This project's goal is to document the various TamaTowns that were once available online and how they functioned.
Tamatown was an interactive website for the Tamagotchi Connection Version 3, and later for the Version 4 and Version 4.5. It was an extension to the virtual pets, and allowed players to connect to the site and earn prizes for their Tamagotchi device.
On February 6, 2013 the servers for Tamatown were shut down. Tamatown no longer supports the enhanced gameplay feature for any of the Tamagotchi Connection devices. Any codes that come with certain pets, such as the Music Star, are no longer usable with the TamaTown websites.
- TamaTown Main Site
- TamaTown V3
- TamaTown V4/4.5
- TamaTown V5
- TamaTown post 2013
- Japanese TamaTowns
- External Links
- Notes
TamaTown was originally available at tamatown.com. The site had buttons to open the actual TamaTown (a Flash file) in a browser pop-up. Between 2005 and 2013, four TamaTown versions were released worldwide in English: V3, V4/4.5, V5, Music Star in addition to three in Japanese: Tama Go (Entama), Uri Tama and Tama School.
The last archived version of tamatown.com dates from Jun 28th, 2012. Since 2017, a Tamagotchi Collectors group owns the domain name tamatown.com.
TamaTown was officially shutdown on Feb 6, 2013. As of 2018, Bandai keeps hosting a TamaTown site at bandai.com/tamagotchi/new. See below TamaTown post 2013.
TamaTown V3 was originally available at v3.tamatown.com, no longer available.
Last archived version available is from Feb 10th, 2012.
- Main loader and intro scene:
tama_shell.swf,intro.swf - Places:
town.swf,grandparents.swf,king.swf,parents.swf - Characters:
32400.swf - Definitions:
items.xml
See all files recovered by the Wayback Machine here.
The following files have not been archived by the Wayback Machine:
- Places:
arcade.swf, ,clothing.swf,foodcourt.swf,mall.swf,school.swf,theatre.swf,townhall.swf,travel.swf - Games:
clawgame.swf,createasonggame.swf,japanracegame.swf,namethattuneGame.swf,racegame.swf,suitcasegame.swf,tamasaysgame.swf - Audio:
grandparents.mp3,king.mp3,song1.mp3
We are asked an username at the beginning, e.g. 'abc'.
Then, the following HTTP request is sent to the server:
GET http://v3.tamatown.com/cgi-bin/Tamatown.cgi?d=80&a=GI&p=0000000000&u=abc
Note we are not being asked a password quite yet, hence it is sent as '0000000000'. The request contains 2 more parameters, d=80 and a='GI'.
To access the Parents, Grandparents or King area, TamaTown asks for our Tamagotchi's password:
SWF Decompilation indicates hardcoded passwords to access these 3 areas:
- Parents: type
pass paren - Grandparents: type
pass grand - King: type
pass king
If none of this is used, provided the input are 10 digits (e.g. 1234567890), the following HTTP request is sent:
GET http://v3.tamatown.com/cgi-bin/Tamatown.cgi?a=AP&p=1234567890&u=abc
TamaTown V4/4.5 was originally available at v4.tamatown.com and tamagotchieurope.com/EN/JinSeiEN/tamaok.html, today down. Thanks to the Wayback Machine, some SWF files were recovered.
This TamaTown Commercial shows how it looked like.
These were found in archived tamagotchieurope.com (May 9, 2013) and this MEGA repository.
- Main loader and intro scene:
tama_shell.swf,intro.swf - Places:
town.swf,grandparents.swf,king.swf,mall.swf,music.swf,music1.swf,music2.swf,parents.swf,tama_island.swf,toys.swf - Assets:
charaALL.swf,vote_off.swf - Definitions:
tama_games.xml,tama_help_welcome.xml,tama_info.xml,tama_items_characters.xml,tama_shell_text.xml
See all files recovered by the Wayback Machine here.
The following files have not been archived by the Wayback Machine:
- Places:
arcade.swf,bank.swf,clothing.swf,foodcourt.swf,hospital.swf,office.swf,postoffice.swf,preschool.swf,racegame.swf,school.swf,station.swf,theatre.swf,townhall.swf,travel.swf - Audio:
king.mp3
TamaTown V5, also known as The Tama & Earth Expo, was originally available at famitama.com/pc/index_en.html, today down.
