Difference between revisions of "Eco-Warrior"
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'''Website:''' [http://www.pcgamer.com/ PC Gamer]<br /> | '''Website:''' [http://www.pcgamer.com/ PC Gamer]<br /> | ||
'''Related games:''' ''[[Sample]]'', ''[[Terrain]]'', ''[[Houses]]'' | '''Related games:''' ''[[Sample]]'', ''[[Terrain]]'', ''[[Houses]]'' | ||
| − | }}A game thrown together by ''PC Gamer UK'' writer and eventual editor Mark Donald for an article mocking contemporary game creation systems, published in the September 1996 issue of that magazine. The game was assembled (using ''[[Sample]]'' resources) with the UK distribution of Game-Maker, known as Captain GameMaker. | + | }}{{UnknownHeader}} |
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| + | A game thrown together by ''PC Gamer UK'' writer and eventual editor Mark Donald for an article mocking contemporary game creation systems, published in the September 1996 issue of that magazine. The game was assembled (using ''[[Sample]]'' resources) with the UK distribution of Game-Maker, known as Captain GameMaker. | ||
More details as time permits. | More details as time permits. | ||
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== Evidence == | == Evidence == | ||
| − | [[File:EcoShot1.png|thumb| | + | [[File:EcoShot1.png|thumb|none|320px|A screen from ''Eco-Warrior'']] |
| − | [[File:EcoShot2.png|thumb| | + | [[File:EcoShot2.png|thumb|none|320px|Another screen from ''Eco-Warrior'']] |
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| + | == Background == | ||
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| + | {{Quote|Hi, well I never imagined that would come back to haunt me. I think Danny Wallace described it as the most gratingly annoying 'game' he'd ever played. I don't have a copy but it may have ended up on the cover disc of that issue. Can't remember which issue it was but it would have had some paint brushes and egg boxes on the cover. <br /><br /> | ||
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| + | Were you able to track down the issue of PC Gamer that the feature was in? If that said the games were on the cover disc then I expect they were, if it didn't say that then the game died on whatever pre-Pentium PC I was muddling along with at the time. <br /><br /> | ||
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| + | It's possible there were two cover discs on the issue too. If you haven't been able to find the issue then I'll take a look in my old collection and see if I have it. I may have the discs too although I don't think that's very likely off the top of my head.|Mark Donald,| |email conversation, June 2016}} | ||
== Leads == | == Leads == | ||
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The article promises the game's distribution in the following issue's coverdisc. It's unclear whether this actually happened. | The article promises the game's distribution in the following issue's coverdisc. It's unclear whether this actually happened. | ||
| − | + | * Archives of this and following cover discs may prove fruitful. | |
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[[Category: Mark Donald]] | [[Category: Mark Donald]] | ||
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[[Category: United Kingdom]] | [[Category: United Kingdom]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:13, 30 June 2016
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A game thrown together by PC Gamer UK writer and eventual editor Mark Donald for an article mocking contemporary game creation systems, published in the September 1996 issue of that magazine. The game was assembled (using Sample resources) with the UK distribution of Game-Maker, known as Captain GameMaker.
More details as time permits.
Evidence[edit]
Background[edit]
Hi, well I never imagined that would come back to haunt me. I think Danny Wallace described it as the most gratingly annoying 'game' he'd ever played. I don't have a copy but it may have ended up on the cover disc of that issue. Can't remember which issue it was but it would have had some paint brushes and egg boxes on the cover.
Were you able to track down the issue of PC Gamer that the feature was in? If that said the games were on the cover disc then I expect they were, if it didn't say that then the game died on whatever pre-Pentium PC I was muddling along with at the time.
It's possible there were two cover discs on the issue too. If you haven't been able to find the issue then I'll take a look in my old collection and see if I have it. I may have the discs too although I don't think that's very likely off the top of my head.
— Mark Donald, email conversation, June 2016
Leads[edit]
The article promises the game's distribution in the following issue's coverdisc. It's unclear whether this actually happened.
- Archives of this and following cover discs may prove fruitful.
