Difference between revisions of "Badman"

From The Game-Maker Archive
Jump to navigationJump to search
(fixing a small mistake: Badman was first designed for an encounter with Bilou, not with Jack Booster)
 
(33 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
{{box
+
{{featured}}{{box
 
|header='''''Badman'''''
 
|header='''''Badman'''''
 
|file=[[File:BadmanTitle.gif|290px|border]]
 
|file=[[File:BadmanTitle.gif|290px|border]]
 
|text=
 
|text=
 
'''Release type:''' [[Shareware|Freeware]]<br />
 
'''Release type:''' [[Shareware|Freeware]]<br />
−
'''Release date:''' March, 1995<br />
+
'''Release date:''' May 21, [[1995]][[Category: 1995|Badman 1]]<br />
 
'''Levels:''' 18<br />
 
'''Levels:''' 18<br />
 
'''Author:''' [[PPP Team]]<br />
 
'''Author:''' [[PPP Team]]<br />
 
'''Website:''' [http://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/p/rsd-game-maker.html Bilou Homebrew's Blog]<br />
 
'''Website:''' [http://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/p/rsd-game-maker.html Bilou Homebrew's Blog]<br />
−
'''Related games:''' ''[[Blork Carnage]]'', ''[[Badman II]]'', ''[[Badman III]]''}}Our eponymous hero is basically a chubby, inept satire of DC’s Batman — or at least that’s how he started off. Badman’s first role was as an incidental enemy in [http://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2009/10/lile-des-colons-that-was-bilou-rpg.html Bilou's Quest (BASIC)]. Yet after doodling the character for a while, he captured the Martins’ imaginations and rather like Fonzie on Happy Days, he soon became the center of [[PPP Team]]’s attentions. Other ties to Jack Booster include the overall art design and the antagonist Seb Valenti (who served a more nebulous role in Blork Carnage).
+
'''Related games:''' ''[[Blork Carnage]]'', ''[[Badman II]]'', ''[[Badman III]]''}}Our eponymous hero is basically a chubby, inept satire of DC’s Batman — or at least that’s how he started off. Badman’s first role was as an incidental enemy in [http://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2009/10/lile-des-colons-that-was-bilou-rpg.html ''Bilou's Quest'' (BASIC)]. Yet after doodling the character for a while, he captured the Martins’ imaginations and rather like Fonzie on Happy Days, he soon became the center of [[PPP Team]]’s attentions. Other ties to earlier games include the overall art design and the antagonist Seb Valenti (who served a more nebulous role in [[Blork Carnage]]).
  
 
The first ''Badman'' game is a rough assembly of materials — some borrowed, some original — into a fairly genial Tim Sweeney flavored action platformer (complete with music lifted from ''Jill of the Jungle''). Maybe with a whiff of ''Mighty Bomb Jack''. Notably, ''Badman'' avoids feeling like a typical Game-Maker game. The character’s movements are perfectly married to the level design, and both the character and backdrop strive less to show off than to achieve a certain consistency of style and tone.  
 
The first ''Badman'' game is a rough assembly of materials — some borrowed, some original — into a fairly genial Tim Sweeney flavored action platformer (complete with music lifted from ''Jill of the Jungle''). Maybe with a whiff of ''Mighty Bomb Jack''. Notably, ''Badman'' avoids feeling like a typical Game-Maker game. The character’s movements are perfectly married to the level design, and both the character and backdrop strive less to show off than to achieve a certain consistency of style and tone.  
Line 15: Line 15:
  
 
The game also borrows a few sounds from ''[[Zark]]'', ''[[Patchwork Heart]]'', and ''Jill of the Jungle''.  
 
The game also borrows a few sounds from ''[[Zark]]'', ''[[Patchwork Heart]]'', and ''Jill of the Jungle''.  
−
 
+
{{SeriesNav|Badman series{{!}}(Overview)|Badman|Badman II|[[Badman series]]}}
−
==Story==
+
== Story ==
  
 
[[File:Badman1.png|thumb|320px|PPP Team's ''Badman'']]
 
[[File:Badman1.png|thumb|320px|PPP Team's ''Badman'']]
Line 33: Line 33:
  
 
P: Mario?
 
