Putt-Putt Enters The Race

In his fifth game, Putt-Putt Enters the Race, Putt-Putt goes on an adventure to enter the "Cartown 500 Race". As is to be expected of a Humongous Entertainment game, there's plenty of hidden stuff here.

Unused Subtitles
Most Humongous games have inaccessible subtitles, and this one is no exception. To activate them, add the setting TextOn=1 to either hegames.ini or scummvm.ini.

The Racing Cheater
The game has an odd click point that skips the whole game and heads straight into the race. The only known way to trigger this is to hold Shift while clicking on the green car (this works in both ScummVM and the original game). This may have been used by HE to quickly get to the race after the Red Line Rick intro.

Unused List Ending
Using the HE debug (or ScummVM command Ctrl+D), go to room 28 and add all the items needed to enter the race (Gas Can (field), Pep's Helmet, Tires, and the Flag with number), then return to the game (anywhere except the room with Red Line Rick) and click on the List in your inventory. The game will display the List, and then Putt-Putt will say "It's the racing form I got from Red Line Rick." The list will then disappear, and without moving his mouth, Putt-Putt will say "Looks like I've got everything i need for the race. I should go enter now."

Debug Mode
Like many Humongous games, this one has debug rooms for easy testing. To enable it, input SputmDebug=101298

into hegames.ini or scummvm.ini. On the original interpreter, this will also display the current room on the window title. If you only want the room name but not the debug mode, you can also enter "WhichRoom = 1" into hegames.ini.

Room Select


Press Shift+G or use the command "room 15" in ScummVM's debugger to access the room select. Clicking on a room warps Putt-Putt to it.

Items and Paths Select


Unlike most Humongous games, this one combines the path select and item select screens into one. Press Shift+I or use the command "room 28" in ScummVM's debugger to access it. Clicking on an item puts it in Putt-Putt's inventory. Clicking "Randomize" changes the current path setup.

Preview Leftover
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The old preview for this game is still left buried in the game data. A save file named "CUP" (named likely because the preview was contained in a CUP file) can be found in the game's files. If moved to the proper save file location and loaded, it will play the preview.