Difference between revisions of "Raven"
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| + | == Archive history == | ||
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| + | On January 21st 2010, Rob Brandon pseudonymously responded to a [http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/as3la/a_thoroughly_modern_particle_system/ Reddit thread] with a passing comment about Game-Maker. When pressed about his history with the software, he replied that all of his games were stored on a couple of defunct computers, either inaccessible or destroyed. | ||
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| + | Over 31 months later on August 23th 2012, John Brandon commented on a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlmrkAtaeQs YouTube clip] that he had found an archive of his and his brother's old games. The next day he composed a long e-mail describing the contents of a jumbled collection of gameware files, adding up to an ostensible sixteen games. All of the games were in pieces, many of them incomplete. | ||
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| + | Over the next five months, through regular consultation, the games were all reassembled as well as the materials would permit. The games were reconstructed or otherwise recovered on the following dates: | ||
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| + | * October 28th: ''[[Seal Boarders]]''. | ||
| + | * October 31st: ''[[Seal Boarders 2]]''. | ||
| + | * November 5th: ''[[Zarlor 2]]''. | ||
| + | * November 7th: ''[[Skate Board]]''. | ||
| + | * November 10th: ''[[Fox World]]''. | ||
| + | * December 9th: ''[[Foxy Dimensions]]''. | ||
| + | * December 16th: ''[[Fox Party]]''. | ||
| + | * December 17th: ''[[Ulysses]]'', ''[[Penguin War]]'', and ''[[Raven]]''. | ||
| + | * December 19th: ''[[Skatenig]]'', ''[[Slot Car]]'', and ''[[Anime]]''. | ||
| + | * December 21st: ''[[Droid]]'', ''[[Void Raiders]]'', and ''[[Terra]]''. | ||
== Availability == | == Availability == | ||
Revision as of 05:47, 18 July 2014
Release type: Incomplete
Release date: 2000
Levels: 3
Author: Brandon Enterprises
Related games: Skate Board, Terra
Game two of the "SkateGhoul Trilogy", which also includes Skate Board and Terra.
Contents
Instructions
CONTROLS
For best results, please use the numerical keypad.
4, 6:
- Skate left, right
7, 8, 9:
- Ollie Left, Up, Right
TRICKS
0 Ins:
- Board Slide
Enter:
- 5-0 Grind (Do on rails)
+:
- Spin
- Kickflip
-:
- Nosebone
Credits
Designed by
- John and Robert Brandon
Engine and Tools by
- Recreational Software Designs
Edited by
- EJR Tairne
Background
John Brandon:
- This game looks like it was one of my brother's projects.
Archive history
On January 21st 2010, Rob Brandon pseudonymously responded to a Reddit thread with a passing comment about Game-Maker. When pressed about his history with the software, he replied that all of his games were stored on a couple of defunct computers, either inaccessible or destroyed.
Over 31 months later on August 23th 2012, John Brandon commented on a YouTube clip that he had found an archive of his and his brother's old games. The next day he composed a long e-mail describing the contents of a jumbled collection of gameware files, adding up to an ostensible sixteen games. All of the games were in pieces, many of them incomplete.
Over the next five months, through regular consultation, the games were all reassembled as well as the materials would permit. The games were reconstructed or otherwise recovered on the following dates:
- October 28th: Seal Boarders.
- October 31st: Seal Boarders 2.
- November 5th: Zarlor 2.
- November 7th: Skate Board.
- November 10th: Fox World.
- December 9th: Foxy Dimensions.
- December 16th: Fox Party.
- December 17th: Ulysses, Penguin War, and Raven.
- December 19th: Skatenig, Slot Car, and Anime.
- December 21st: Droid, Void Raiders, and Terra.
Availability
Prior to this archive's online presence, this game is not known to be publicly available.
Links
Downloads
- Raven (103.2 kB)
