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|title=<center>Waffle Boy's Mountain Adventure</center>
|title=<center>Waffle Boy's Mountain Adventure</center>
|image=103510156.jpg
|image=103510156.jpg
|imagecaption=Screenshot of the game.
|imagecaption=Screenshot of the game.
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|datefound=28 Feb 2021
|foundby=[https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/ Flashpoint]
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'''''Waffle Boy's Mountain Adventure''''' was a Flash game developed by Smashing Ideas and released on [[Postopia (partially found online games; 2001-2011)|Postopia]] in 2004.
'''''Waffle Boy's Mountain Adventure''''' was a browser game developed by Smashing Ideas and published by [[Postopia (partially found online games; 2001-2011)|Postopia]] in 2004.


All searches appear to lead to ''Waffle Boy's Jungle Adventure'', the sequel, which has shrouded the game it was based off of. There are people who have asked on Yahoo or other sites for help finding this game, but only the Jungle one seems to be available.
The sequel, ''Waffle Boy's Jungle Adventure'', was reuploaded to and spread between a number of other game websites. As such, it is still available, and has shrouded its predecessor. For a while, only Jungle Adventure was available to the general public.


==Availability==
==Availability==
The game files were partially found [https://web.archive.org/web/*/postopia.com/games/wbmountadv/* on archive.org] by [[User:Adam|Adam]]
While ''Waffle Boy's Mountain Adventure'' had been available for many years, it eventually became lost. One potential reason why this game may not have been as prevalent on other game websites (in contrast to its sequel, ''Waffle Boy's Jungle Adventure'') is because it required multiple external Flash Movie and XML files, and took a greater effort to copy.


It was available for many years but has been lost due to time. The possible reason why this game was not mirrored by any other website, in contrast to, for instance, ''Waffle Boy's Jungle Adventure'' is because ''Waffle Boy's Mountain Adventure'' consists of the large number of files, and perhaps other websites did not bother trying to get all of them given the large availability of other good-quality Flash games.
Brian Burke, the CEO of Smashing Ideas, was asked about the game on LinkedIn. Burke explained that only the client (Kraft) would possess game files, and Smashing Ideas no longer had files for any games dating this far back.  


Fortunately, even if some files would not be found, these files can possibly be derived from their counterparts used in ''Waffle Boy's Jungle Adventure''.
Wayback Machine only made a partial capture of the necessary files, and the game was unplayable. In 2019, LMW user Mordax modified the Wayback Machine capture into a partially playable state, and curated it to BlueMaxima's Flashpoint.<ref>[https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/datahub/Game_Master_List The list of games playable on Flashpoint, including Waffle Boy's Mountain Adventure]. Retrieved 28 Feb '21</ref> Flashpoint is an archive with thousands of Flash animations and games. It was created with the goal of preserving browser games, after Flash was discontinued in early 2021.<ref>[https://mordax.io/en/posts/resurrecting_wbmountadv/ Link to the source code of the recreated files]. Retrieved 26 Apr '21</ref>


A Smashing Ideas employee named Brian Burke has been contacted at LinkedIn for the game and he said the client was Kraft and they would have had the final files for that and Smashing Ideas no longer have any of the files for that game dating that far back. He said it might live on another site somewhere, but he is not sure.
In a unique scenario, while a number of the original files remain lost, the game retains partial functionality due in part to the efforts of Mordax, Flashpoint and the community. However, the partially found game is not an ideal playback experience, with missing cutscenes, minigames, menus and functionality.


On Feburary 28th, 2021, LMW user LoganTheHammer discovered that the game was found and fully playable on Flashpoint, a software that archived thousands of Flash animations and games with the goal of preserving them after Flash was discontinued in early 2021. Although the game is fully playable, it is unknown if all files of the game are stored in Flashpoint's archives, and there is no apparent way so far to try to find the game files through the software.
==Files==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="vertical-align:top;horizontal-align:center;"
|<span style="font-size:80%">File</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">Availability</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">Contributors</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">Links</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">Extra notes</span>
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">./swf/game.swf</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span></span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://lostmediawiki.com/User:Adam Adam]</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://postopia.com/games/wbmountadv/* archive.org]</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">./swf/gateway.swf</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span></span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://lostmediawiki.com/User:Adam Adam]</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://postopia.com/games/wbmountadv/* archive.org]</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">./swf/intro.swf</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span></span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://lostmediawiki.com/User:Adam Adam]</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://postopia.com/games/wbmountadv/* archive.org]</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">./waffleboy.swf</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span></span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://lostmediawiki.com/User:Adam Adam]</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://postopia.com/games/wbmountadv/* archive.org]</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">./vr_loader/vr_base.swf</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span></span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://lostmediawiki.com/User:Adam Adam]</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://postopia.com/games/vr_loader* archive.org]</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">Base for vr_loader</span>
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">./vr_loader/vr_loader.swf</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span></span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://lostmediawiki.com/User:Adam Adam]</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://postopia.com/games/vr_loader* archive.org]</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">Postoken reward check</span>
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">./wbmountadv/shell.xml</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span></span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://postopia.com/games/wbmountadv/* archive.org]</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">File list</span>
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">./vr_info.xml</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span></span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://postopia.com/games/wbmountadv/* archive.org]</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%">Postoken reward info</span>
|}
==Screenshots==
==Screenshots==
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
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File:Crystal2.png|
File:Crystal2.png|
File:Mountain1.png|
File:Mountain1.png|
File:Mountain_Adventure_ABC.png|400px|Screenshot from ABC broadcast about online games
</gallery>
</gallery>
==References==
==References==
*[https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/datahub/Game_Master_List The list of games playable on Flashpoint, including Waffle Boy's Mountain Adventure] Retrieved 28 Feb, 2021
{{reflist}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2obPCmLfNU4 Gameplay of the game, with the uploader s9x9 replying to a comment, saying to use Flashpoint to play the game] Retrieved 28 Feb, 2021
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEiW4wgakHc Gameplay of the game, with the uploader s9x9 replying to a comment, saying to use Flashpoint to play the game]
 


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Revision as of 06:16, 9 August 2021

103510156.jpg

Screenshot of the game.

Status: Partially Found

Date found: 28 Feb 2021

Found by: Flashpoint

Waffle Boy's Mountain Adventure was a browser game developed by Smashing Ideas and published by Postopia in 2004.

The sequel, Waffle Boy's Jungle Adventure, was reuploaded to and spread between a number of other game websites. As such, it is still available, and has shrouded its predecessor. For a while, only Jungle Adventure was available to the general public.

Availability

While Waffle Boy's Mountain Adventure had been available for many years, it eventually became lost. One potential reason why this game may not have been as prevalent on other game websites (in contrast to its sequel, Waffle Boy's Jungle Adventure) is because it required multiple external Flash Movie and XML files, and took a greater effort to copy.

Brian Burke, the CEO of Smashing Ideas, was asked about the game on LinkedIn. Burke explained that only the client (Kraft) would possess game files, and Smashing Ideas no longer had files for any games dating this far back.

Wayback Machine only made a partial capture of the necessary files, and the game was unplayable. In 2019, LMW user Mordax modified the Wayback Machine capture into a partially playable state, and curated it to BlueMaxima's Flashpoint.[1] Flashpoint is an archive with thousands of Flash animations and games. It was created with the goal of preserving browser games, after Flash was discontinued in early 2021.[2]

In a unique scenario, while a number of the original files remain lost, the game retains partial functionality due in part to the efforts of Mordax, Flashpoint and the community. However, the partially found game is not an ideal playback experience, with missing cutscenes, minigames, menus and functionality.

Screenshots

References