So Much for Trapped in Hyperspace

I tried contacting Pepworks.de to see if they would send me a copy of Trapped in Hyperspace. No such luck. They only give copies to the customer. That would mean contacting someone from CartoonNetwork.com and obtaining it. That just doesn't seem very likely.

Oh, well.

Kirby 64 Promo Game

Going through the Wayback Machine (yet again), I noticed an odd file called kirby.game.html. Curiously, it appears to be a promotional game for Kirby 64.

Kirby 64 Promo Game @ Lost Data


It's a simple memory game. Upon completion, the player is able to download a Kirby wallpaper. (It appears in the same download area as Toonami wallpapers, so it wasn't a big secret.)

Unfortunately, the Wayback Machine failed to save the wallpaper. However, at least one website saved the file and noted where it came from, and so we know which wallpaper was offered by Toonami.


(Click to view 1024x768 image.)

I don't remember this game from back then. Of course, the Toonami homepage wasn't very interesting until the Intruder premiered and Reactor came online. I probably didn't visit enough...

Lockdown - Lost Level?

Incidentally, the maker of the game, playerthree, has a page on Lockdown which contains several in-game images. Those images make no sense given the finished game. Was there a special multi-player Level 5?











Their website states:

Tied in with daily TV broadcasts on the Cartoon Network, players were fed a storyline on the TV then directed to the Toonami web site to help out - saving the Absolution spaceship from destruction.

On registering, players were allocated a team to play for, then competed and scored points to boost their team's performance. Daily feedback was given on the teams' overall scores, and new levels unveiled to the masses to continue the saga.

Free movement, parallax scrolling, atmospheric audio and a wide choice of weapons gave this game wide appeal to the Cartoon Network viewers, and generated a great deal of web traffic from the TV audience.

Which doesn't tell us anything. The promos at Toonami Digital Arsenal clearly show the normal Lockdown RPG-game and not playerthree's odd version. If there was a Level 5, it was removed after the Lockdown Total Immersion Event ended.

I played Lockdown when it originally premiered in 2001, but I may have missed one day of play. I can't be sure this level even existed. I assume it was a multiplayer level as that would be the only reason to remove it.