P: Mario?
−
 
+
[[File:badman-peach-zone.png|thumb|320px|A spiky moment in the "''Peach the Lobster''" zone (officially, the "Field Zone")]]
 
P: Too Old!
 
P: Too Old!
  
Line 62: Line 62:
 
: '''BADMAN'''
 
: '''BADMAN'''
  
−
==Instructions==
+
== Instructions ==
  
 
For best results, use the numerical keypad or a joystick
 
For best results, use the numerical keypad or a joystick
Line 79: Line 79:
 
: F9: Calibrate the Joy.
 
: F9: Calibrate the Joy.
  
−
==Credits==
+
== Credits ==
  
 
A new game developed by [[PPP Team]] Software.
 
A new game developed by [[PPP Team]] Software.
Line 106: Line 106:
 
: IK and Audrey, for moral support.
 
: IK and Audrey, for moral support.
  
−
==Links==
+
Badman is a copyrighted original character from [[PPP Team]].
 +
 
 +
== Availability ==
 +
 
 +
Prior to this archive's online presence, this game was only available in small-scale distribution amongst the close associates of PPP Team.
 +
 
 +
== Archive history ==
 +
 
 +
Along with several other PPP Team titles, this game was added to the archive on September 24, 2010. It was provided by [[Sylvain Martin]], after contact through his blog and social media -- who in turn was located through a link on [[cly5m]]'s [http://www.autofish.net/video_games/creation/rsd_game-maker/index.html Game-Maker page].
 +
 
 +
== Links ==
 +
 
 +
<youtube>6eQLXMY5H58</youtube>
  
−
<videoflash>6eQLXMY5H58</videoflash>
+
=== Sites ===
  
 +
* [http://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/search?q=Badman Sylvain Martin's blog]
 
* [http://www.run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~martin/pppteam/Games/badman1.html PPP Team's download site]
 
* [http://www.run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~martin/pppteam/Games/badman1.html PPP Team's download site]
−
* [http://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/search?q=Badman Sylvain Martin's blog]
+
* [http://cyborgjeff.untergrund.net/site/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=23&lid=309 Cyborg Jeff's downloads]
−
* Soundtrack: [http://www.studio-quena.be/cyborgjeff/site/1996/12/31/306-badman-in-the-japanese-falls/ Waterfall level] [http://www.studio-quena.be/cyborgjeff/site/1997/03/29/367-waterfall/ (+CD version)]
+
 
 +
=== Interviews / Articles ===
 +
 
 +
* [http://www.diygamer.com/2010/12/gamemaker-archive-brussels-spout-book-2/ The Brussels Spout, Book 2 (DIYGamer)]
 +
* [http://gamasutra.com/blogs/EJRTairne/20140202/192182/Infoboxes.php The Game-Maker Story: Infoboxes] (Gamasutra)
 +
 
 +
=== Listings ===
 +
 
 +
* [https://archive.org/details/BadmanISavetheWorld_1020 archive.org entry]
 +
* [http://demu.org/resource/BadmanISavetheWorld_1020 demu.org entry]
 +
 
 +
=== Misc. Links ===
 +
 
 +
* '''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/java/badman1.php Play ''Badman'' online]'''
  
−
==Downloads==
+
== Downloads ==
  
−
* [http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/badman.zip Badman] (451.4 kB)
+
* '''''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/badman.zip Badman]''''' (451.4 kB)
 +
* Soundtrack:
 +
** [http://www.studio-quena.be/cyborgjeff/site/1996/12/31/306-badman-in-the-japanese-falls/ Waterfall level]
 +
** [http://www.studio-quena.be/cyborgjeff/site/1997/03/29/367-waterfall/ (+CD version)]
  
−
[[Category:Platformers]][[Category:Side-scrolling]][[Category:PPP Team]][[Category:Freeware]][[Category:Game-Maker_games]][[Category:Satire]][[Category:Character games]]
+
[[Category: Game-Maker_games|Badman 1]]
 +
[[Category: Freeware|Badman 1]]
 +
[[Category: PPP Team|Badman 1]]
 +
[[Category: Side-scrolling|Badman 1]]
 +
[[Category: Action-platformer|Badman 1]]
 +
[[Category: Character games|Badman 1]]
 +
[[Category: Satire|Badman 1]]
 +
[[Category: New discoveries|Badman 1]]
 +
[[Category: Badman series|Badman 1]]
 +
[[Category: Eponymous titles|Badman 1]]
 +
[[Category: Complete games]]
 +
[[Category: Games needing maps]]
 +
[[Category: Belgium]]
 +
[[Category: Pierre Martin]]
 +
[[Category: Pierrick Hansen]]
 +
[[Category: Sylvain Martin]]
 +
[[Category: DIYGamer]]

