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Most of Alan Caudels' games (and those of his close associates) are difficult to precisely date. The copies that now exist originate from a series of mass archives, compressed and stored away years after the files' original creation. Do their modern-day "created" dates reflect the files' actual creation, or their copying or modification? It's hard to say, outside of a bit of faith and some educated guesswork.
  
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With ''The Legend of Budd'', Caudel covers similar ground to ''[[FireAxe]]'' -- it's his attempt at a ''Zelda'' homage within the Game-Maker framework. Simple so far. What complicates a reading is one's understanding of causality and creative progression. Which game came first? The file dates would suggest ''FireAxe'' -- yet the design there is far in advance of ''Budd''.
  
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Granted, the two games recall two different modes of ''Zelda''. Whereas ''FireAxe'' builds from the cosmetic and tonal elements of ''A Link to the Past'', ''Budd'' is an overt tribute to -- possibly even satire of -- the original ''The Legend of Zelda''. Whereas ''FireAxe'' is an earnest effort to make something new from found material, ''Budd'' is a half-built bucket of clear pop cultural references. The point of each reference is that you recognize it for what it is, and so the game itself faithfully articulates is source material.
  
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So, the way to read ''Budd'' would seem to be with an understanding of its tapestry of history -- both in its outward reference and in its design antecedent within Caudel's output.
  
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* Power Budd
  
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Follow-up to, or spin-off of, ''[[Power Budd!]]'', that takes the form of a ''[[Overworld|Zelda]]'' tribute/parody -- as with ''[[FireAxe]]''. (Which of those two came first?)
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* FireAxe
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* Star Wars
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* Mortal Kombat
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** Dummy Duck 4 / Alan Fun Game!
  
 
== Story ==
 
== Story ==

Revision as of 12:33, 3 February 2016

The Legend of Budd
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Release type: Incomplete
Release date: 1996
Levels: 1
Author: Alan Caudel
Website: DummyDuck.com
Related games: Power Budd!, Link vs. Gannon, Overworld

FULL ENTRY COMING SOON!






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The Legend of Budd

Most of Alan Caudels' games (and those of his close associates) are difficult to precisely date. The copies that now exist originate from a series of mass archives, compressed and stored away years after the files' original creation. Do their modern-day "created" dates reflect the files' actual creation, or their copying or modification? It's hard to say, outside of a bit of faith and some educated guesswork.

With The Legend of Budd, Caudel covers similar ground to FireAxe -- it's his attempt at a Zelda homage within the Game-Maker framework. Simple so far. What complicates a reading is one's understanding of causality and creative progression. Which game came first? The file dates would suggest FireAxe -- yet the design there is far in advance of Budd.

Granted, the two games recall two different modes of Zelda. Whereas FireAxe builds from the cosmetic and tonal elements of A Link to the Past, Budd is an overt tribute to -- possibly even satire of -- the original The Legend of Zelda. Whereas FireAxe is an earnest effort to make something new from found material, Budd is a half-built bucket of clear pop cultural references. The point of each reference is that you recognize it for what it is, and so the game itself faithfully articulates is source material.

So, the way to read Budd would seem to be with an understanding of its tapestry of history -- both in its outward reference and in its design antecedent within Caudel's output.

  • Power Budd
  • FireAxe
  • Star Wars
  • Mortal Kombat
    • Dummy Duck 4 / Alan Fun Game!

Story

N/A

Instructions

  • Arrow keys: Move in the four cardinal directions
  • Space or Enter: Attack with your sword

Credits

Designed by Alan Caudel.

Availability

This game is not known to have been distributed in any form, prior to its addition to the Archive.

Archive History

After an earlier wave of rediscoveries, on July 13 2011 Alan Caudel provided another archive of previously missing Game-Maker material, including the following:

Links

And that's the power of Budd.

Downloads

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