Content for everyone

• Overview over the releases and variants of the game
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Cheats
• Patches
• Compatibility issues
  • Test results
  • Installing on a PCem Virtual Machine
  • Installing on a DOSBox Virtual Machine
• Extracted content:
  • All graphics
  • Soundtrack
  • Mouse cursors
• Playthrough -- coming soon
• Hidden/Unused stuff in the game:
  • Hidden configuration
  • Unused graphics
  • Unused sounds
  • Unused videos
• Fan art
• Reviews at magazines

Technical stuff

• PIPAVI.LST file
• GAME.SAV file
• How to disassemble
• Analysis of the ART files
  • Artfile variants
  • Packer/Unpacker written in C
  • All original ART files
  • Statistics
• Statistic of the used codecs in the game
• Analysis of the IPMA codec
• Analysis of ANIMDLL.DLL
• Technology overview

Links

• Walkthrough by MrLipid
• Panic in the Park at mobygames.com
• At The Cutting Room Floor -- coming soon
• Article at IMDb
• Panic in the Park at world-of-fmv.de (in German)
• Panic in the Park at fmvworld.com

YouTube Videos

• Walkthrough by 123Pazu
• (Partial) Let's Play by Pantsless Shorts
• Let's Play by RetrogradeTom (Part 2)
• (Partial) L.P. by HoFPG Hall of First Person Games

Compatibility test results

Blown Away and Panic in the Park

PCem

Configuration: i486DX/50, ATI Graphics Pro Turbo (Mach64 GX), Sound Blaster AWE32, 32 MB Memory

Windows 95
Works perfectly! See an install tutorial here

DOSBox

Windows 3.11
Works perfectly! See an install tutorial here

Virtual PC 2007

Configuration: Windows 98 SE, 2 GB HDD, Game on CD or HDD

Windows 98 without Guest Addons
Works!
Bad: Some sound issues, e.g. cut off sounds at Blown Away's xylophone game

Windows 98 with Guest Addons installed
Unplayable
Intro videos work; main screens stay dark (DOS cursor visible). Even with Acceleration=none

Windows 3.11
Unplayable
Bad: Clock is really messed up. Videos are turbo. Also the normal game (background sounds) is turbo, and the system crashes due to overload.
Bad: All pictures/rooms are black

VMware Player

Configuration: 8 GB HDD, Game on CD

Windows 95/98/Me with Guest Addons installed
Works partially!
On one machine: All videos are lagging, not fluid. On all machines: System crash if videos are played full-screen (need to disable full screen in Config.ini)

VirtualBox

Configuration: 2 GB HDD, Game on CD

Windows 98 with SciTech Display Doctor
Works partially!
Bad: Videos are out of sync (videos run too fast, therefore the video ends before the sound is fully played). Even with Acceleration=none

Windows 3.11 with WinGroove, Game on HDD
Works partially!
Bad: Videos are VERY out of sync (motions running too fast)
Bad: Clock somehow buggy - time in puzzles goes too slow.

Native computers

IBM thinkpad T21 (2647)

Configuration: Intel Pentium 3, 512 MB RAM, S3 Graphics Savage/IX (SSVID=1014, 8 MB internal DAC), Crystal SoundFusion, 20 GB HDD

Windows Me
Works partially!
Requires graphic hardware acceleration 0, otherwise General Protection Fault (Blown Away: c1xx:0002a4e4; Panic in the Park: c1xx:00026b28)!
Bad: Transparent AVIs (ipma) are buggy/black.

Dell OptiFlex XL 575 Desktop PC

Configuration: S3 Vision 864 PCI, Creative Sound Blaster 16 Plug&Play, Liteon CD-ROM LTN301.

Windows 98SE
Works perfectly!

Toshiba Satellite Pro 4200

Configuration: 65 MB RAM, Intel Pentium Pro 500 MHz CPU, S3 Savage/IX w/MV, 8 MB internal DAC

Windows 95
Works partially!
Requires graphic hardware acceleration 0 or 1, otherwise General Protection Fault (Blown Away: c1xx:0002a4e4; Panic in the Park: c1xx:00026b28)!
Bad: Transparent AVIs (ipma) are buggy/black.