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Giga Pets are digital pet toys that were first released by Tiger Electronics in the United States in 1997 in the midst of a virtual-pet toy fad. [1] Available in a variety of different characters, each Giga Pet is a palm-sized unit with an LCD screen and attached key ring. [2]
The first-known virtual pet was a screen-cursor chasing cat called Neko. It was rather called a "desktop pet" since at that time the term "virtual pet" did not exist. PF.Magic released the first widely popular virtual pets in 1995 with Dogz, [5] followed by Catz in the spring of 1996, eventually becoming a franchise known as Petz.
The pet goes through several distinct stages of development throughout its life cycle. Each stage lasts a set amount of days, depending on the model of the toy, and when it reaches a new stage, the toy plays a jingle, and the pet's appearance changes. The pet can "die" due to poor care, old age, sickness, and in a few versions, predators.
A virtual pet is an imaginary pet that, as in the real world, needs to be cared for. Such pets are usually on the Internet or in a computer game. Subcategories.
The Tamagotchi Connection, known as Tamagotchi Plus in Japan and Tamagotchi Connexion in the UK, is a virtual pet in the Tamagotchi line of digital toys from Bandai.The Tamagotchi Connection is unique from prior models in that it uses infrared technology to connect and interact with other devices [1] and was first released in 2004, 8 years after the first Tamagotchi toy.
Oddballz is a virtual pet game created by PF.Magic in 1996 [8] as an alternative to their Dogz and Catz titles. The game had 13 creatures that could be cared for. Along with the creatures, the game has various objects ('toyz') that the player and Oddballz can manipulate. Toyz have different uses ranging from playing to disciplining.