Screen Monochrome Shell colors White/custom Manufacturer Nelsonic Pet type Basic Programming Custom Release year Unknown These pets are (at this time) generally easy to find secondhand, and come in two form factors: keychains, and as a watch. Nelsonic is much more widely known for their wrist watches, so it makes sense that they would have …
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Bandai Magical Witches
Screen Monochrome Shell colors Green, orange, pink, blue Manufacturer Bandai Pet type Connectable Programming Custom Release year 1998 Probably the rarest of pets, these weren’t released in the US and there just aren’t many of them around. When they do show up, they tend to go for very, very high prices. There are four of …
Giga Pets 101 Dalmatians
Screen Monochrome Shell colors White Manufacturer Tiger Pet type Basic Programming Custom Release year 1997 This particular pet lets you raise a Dalmatian from the eponymous Disney film, and is surprisingly not a simple re-skin of the Digital Doggie that was part of the Giga Pets original line up. It contains (somewhat) unique pixel art …
Dr. Slump
Screen Monochrome Shell colors Custom Dr. Slump case Manufacturer Bandai Pet type Basic Programming Custom Release year 1998 This particular toy is a tie-in to the anime Dr. Slump Arale-chan which ran from 1981-1986. The primary goal is to increase your “love level” meter with the pet until it is maxed out. It has a …
Angelscope
Screen Monochrome Shell colors Pearl white Manufacturer Bandai Pet type Fortune Programming Custom Release year 1997 This is a fortune-teller pet that comes with a little angel character in it. You’ll get several kinds of different daily fortunes to check, and you must answer the angel’s calls when it beeps at you, otherwise it will …
Catcha Beast
Screen Monochrome Shell colors Yellow, red, blue, white, black, silver Manufacturer Bandai Pet type Collector Programming Custom Release year 2008 These are fighting/collecting toys that still have a small but dedicated fanbase online in the Western world. There is a spinning rod on the side of this device that you use to “reel in” monsters …
GigaPets Pixie
Screen Monochrome Shell colors Translucent green Manufacturer Top Secret Toys Pet type Basic Programming Custom Release year 2023 The Gigapets Pixie is a digital pet that lets you raise a delightful little faerie, and is much more fleshed-out than other Gigapets, featuring multiple stages of growth. Best of all, there are several branching growth paths …
Giga Pets Bit Bunnies
Screen Monochrome Shell colors Translucent pink Manufacturer Top Secret Toys Pet type Basic/multipet Programming Custom Release year 2024 This is the latest pet from TopSecret Toys, which lets you raise 3 bunnies simultaneously! If you’ve played the Cryptid pet, this works pretty similarly–you’ll start off with one bunny, and slowly unlock the others as you …
Giga Pets Pixel Puppy
Screen Monochrome Shell colors Translucent purple Manufacturer Top Secret Toys Pet type Basic Programming Custom Release year 2017 The Giga Pets Pixel Puppy is a reboot of the original Digital Doggy released by Tiger Electronics in 1997. More of an homage rather than a strict copy, though, this one has unique graphics and games that …
Giga Pets Unicorn
Screen Monochrome Shell colors Translucent cyan Manufacturer Top Secret Toys Pet type Basic Programming Custom Release year 2020 Note: this is a rewrite of my blogged review here: https://www.thefrugalgamer.net/blog/index.php?/archives/32-Gigapets-Unicorn-Review.html This is one of the newer, revamped Gigapets that was released by Top Secret Toys in 2020, and from what I understand it was voted on …