Legacy Interactive announced Zoo Vet: Endangered Animals is now available for download for the PC. Players get a chance to see if they have what it takes to make it as a veterinarian. The game also helps out wild life by donating a portion of the proceeds to African Wildlife Foundation (AWF).

Zoo Vet: Endangered Animals is a huge game that took up a lot of space, but Legacy was able to utilize Flash to bring the download size down to a manageable 50 megs instead of the over 1 gigabyte size. The game was original released only to retail shelves due to the size, but now is available to a wider audience.

Zoo Vet: Endangered Animals is the sequel to the popular Zoo Vet. Players have to play through 30 different levels requiring them to help save endangered animals. The levels were created by real veterinarians of endangered animals. This simulation is as real as a game can get. Gamers get to treat 20 different kinds of endangered animals such as lions, elephants and pandas.

Gamers can get a taste of the veterinarian life at Legacy Games for $19.95.

Press Release Follows:

une 24, 2008—LOS ANGELES — Legacy Interactive announced today that its award winning Zoo Vet: Endangered Animals simulation game is now available for download at www.legacygames.com. The PC downloadable Zoo Vet: Endangered Animals contains the same realistic 3D game play as the retail version because Legacy utilized Flash to squeeze over one gigabyte of content into 50 MB. Now everyone and anyone can have easy access to download the game and see if they have what it takes to be a real life veterinarian.

“The retail version of Zoo Vet: Endangered Animals was a hit with our casual gaming audience and this Flash optimization has opened up a new channel of distribution making the game available to a much broader audience,” said Ariella Lehrer, CEO, Legacy Interactive. “We have already had great success with many of our other PC downloadable games and are certain that Zoo Vet: Endangered Animals will be added to that list.”
The reality-based Zoo Vet: Endangered Animals is the follow-up to the 2005 hit Zoo Vet. The retail version has garnered awards including the coveted 2007 Editor¹s Choice Award from the Children’s Technology Review, the 2008 Parent’s Choice Gold Circle Award and the 2008 iParenting Media Award.

The game features 30 scenarios created by actual veterinarians in which players treat 20 different endangered animals including a lion, elephant and panda in situations ranging from setting an eagle’s broken wing to saving a crocodile that has swallowed a penny. A cast of colorful characters assist in teaching animal lovers about actual medical tools, animal statistics, vet techniques and true-to-life zoo maladies. Also included are zoo animal trivia and jigsaw puzzles, as well as fascinating conservation information provided by the African Wildlife Foundation, which benefits from a portion of the game’s proceeds