PF.Magic

PF.Magic, Inc. was a video game developer founded in 1991 and located in San Francisco, California, United States.

[1][2] It was bought out in 1998 by Mindscape, Inc.[3] After changing hands a few more times, Ubisoft now owns the copyright on its Petz, Oddballz and Babyz titles.

Co-founder Rob Fulop saw the controversy generated by Night Trap, a game he worked on, and wanted to make something that was the complete opposite of it.

Fulop talked with a mall Santa who told him that the number one gift children requested for Christmas was still a puppy.

After this conversation, the idea of doing a title about animals came about, resulting in Petz, which was based on the graphics technology they previously used in Ballz.

[4] Ballz is a two-player 3D action fighting game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and the 3DO.

Petz (Dogz and Catz) is a series of games dating back to 1995, designed by Adam C. Frank[6] and Ben Resner.