Latest revision as of 17:30, 22 June 2021

Featured.png
Badman
BadmanTitle.gif

Release type: Freeware
Release date: May 21, 1995
Levels: 18
Author: PPP Team
Website: Bilou Homebrew's Blog
Related games: Blork Carnage, Badman II, Badman III

Our eponymous hero is basically a chubby, inept satire of DC’s Batman — or at least that’s how he started off. Badman’s first role was as an incidental enemy in Bilou's Quest (BASIC). Yet after doodling the character for a while, he captured the Martins’ imaginations and rather like Fonzie on Happy Days, he soon became the center of PPP Team’s attentions. Other ties to earlier games include the overall art design and the antagonist Seb Valenti (who served a more nebulous role in Blork Carnage).

The first Badman game is a rough assembly of materials — some borrowed, some original — into a fairly genial Tim Sweeney flavored action platformer (complete with music lifted from Jill of the Jungle). Maybe with a whiff of Mighty Bomb Jack. Notably, Badman avoids feeling like a typical Game-Maker game. The character’s movements are perfectly married to the level design, and both the character and backdrop strive less to show off than to achieve a certain consistency of style and tone.

Each level has its own fairly original theme. Instead of ice and fire worlds, we have blue skies and desert caves, a rooftop stage, a Japan world (where Badman trades his gun for a samurai sword), a Lego dungeon, a haunted castle, a prison camp, and — well, a Peach the Lobster zone. Very little in this game was just slapped together; you get the sense that every tile, every monster placement was agonized over.

The game also borrows a few sounds from Zark, Patchwork Heart, and Jill of the Jungle.

Previous Current Next
(Overview) Badman Badman II
Badman series

Story[edit]

PPP Team's Badman

P: The Earth is threatened by Seb Valenti... He wants to destroy EVERYTHING!

P: No Problem. What's the number for Bilou?

P: 668171*884

"I am not here at the moment. Please leave your message after the Beep ..."

CLACK

P: Bilou isn't there!

P: Mario?

A spiky moment in the "Peach the Lobster" zone (officially, the "Field Zone")

P: Too Old!

P: Superman?

P: Retired!

P: Superwoman?

P: Maternity leave, for the next 32 light years.

P: Mickey?

P: Not competent enough!

P: ....

PUFF

I am the Terror

Who makes Errors

I Am ....

Badman-char.png

BADMAN

Instructions[edit]

For best results, use the numerical keypad or a joystick

8,7,9: Jump
4,6: Walk
2: Duck
/,-: Fire
P: Surprise!
F2: view status
F3: stop the music
F5: Save
F6: Load
F8: Enable the Joy
F9: Calibrate the Joy.

Credits[edit]

A new game developed by PPP Team Software.

Scenario:

Piet & Pierrick

Character graphics:

Pierrick & Pypein

Backgrounds:

Piet & Pierrick

Music:

Epic & GM

FX:

Piet, GM & Pierrick

Character animation:

Piet & Pypein

Background animation:

Piet & Pierrick

Level design:

Piet

Debugging:

Pypein

Bugging:

Piet

Thanks you:

IK and Audrey, for moral support.

Badman is a copyrighted original character from PPP Team.

Availability[edit]

Prior to this archive's online presence, this game was only available in small-scale distribution amongst the close associates of PPP Team.

Archive history[edit]

Along with several other PPP Team titles, this game was added to the archive on September 24, 2010. It was provided by Sylvain Martin, after contact through his blog and social media -- who in turn was located through a link on cly5m's Game-Maker page.

Links[edit]

Sites[edit]

Interviews / Articles[edit]

Listings[edit]

Misc. Links[edit]

Downloads[edit]

Retrieved from "https://aderack.com/game-maker/index.php?title=Badman&oldid=23957"