Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The Problem with Trapped in Hyperspace

Trapped in Hyperspace cannot be recovered because 1.) the Internet Archive couldn't pick it up and 2.) no public, searchable web page currently has a copy.

In regards to 1.), there's nothing anyone can do about that. The game uses preloaders that the Internet Archive simply can't detect. (loader.dcr downloads and uses gamefiles.dcr, etc.) TiH certainly isn't the first Flash/Shockwave game to be lost because of this.

Point 2.) leaves some hope. There may be some webpage out there hidden from search engines that still exists and has the the game. Failing that, the only place to get it would be from the developers (Pepworks), Williams Street, or possibly from some sympathetic Cartoon Network webmaster.

The game would still have some requirements though. It would need the 3dGroove libraries to play (which I have) and it needs to be on a Cartoon Network domain in order to play, but there are ways around that. I've gotten Powerpuff Girls: Showdown in the Sky to function and it had both these problems.

Video temporarily disabled until I upload a proper replacement ~ 2010-05-08.

Now I just need TiH the game files...

1 comment:

  1. All 3 Toonami TIEs videos (minis) are available here:
    http://www.toonamiarsenal.com/features/
    HTH [Hope This Helps]

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