Uncovering a Cancelled 90s "Metaverse" [Cyberpark]
Channel: Cathode Ray Dude [CRD]
Date: 2022-03-28

These comically large videotapes seem to hold the only evidence of a "game" from the early 90s that never saw a release, and may have been intended to enhance an ahead-of-its-time online gaming and social service. Let's see what stories I can invent about it, and learn a little about how Mortal Kombat was made in the process.

RAW FOOTAGE:
NOTE: These are BAD RIPS, because Youtube is choking on my good rips. I have much higher quality versions I'm still trying to transcode successfully, and once I figure that out I'll replace these links.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9N9FvqUtQM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-f2hZapsOY

THE NET:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7f370kVRUU

SPRITE FOOTAGE:
I recorded a lot more "sprite" poses. There's enough here to make a complete platform game, if you wanted to do that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T0a0ZyIV9M

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:35 Tape format
02:43 The tapes themselves
05:26 Videogame art basics
06:58 FMV (Gabriel Knight 2)
11:56 Digitized sprites (Mortal Kombat)
14:36 Analyzing tape contents
22:28 The Sierra Network / Cyberpark 1991
25:48 Characters
27:00 ImagiNation / Cyberpark 1996
28:00 Related projects (The Net)
31:58 Conclusions
33:22 Outro

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