SWF files for games were first recovered by SA311 in this TamaTalk thread using the web archive (Jan 30, 2010) and continued by this project.
See all files recovered by the Wayback Machine here.
Upon start, an HTTP request is sent to:
GET http://famitama.com/pc/cgi/Famiif.php?r=845107&a=0&e=00&f=ww&d=00000&u=00000&c=3
where:
- r is a pseudo-random number generated by:
getTime() / 1800000 - c is
1for login/logout,3for wagon,4for farm,5for poll - a is poll data, otherwise
0 - e is poll key, otherwise
00 - f is
wwfor wagon - u is a 5 digits upper password, default
00000 - d is a 5 digits lower password, default
00000
The expected response is a text/plain string with the following parameters:
ResultCode: must beOKto consider the response valid.- Rest of parameters:
LoginMode,VER,CharacterCode,FamilyCode,TiesCode,JPFarm,JPWagon,AOFarm,AOWagon,NAWagon,EUFarm,EUWagon,JPAnswer,AOAnswer,NAAnswer,EUAnswer,DateTime,ResultDetail
Whenever users choose a game to play, they are asked to login. This sends the following request:
GET http://famitama.com/pc/cgi/Famitama.cgi?p=game%5Ffishing%2Eswf&i=0&g=0&m=0&d=11111&u=11111&c=1
where
- p is the current game filename, e.g.
game_fishing.swf - c is the request code,
1for login - i is the items upon logout,
0for login - g are the gotchi points upon logout,
0for login - m is the logout code,
0for login - u is a 5 digits upper password, default
00000 - d is a 5 digits lower password, default
00000
The expected response is a text/plain string with the following parameters:
ResultCodemust beOKto consider the response valid.- Rest of parameters:
LoginMode,VER,CharacterCode,FamilyCode,TiesCode,PasswordUp,PasswordDown,DateTime
After finishing a game, players can logout. This issues the following request:
GET http://famitama.com/pc/cgi/Famitama.cgi?p=game%5Fmochitsuki%2Eswf&i=0&g=0&m=2&d=11111&u=11111&c=1
- p is the current game filename, e.g.
game_mochitsuki.swf - i is the number of items upon logout, default
0 - g are the gotchi points upon logout, default
0 - m is the logout code,
1for nothing,2for gotchi points,3for getting item,4for buying item - d is a 5 digits lower password, default
00000 - u is a 5 digits upper password, default
00000 - c is the request code,
1for logout
TamaTown Music Star was originally available at new.tamatown.com, no longer available. This TamaTown Exploration video shows how it looked like.
See all files recovered by the Wayback Machine here.
Bandai keeps hosting an extremely lighter version of TamaTown Music Star at bandai.com/tamagotchi/new. Upon language selection, English and Spanish redirect to the 'Thank you' and 'Gracias' shutdown pages respectively. The site in Portuguese, however, lets user access the forest area and play a rafting game.
e-TamaGo was Japan's TamaTown website, originally available at e-tamago.com/pc/index.html, last archived in 2010. Today e-tamago.com redirects to tamagotch.channel.or.jp. e-TamaGo let players enter 3 TamaTowns: Tama Go, Ura Tama and Tama School.
Tama Go was originally available at e-tamago.com/pc/flash/tamago.html, see (this archive from 2010).
See all files recovered by the Wayback Machine here.
Ura Tama was originally available at e-tamago.com/urapc/flash/uratama.html, see (this archive from 2010)
See all files recovered by the Wayback Machine here.
Tama School was originally available at school.e-tamago.com/pc/flash/tamasc.html, see this archive from 2010
See all files recovered by the Wayback Machine here.
- Wikipedia, "Tamagotchi Town"
- Archived tamagotchieurope.com (May 9, 2013)
- MEGA repository, unknown owner
- lostmediawiki.com, "Tamagotchi TamaTown (partially found flash game; 2006-2013)"
- change.org 'Get TamaTown back!'. Petition closed in 2015
- Playing e-Tamago's games
- Playing Ura-TamaTown's games
- Tamagotchi School (TamaSuku) page's games
- Tama & Earth EXPO's games. (V5/Famitama)
- Games from the old Japanese TamaTown
I decompiled the SWF files that the Wayback Machine preserved with JPEXS Free Flash Decompiler. It's a powerful open-source tool, way superior to other commercial options in my opinion.
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