memories of this game from a demo disc. It had a snow level and what I think was a boss level involving a dinosaur? I remember never being able to work out the Dinosaur one as a kid 😭

benstylus.bsky.social•149 days ago

It came out as a $10 budget release in the US. Kinda mad I sold my copy years ago as it's... well it's not $10 anymore

brownhoodiecat.bsky.social•149 days ago

I really love obscure little gems like this

sharkabytes.bsky.social•149 days ago

Me too! It's one of the reasons why I'm so fond of the PS1 library, there's a bunch of them to discover.

brownhoodiecat.bsky.social•149 days ago

Its like that for the DS too, lots of shovelware, but sometimes you find a gem with such impeccable vibes that it becomes a big part of you.
My favs from my childhood:-

thedaddyotaku.bsky.social•149 days ago

I have this on GBA.
GG!

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