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|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|datefound=28 Feb 2021
|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 for the game lead to its sequel, ''Waffle Boy's Jungle Adventure'', which has shrouded its predecessor. For a while, only the Jungle one was available to the general public.
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==
While the game was available for many years, it has been lost due to time. The reason why this game was not mirrored by any other website (in contrast to its sequel, ''Waffle Boy's Jungle Adventure'') is likely because ''Waffle Boy's Mountain Adventure'' contained a large number of files, and other websites probably didn't want to spend time getting all of them when there were many other smaller and more easily accessible Flash games available.
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.


A Smashing Ideas employee named Brian Burke was contacted at LinkedIn for the game, and he said that the client (Kraft) would have had the final files for the game, and Smashing Ideas no longer had any of the files for the game that dated that far back.  
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.  


On February 28th, 2021, LMW user LoganTheHammer discovered that the game was partially playable on 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> a software that archived thousands of Flash animations and games with the goal of preserving them after Flash was discontinued in early 2021. While several of the files were lost to time, they were recreated,<ref>[https://mordax.io/en/posts/resurrecting_wbmountadv/ Link to the source code of the recreated files]. Retrieved 26 Apr '21</ref> and the game is now partially playable with missing cutscenes, minigames between levels, and a broken lives counter.
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>
 
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.


==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%">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%">[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%">[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%">[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%">[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%">[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%">[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:green;">'''Recreated'''</span></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, referred to as "waffleboy.xml" in the game's code.</span>
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">./vr_info.xml</span>
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Recreated'''</span></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, dummy file</span>
|}
==Screenshots==
==Screenshots==
<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==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


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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